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		<title>I Unleash My Journalism Students To Critique Newsweek&#8217;s Daniel Lyons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Drapeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 17th, 2009 &#8211; a day that will live in infamy.  It is the day I officially became bored with defending Twitter to columnists that &#8220;don&#8217;t get&#8221; the popular microsharing service.  On that day, Newsweek columnist Daniel Lyons (who frankly, I&#8217;d never heard of until that day, even though I knew of his Fake Steve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Aspire To Be a Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I saw the phrase &#8220;aspiring writer&#8221; in someone&#8217;s brief biography. But there&#8217;s no longer a need to aspire to be a writer. The proliferation of blogs have made it possible for anyone to publish anything at anytime and share it with the world. Sure, the popularity of your writing will vary, but not your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Impressions: Why Would Someone Want to be VP of Social Media at Ketchum?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Drapeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I saw Twitter pushed past its professional limits. Pamela Rocco Von Lehmden, a Senior VP at Ketchum (a well-known PR firm) tweeted the following: &#8220;Ketchum seeking VP of Social Media. Interested? DM me @pamelavl.&#8221; This might appear like social media outreach, except for the fact that Ms. Von Lehnden is relatively inaccessible. 
Someone like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Social Microsharing With Strangers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Drapeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As online sites like Twitter have garnered more users and gained in general popularity, people have (of course) tried to take advantage of this.  On an open system like Twitter, it&#8217;s easy.  So it is not surprising to see news reports about how cybercriminals are gaming Twitter to spam misleading links to sites about porn, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GovLoop Wins Awards from AFCEA and ACT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
For some time now, social network GovLoop &#8211; essentially a niche &#8220;Facebook&#8221; for government employees, contractors, and people interested in the intersection of emerging technology with governance and politics &#8211; has been growing strong since its founding in June 2008.  Now, with over 12,500 members connecting, GovLoop has received awards from two influential Washington, [...]]]></description>
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