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		<title>Media training from R.E.M.: Stand In The Place Where You Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often approached by exeuctives and small business owners before they conduct their  first media interview. They feel excited.  They feel nervous. They feel  lost.  My simple advice? Listen to the band R.E.M.: “Stand in the Place Where You Work.”   Let me explain.  (We will assume that the interview is via telephone; not one in [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/714' addthis:title='Media training from R.E.M.: Stand In The Place Where You Work ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Komen Turns to Men: Announces the Susan G. Komen 3-Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing a firestorm of criticism from women’s groups across the country, The Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation today turned to an unlikely source for funds: men. The cancer-focused organization announced a creative twist on one of its signature events in order to get the attention of men, and their wallets. “Today we turn to [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/701' addthis:title='Komen Turns to Men: Announces the Susan G. Komen 3-Way ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING: Newt Proposes Ban on &#8220;Uno&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tommcfeeley.com/item/689</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich today said he would propose a Constitutional amendment making the popular family card game “Uno” illegal. Gingrich said the game sends a negative message to children and opens the door to widespread tomfoolery later in life. “America is so great. Where else can a guy like me actually be in [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/689' addthis:title='BREAKING: Newt Proposes Ban on &#8220;Uno&#8221; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>CLIENTS IN THE NEWS: MSPA &#8220;Mystery Shopping: Customers Have the Right of Way.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tommcfeeley.com/item/666</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Client News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Swinburn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LRA Worldwide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mystery Shopping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From  Sales and Service Excellence magazine October 2011 (subscription) The Customer Always Has the Right of Way. By John Swinburn Executive Director of the Mystery Shopping Providers Association The phrase is all too familiar; even calling it a cliché might even qualify as a cliché itself. The Customer is Always Right. The point is the [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/666' addthis:title='CLIENTS IN THE NEWS: MSPA &#8220;Mystery Shopping: Customers Have the Right of Way.&#8221; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Clients in the News: MSPA on Loyalty Programs in HotelExecutive.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from HotelExecutive.com&#8217;s October 2011 edition. http://www.hotelexecutive.com/subscribe/2738/ (Subscription site) Mystery shopping can help you tailor your programs to drive true loyalty Loyalty programs, once a very effective tool in increasing goodwill with hotel customers while boosting the bottom line, are struggling to stand apart and often are not returning the investment made to create and manage [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/657' addthis:title='Clients in the News: MSPA on Loyalty Programs in HotelExecutive.com ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>God Claims Responsiblity for Earthquakes; Sign to Bachmann to STFU</title>
		<link>http://tommcfeeley.com/item/642</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  While meteorologists, newscasters and the only measure that counts anymore, the Twitterverse,  were busy being pre-occupied with an East Coast earthquake today, a frustrated God decided to give Colorado an earthquake of its own. Because nobody has ever seen or spoken to God, his spokesperson clarified the reason for the natural disasters. “That was a sign for [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/642' addthis:title='God Claims Responsiblity for Earthquakes; Sign to Bachmann to STFU ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Family Statement on Proposed PETA Billboard</title>
		<link>http://tommcfeeley.com/item/634</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Shore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirby Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Neuman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Americans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are offended by the publicity stunt of PETA in the form of an offensive remark about the deaths of three people. Our loved ones died in an imitation sweat lodge at the hands of a narcissistic self-proclaimed guru who lied about his qualifications and whose actions – not the lodge itself – have been [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/634' addthis:title='Brown Family Statement on Proposed PETA Billboard ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the Family of Kirby Brown on the Guilty Verdict of James Arthur Ray</title>
		<link>http://tommcfeeley.com/item/622</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[James Arthur Ray]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beverley Bunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Huges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colleen Conaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Ray injuries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Shore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Fredrickson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Warren Darrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirby Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Neuman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lou Caci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luis Li]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Fredrickson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melinda Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Goulet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sedona Sweat Lodge Deaths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Polk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Kelly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The outcome of this trial will never bring “closure” to our grief. There is no way to fill the enormous hole that Kirby’s death leaves in our family. We will always long for her joy, enthusiasm, love and compassion.  Our hearts are forever broken by her death, just as our lives are forever blessed by [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/622' addthis:title='Statement by the Family of Kirby Brown on the Guilty Verdict of James Arthur Ray ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Favre Crucifies Camping: &#8220;I Wrote the Book on Fake Endings.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tommcfeeley.com/item/608</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 18:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Favre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[End of the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Camping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenn Sterger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Jets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rapture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The minister who predicted the end of the world last weekend, and then re-predicted it for October of this year is drawing fire from all corners of the country. Most surprisingly, one voice from the sports world has been particularly harsh. “I wrote the book on fake endings; this guy is just a hack; he [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/608' addthis:title='Favre Crucifies Camping: &#8220;I Wrote the Book on Fake Endings.&#8221; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>James Ray Trial Blog, Day 25: When you assume&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://tommcfeeley.com/item/582</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom McFeeley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amayra Hamilton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Shore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirby Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Neuman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luis Li]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Hamilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Kelly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know the old expression about what happens when you assume….. Since day one of the James Ray manslaughter trial, the defense has tried to present its own specific version of reasonable doubt; that toxins could be responsible for killing three people and causing 18 other injuries. In his opening statement, defense attorney Luis Li [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://tommcfeeley.com/item/582' addthis:title='James Ray Trial Blog, Day 25: When you assume&#8230;.. ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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