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		<title>Suicide: A Global, Local Crisis</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2014/12/17/suicide-a-global-local-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depression is a global crisis, and every 40 seconds a life is lost to suicide. This post is part of a month-long series on suicide, written by friends of Sam Fiorella, and dedicated to his son Lucas, who was lost to suicide earlier this year. ]]></description>
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		<title>5 Thoughts from CRM Evolution 2013</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2013/08/26/5-thoughts-from-crm-evolution-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent some at CRM Evolution 2013 last week doing something I really enjoy - getting out and talking to people. Here are some quick take-aways from my conversations with a few vendors, users, investors and even the occasional analyst at the event.]]></description>
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		<title>Kickstarter: The long-tail of short attention spans?</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2013/04/24/is-kickstarter-the-new-sears-roebuck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world of short attention spans. Our food is fast, our entertainment on-demand and the phrase “interrupt-driven” dominates everything.  The world of media and entertainment is no different from any other. We consume in bites, when we want, as we want. My kids don’t watch a TV show every week for a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Brands and Broken Narratives</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2013/03/12/of-brands-and-broken-narratives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An organization’s brand is defined by the totality of everything they do and say. Enduring brands are built on solid corporate narratives that serve as a beacon of trust and yield positive public perception. This article was originally published on “Sensei Blogs – A Business Blog with a Point of View” and is reprinted here [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Most Basic Strategies to Know Your Competition</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2012/07/28/12-most-basic-strategies-to-know-your-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Originally posted on 12Most.com] We live in a world where competition is part of the fabric of life. Survival of the fittest, and all that stuff. The business world is no different. Being about to not only know your competition, but to outsmart them, is just another aspect of the game. Here are some relatively [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Why being frictionless is good business</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2012/07/24/why-being-frictionless-is-good-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being social takes work. Communicating across any social network brings with it a level of overhead, both in terms of time and learning. It doesn’t matter if that social network involves flying across the country to meet with somebody or sending out an “I’ve arrived” ping on FourSquare when you land half a world away. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media: The community IS the platform</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2012/07/10/social-media-the-community-is-the-platform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m going to get right to the point. Platforms don’t define communities, communities define platforms. And when platforms try to define a community, they almost always alienate the community, which, in turn, finds another venue on which to communicate. Simple? Yes. But, unfortunately, most social media “platforms” have yet to grasp this concept. SOCIAL MEDIA [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Have we created an online VETO button?</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2012/06/18/online-veto-button/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obamacare, SCOTUS and the Online Veto Button: We all know the power of the “veto” – the ability to simply over-rule all others and say “no” to a particular situation. We see it in many aspects of our lives, from the United Nations Security Council (where it is often used as a political tool) to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowds, Individuals and Conformity</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2012/06/05/crowds-individuals-and-conformity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always been fascinated by crowds — how they form, why they form, what influences them, and what, in turn, they have the ability to influence. I’ve also always tried to differentiate between crowds and communities, the latter being a more “refined” version of a crowd. Communities have purpose, and common bonds that bind the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Heisenberg meets #BigData?</title>
		<link>http://fredmcclimans.com/2012/05/15/mr-heisenberg-meets-bigdata/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred McClimans]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  1927 was a very good year for Werner Heisenberg, and, in an odd twist, those wrestling with Big Data and the identification of global events and trends that are shaping our future, a mere 85 years later. Heisenberg was a brilliant physicist, yet his work on Quantum Theory and the Uncertainty Principle may help [&#8230;]]]></description>
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