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		<title>Tiffany Shlain&#8217;s stunning autobiographical film</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2011/09/19/tiffany-shlains-stunning-autobographical-film/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2011/09/19/tiffany-shlains-stunning-autobographical-film/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Shock!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adi Da Samraj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leonard shlain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday I invited my daughter to the Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley for the opening weekend of Tiffany Shlain&#8217;s latest film Connected. Since we both work at Cisco, and the movie trailer promised a discussion of internet and connectivity, I thought we&#8217;d both find it interesting and relevant to our day jobs. &#8220;It&#8217;ll be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Tasting the Moon, by Meg Fortune McDonnell</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2011/08/19/book-review-tasting-the-moon-by-meg-fortune-mcdonnell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2011/08/19/book-review-tasting-the-moon-by-meg-fortune-mcdonnell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adi Da Samraj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Med Fortune McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Full disclosure: I first met Meg Fortune McDonnell in 1980 when I arrived in California to join the community that grew up around the spiritual teacher she describes in her memoir. Unlike Meg, who embraced a relationship to her teacher that lasted a lifetime, I was more of a dilettante, dropping out of the community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good drama is surprising and inevitable</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2011/06/13/good-drama-is-surprising-and-inevitable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2011/06/13/good-drama-is-surprising-and-inevitable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speechwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristotle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david mamet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nancy duarte]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with playwright David Mamet in the Weekend FT has a useful discussion on the challenges of compelling writing: I take the opportunity of having this master craftsman in front of me to ask about writing. He commences by defining where others go wrong. “Anyone can write five people trapped in a snowstorm. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Posting: The Global Crisis is Deadly, Dangerous &#8211; and it can be Overcome</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2010/10/18/guest-posting-the-global-crisis-is-deadly-dangerous-and-it-can-be-overcome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2010/10/18/guest-posting-the-global-crisis-is-deadly-dangerous-and-it-can-be-overcome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Shock!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dennis Bumstead was General Manager of, and is now an adviser to, the Global Cooperation Project. He is an adviser to new initiatives, Four Years Go and the Green Tea Party, and a seed group member of his local Transitions Town initiative in Lake County, California. After teaching, at M.I.T., and at London and Antioch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Sum &#8211; forty tales from the afterlives</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2010/03/18/book-review-sum-forty-tales-from-the-afterlives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2010/03/18/book-review-sum-forty-tales-from-the-afterlives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Shock!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mental Floss You don&#8217;t have to be conventionally religious to be curious about the afterlife. Anyone reading this blog must know they will wake up dead one day. Then what? All religions have their stories about what believers should expect. And many people are comforted by such beliefs. But for others, open to conjecture, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Caching</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2010/02/03/life-caching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2010/02/03/life-caching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adi Da Samraj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life caching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Candid Camera Springwise reports that a wearable camera has been developed in the UK which can document a person&#8217;s life. Promising &#8220;Memories for Life&#8221; the Vicon Revue has been created as an aid for people with memory loss. The device can operate either on a timer&#8212;taking photos every 30 seconds&#8212;or it can be set to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As The World Turns &#8211; A video of the known universe</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/12/31/as-the-world-turns-a-video-of-the-known-universe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/12/31/as-the-world-turns-a-video-of-the-known-universe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Shock!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Museum of Natural History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a nice way to celebrate the end of one year and the start of another. This awe-inspiring video of the known, material, universe deserves 5 minutes of your time to watch in HD and full-screen mode (click on the second box from the right in the menu bar below.) The Known Universe video takes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended reading: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/08/03/recommended-reading-the-pleasures-and-sorrows-of-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/08/03/recommended-reading-the-pleasures-and-sorrows-of-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Differences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture Shock!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alain de Botton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernst & Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Berger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modern Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished reading The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work an enjoyable and uniquely insightful book by Alain de Botton. In de Botton’s own words, he wrote the book to &#8220;shine a spotlight on the working world,&#8221; exploring both its beauty and its beastliness. By turning a philosopher’s eye on the intricacies of labor and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Posting:  The Global Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/04/30/guest-posting-the-global-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/04/30/guest-posting-the-global-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adi Da]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Bumstead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Cooperation Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Cooperative Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not-Two is Peace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is anyone really addressing the global crisis? By Dennis Bumstead, PhD I&#8217;ve just returned to the USA, after some weeks in the Third World, in part on a spiritual retreat. I&#8217;m struck more than ever by the lack of productive address to our multi-toothed-and-clawed Global Crisis &#8211; and by the lack of any comprehensive critique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Counselor, by Ted Sorensen</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/03/23/book-review-counselor-by-ted-sorensen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/03/23/book-review-counselor-by-ted-sorensen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speechwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JFK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LBJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Sorensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual JFK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[JFK speechwriter Ted Sorensen&#8217;s book Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History is required reading for anyone calling themselves a speechwriter. Sorensen witnessed many historical moments in his 11 years as JFK&#8217;s chief speechwriter and Special Counsel to the President. This book reveals the challenges and rewards of such unparalleled access to one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bards in the Boardroom?