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		<title>How to Remain Relevant and Thrive</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote about the wisdom of thriving over merely existing. Thriving means: 1. to grow strongly and vigorously 2. to do well; prosper Have you seen this video? Over 100,000,000 people have. Isn&#8217;t this concept innovative and beautiful? I love the fact that even after all these years, all these centuries, people can still create stunning new gifts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Going to Thrive or Just Exist?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin makes some great points about the new realities of business and life in this 8 minute video. He nails it when he discusses the shift from the factory, do what your told mindset of the 20th century, to the new necessity for individuals to go after their passions (if they want to thrive). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#039;t Make This Big Chamber of Commerce Mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I generally post on how your chamber of commerce can use social media to grow the membership, increase retention, bring in non-dues revenue, and the like. Today though, I want to make some quick comments about chamber of commerce financial controls. Every so often we read in the press about somebody getting in big trouble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Young Professional Groups a Bad Idea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 17:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your chamber have a young professional group? They seem to be springing up more and more. Chambers, like most business associations, are seeing that their core members, the baby boomers, are retiring in droves. The next generation, X, is still involved and will be for a long time to come&#8230;but they are a much smaller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Earn Non-Dues Revenue Through A Chamber Social Media Seminar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I posted to this blog asking if your chamber has offered a larger social media seminar, workshop, or class yet. More than 100 chambers (now at 123), large and small, responded to that question (and an earlier email) by downloading the chamber social media seminar proposal. Many of respondents had questions. In general (and I should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Seminars for Chambers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many associations offer Social Media Seminars for their members. I have a question for you: Do you offer your chamber members business training, social media seminars, or workshops taught by nationally known industry leaders? How would you like to get an exclusive, high-value, benefit that will help you INCREASE your membership, RETAIN more members, and be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Most Worthy Ways Chambers Provide Value Through Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a small business owner or executive? If so, I bet you are either a member of your local chamber or have considered joining. You may have asked yourself if your chamber offers you benefits that are keeping up with technology. Here are 12 benefits you should be receiving if you are active in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Strategy: Grow Your Membership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 3 of our social media strategy series. As part of your social media strategy, it is time for chambers to convert fans, followers, and friends into paying members. In the first few years of using social media, chambers and business associations were rightly focused on the first two of the three main social media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem Was Mine In This Social Media Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I reached out to a friend and mentor for some solid feedback after providing a social media presentation. As background, you should know that I love to present on social media for entrepreneurs and small business. Most of my social media presentations are to chambers and business associations, like the Pierce County Professional Photographers Association (PCPPA), the Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber Social Media Strategy: Provide Value</title>
		<link>http://frankjkenny.com/chamber-social-media-strategy-provide-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank J. Kenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your chamber social media strategy must include providing value. The next step, now that your posts are reaching more of your fans (Continued from Chamber Social Media Strategy: Engage), is to provide value to your members and community so that others want to be involved, to have a relationship, with your chamber through social media. I [...]]]></description>
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