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“From innovation to scandal, if it happened in advertising, we’ve probably got it mentioned here. Take a trip down memory lane and see if you can remember some of these exciting events.”

“With novices facing so many challenges, tripping over any of these seven common mistakes can be fatal. Don’t let that happen to you.”

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“Every gift guide is the same. Each focuses on the great products you can buy to make Mom, Dad, Sis, or the boss happy. But when you get to the store, they always seem to be out of the best stuff. So you’re forced to make compromises and do the best you can out of the dreck that’s left. Here are two handfuls of devices to avoid at any cost this holiday season, culled from the worst-scoring products we tested this year.”

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“What Works. What Doesn’t Work.” Cool, B2 finally set up a weblog a couple months ago.

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“An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it. Ultimately what determines the organization’s performance is the approach to management its leaders take. Some of Dee Hock’s management principles, in his own words…”

“Do you hate consumer culture? … Well, join the club. Anti-consumerism has become one of the most important cultural forces in millennial North American life, across every social class and demographic. …look at the non-fiction bestseller lists. For years theyíve been dominated by books that are deeply critical of consumerism: No Logo, Culture Jam, Luxury Fever and Fast Food Nation. You can now buy Adbusters at your neighbourhood music or clothing store. Two of the most popular and critically successful films in recent memory were Fight Club and American Beauty, which offer almost identical indictments of modern consumer society. What can we conclude from all this? For one thing, the market obviously does an extremely good job at responding to consumer demand for anti-consumerist products and literature.”

XPLANE founder Dave Gray will be speaking at an IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) luncheon Thursday, December 16, in St. Louis, Mo. The topic is effectiveness in business communication. “Selling as a discipline does have informal communities of practice, from which there is much we can learn. I will be talking about how these lessons can be leveraged in other business areas, such as marketing, crisis management, change management and continuous improvement, not to mention your own career development and social skills.”

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