</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/03/18/bards-in-the-boardroom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/03/18/bards-in-the-boardroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speechwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Whyte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Three Marriages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in August 2006 I speculated if we&#8217;d ever see bards in business class to entertain airline passengers with poetry and epic stories on long-haul flights. I was pleased to read in Tuesday&#8217;s FT that Yorkshire-born poet David Whyte is helping stir imagination in the workplace. He has made it his mission, through corporate speaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speech Showcase: RSA Edge Lecture with Sir Ken Robinson &#8211; Changing Paradigms</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/02/23/speech-showcase-rsa-edge-lecture-with-sir-ken-robinson-changing-paradigms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/02/23/speech-showcase-rsa-edge-lecture-with-sir-ken-robinson-changing-paradigms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speech Showcase]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a posting by Chris, I&#8217;ve just enjoyed watching an excellent speech delivered by Sir Ken Robinson at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) called Changing Paradigms. Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. His speech (almost an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adi Da Samraj: Nov 3, 1939 &#8211; Nov 27, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/12/01/adi-da-samraj-nov-3-1939-nov-27-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/12/01/adi-da-samraj-nov-3-1939-nov-27-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adi Da Samraj]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adi Da Samraj Passes from the Body Naitauba, Fiji – November 29, 2008 Adi Da Samraj, a spiritual master, writer, and artist of international renown, passed away in his hermitage in Fiji, on November 27, of natural causes. He was 69 years old. He founded an entirely new way of spiritual practice, to which he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Vision</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/02/11/my-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/02/11/my-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of January I spent a day with a remarkable Aussie, Malcolm Cohen. As I wrote at the time, his Rocket Ship workshop helps people get clear about whatever is their life&#8217;s true purpose, their quest. Using simple Internet &#8216;Web 2.0&#8242; technology you can craft a Vision Statement that is, for many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Action Day: The Environment</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/10/14/blog-action-day-the-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/10/14/blog-action-day-the-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few can doubt we&#8217;re at a crossroads in history &#8211; serious attempts must be made to steer humanity toward a new and sustainable civilization. The World-Friend and Spiritual Master Adi Da Samraj has written that: &#8230;things are deteriorating more and more profoundly in areas that are not being addresses directly and effectively: the overall condition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating complexity &#8211; Perceiving Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/04/13/communicating-complexity-perceiving-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/04/13/communicating-complexity-perceiving-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speechwriters in high technology companies often face the challenge of communicating complexities in a simple manner which audiences can understand. The universe is a complex machine which no-one really understands. Books have been written on the ways we interpret the evidence of our senses. None of them are easy to understand. Are they? Then along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnomethodology II:  What the heck is Ethnomethodology and why should speechwriters bother examining what we take for granted?</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/02/26/ethnomethodology-ii-what-the-heck-is-ethnomethodology-and-why-should-speechwriters-bother-examining-what-we-take-for-granted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethnomethodology is concerned with the methods (the &#8220;people-methods&#8221;) by which that social order is produced and shared in different settings. It seeks to describe the practices individuals use in their descriptions of different settings. It examines in minute detail the ways in which people participate in a taken-for-granted world and raises questions about how this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t read Shakespeare! Why speechwriters need to  shout their speeches in the woods</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/02/21/dont-read-shakespeare-why-speechwriters-need-to-shout-their-speeches-in-the-woods/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/02/21/dont-read-shakespeare-why-speechwriters-need-to-shout-their-speeches-in-the-woods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shakespeare wrote his plays for the ear, not the eye. His punctuation is sloppy, the stage directions minimal. It&#8217;s much more difficult to understand one of his plays if you just read the text silently. It&#8217;s only when you read aloud, or, better yet, see the play performed, that the power of the words is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnomethodology I:  Introduction:  What can a speechwriter learn from  an obscure social theory?</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/02/16/ethnomethodology-i-introduction-what-can-a-speechwriter-learn-from-an-obscure-social-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/02/16/ethnomethodology-i-introduction-what-can-a-speechwriter-learn-from-an-obscure-social-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first major series of Deep End topics is an assessment of a sociological theory known as Ethnomethodolgy to see if it&#8217;s got anything useful to say for those of us involved in public speaking, presentation skills coaching, speechwriting and executive communications. Ethnomethodology is an obscure branch of sociology. It&#8217;s concerned with the ways in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going off the Deep End: Roy H. Williams on the Brain</title>
		<link>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/02/15/going-off-the-deep-end-roy-h-williams-on-the-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/02/15/going-off-the-deep-end-roy-h-williams-on-the-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My inspiration for a &#8216;deep dive&#8217; into science and philosophy as it affects executive communications (which I&#8217;m classifying as &#8216;Deep End&#8217; postings) is ad-man extraordinary Roy H. Williams. Before I launch into the first deep dive of my own, I&#8217;ll try and show how useful Roy&#8217;s insights derived from &#8216;complicated stuff&#8217; can be. Apart from [...]]]></description>
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