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		<title>Students Showing Amazing Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago I attended TEDx Ottawa Youth along with my 14 year old daughter and two of her friends.  The event was run by youth for youth and I was one of the few over the age of 25 in the crowd. All of the presenters were under 25, many of which are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A WhyHire.me Profile Starts with a Pitch</title>
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Mae McCrae is a compelling speaker with a passion for positively influencing lives. A former youth leader, she now manages a young marrieds group, drama, and music department for her church. Mae has a flare for giving a project a unique and recognizable stamp. Her way with words and great listening skills will be valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algonquin Career Week &#8211; Innovation &amp; Connections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Algonquin&#8217;s Career Week is underway.  I was fortunate enough to be a speaker yesterday along with many others.  My 45 min. presentation focused on Developing Your Online Personal Brand.  You can find the presentation on Slideshare and I will be presenting it again on Thursday at 2:30pm.  I digress&#8230;
I had hoped to attend the session [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/algonquin-career-week-innovation-connections/</link>
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		<title>Proud of My Community&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been in awe of this great community of ours. For the past several weeks, I have seen people drop what they are doing, lend a helping hand, offer up their profits, pass on their treasures, pass on a message, post a word of encouragement and help a complete stranger. Today&#8217;s Ottawa 67&#8217;s Family [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/proud-of-my-community/</link>
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		<title>Rene Faucher Family Fun Day Fundraiser &#8211; SUNDAY Feb 7th @ 2PM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click HERE to buy a ticket for Sunday&#8217;s Ottawa 67s vs. Guelph Storm at 2PM. Andy and I hope you and many others will come out and support Rene and his family.
Half of the proceeds from online tickets sales will be donated to the Faucher Douglas trust fund that was recently established by the community. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/rene-faucher-family-fun-day-fundraiser-sunday-feb-7th-2pm/</link>
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		<title>Kaplan Message &#8211; It&#8217;s your time&#8230;to simply remotely listen?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Faculty and students &#8211; what is your perspective on the Kaplan message?

The message states educators have failed you and that a new model of learning is in order. The actor and visuals suggest the solution is largely about remote distance learning &#8211; on a train, at home and in your jammies. I get that.
From our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/kaplan-message-its-your-time-to-simply-remotely-listen/</link>
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		<title>Fun with conventional wisdom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DoGood has been getting some great traction in the blogsphere and press this past couple of weeks. Dogood provides web surfers a way to see selective advertising that is tied to green causes. Half of its profits are funneled back to green, philanthropic, health and wellness related causes.
When Faisal Sethi kicked off the project, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/fun-with-conventional-wisdom/</link>
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		<title>Algonquin College Career Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Algonquin College&#8217;s Career Week is coming up February 8-12th at the Woodroffe Campus.
Click on the image or this text to find out more and to register for the event.
I will be speaking on Monday Feb 8th at 1PM and Thursday Feb 11th at 2:30PM on the topic of creating an online presence using personal branding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/01/career-week-at-algonquin-college/</link>
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		<title>Rene Faucher&#8217;s Values &amp; Ours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rene Faucher is a former boss of Andy&#8217;s.  Almost 3 weeks ago, Rene had a fall on the ice while playing hockey and hit the boards.  This fall resulted in Rene being paralyzed from the chest down.  Although as friends and supporters, we know this man has the will and energy to change is prognosis.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/01/rene-fauchers-values-ours/</link>
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		<title>Focusing on the Pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week the Algonquin PR students and I focused on understanding product branding, personal branding and developing their &#8216;Positioning Pitch&#8217;.  In a WhyHire.me profile, students have 350 characters to develop their clear concise message which sets the tone of their personal brand. It should highlight their keywords which could include personality traits, skills, strengths, or [...]]]></description>
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