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	<title>A PowerPhrase a Week</title>
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	<description>By Meryl Runion and SpeakStrong, Inc.</description>
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		<title>Nurses and patients use PowerPhrases to stop death by hierarchy</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/09/urses-and-patients-use-powerphrases-to-stop-death-by-hierarchy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Dr. Peter J. Pronovost of Johns Hopkins Hospital told staff,

Doctors, we know you’re busy and sometimes forget to wash your hands. So nurses, you are to make sure the doctors do it. And if they don’t, you are empowered to stop takeoff on a procedure.

he thought he&#8217;d started WWIII. The nurses said it wasn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Crowd-sourcing&#8221; request for input on the SpeakStrong Website</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/09/crowd-sourcing-request-for-input-on-the-speakstrong-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/09/crowd-sourcing-request-for-input-on-the-speakstrong-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[This Week in the World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you familiar with the term &#8220;crowd-sourcing&#8221;? It refers to putting out an open call for input to non-employees. The New Dynamics of Communication are inclusive and synocratic, and crowd-sourcing is one feature of that.
Months ago I put out an open call to ask what readers see as my unique contribution. I received many wonderful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Power and Poison Phrases</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/08/oscar-power-and-poison-phrases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/08/oscar-power-and-poison-phrases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The PowerPhrase of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock won kudos with her Oscar acceptance speech that could be summarized with her comment,

I have so many people to thank for my good fortune in this lifetime.

Her speech was what I call Gracertive.
Another winner started her acceptance speech with:
- First I would like to thank the Academy for showing it can be about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Phrase: Drive traffic to your site</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/08/poison-phrase-drive-traffic-to-your-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/08/poison-phrase-drive-traffic-to-your-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poison Phrase of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Dynamics of Communication are going from heavy sell and pressure to magnetic attraction. The language doesn&#8217;t always stay current with the reality, however. Phrases like,
- Drive traffic to your website
reflect an old-style thinking and communicating. Instead, we want to
Attract website visitors. I hope this post attracts a few to mine.
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		<title>Line cutting PowerPhrase proves Speaking Strong is contagious</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/05/line-cutting-powerphrase-proves-speaking-strong-is-contageous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/05/line-cutting-powerphrase-proves-speaking-strong-is-contageous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The PowerPhrase of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crucial Conversations&#8217; Kerry Patterson reported on a confrontation experiment that proved that when people get the words to graciously address issues, they are far more likely to speak up.
It was a line-cutting experiment where a researcher cut line to see if people confronted the offender. No one did. Then they repeated the experiment with another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even in high drama, word choice matters. Poison Phrase, I lost my son</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/05/even-in-high-drama-word-choice-matters-poison-phrase-i-lost-my-son/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/05/even-in-high-drama-word-choice-matters-poison-phrase-i-lost-my-son/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poison Phrase of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Word considerations seem insignificant in the high drama of Kerry Patterson&#8217;s confessional tale about leaving his baby in a store, but he does note that he was careful about not saying anything that would land him in jail. When he returned to the store and found employees cooing over his baby, instead of saying,
- I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Phrase: How cheap can you go?</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/02/poison-phrase-how-cheap-can-you-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/02/poison-phrase-how-cheap-can-you-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poison Phrase of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some people are fun to work with and it&#8217;s almost an honor to accommodate their tight budgets. Others seem to slime vendors just by asking. A client asked a friend,
- How cheap can you go on this?
He angrily replied,
- How cheap are you?
Of course that signals the message &#8220;I&#8217;m the kind of person who goes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PowerPhrase: Let me give you gas money</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/02/powerphrase-let-me-give-you-gas-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/02/powerphrase-let-me-give-you-gas-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The PowerPhrase of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our neighbor loves his snow plow, so we regularly get plowed out before the snow even stops. We love that. Instead of asking our beneficiary if he could pay him for plowing, my husband said,

Let me give you $20 for gas.

Now, there&#8217;s no way our little driveway took that much gas. But had Bob offered to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HBR post nails the need to consider image in choosing words and Speaking Strong</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/02/hbr-post-nails-the-need-to-consider-image-in-choosing-words-and-speaking-strong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/02/hbr-post-nails-the-need-to-consider-image-in-choosing-words-and-speaking-strong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[This Week in the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What kind of person are you?
Are you the kind of person who works cheap? Are you the kind of person who helps those in need?
Peter Bregman highlights the importance of asking for things in ways that enhance self image in an article about motivation in Harvard Business Review. Bregman reported that when AARP asked some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Story: Kids&#8217; relationship contract resolves dramas</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/01/success-story-kids-relationship-contract-resolves-dramas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/03/01/success-story-kids-relationship-contract-resolves-dramas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success Story]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written about &#8220;relationship by agreement&#8221; many times. Today I read a blog post that describes youngsters putting this into action.
The Detective Mom&#8217;s daughter would find herself in friendship triangles where one friend would try to convince her to drop another as a friend. The last time the three got into a dispute, one girl [...]]]></description>
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