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		<title>Appearance on Big Talk for Small Business</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2010/04/26/appearance-on-big-talk-for-small-business/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I appeared on Big Ideas to Transform Small Business with Janice Albokai.  Janice&#8217;s show can be heard at the following link:  Big Ideas to Transform Small Business.  I appeared on the 4/21/2010 show.



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		<title>A Conversation with Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2010/04/21/a-conversation-with-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my clients.  They provide me with entertainment, knowledge, and stories to share.  In the past few weeks I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of coaching several diverse people in public speaking.  Their backgrounds vary (2 college students and 1 full time professional) but their central issue is the same.  When it comes to presentations they [...]


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		<title>Why Training Budgets Should Not Be Cut</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2010/04/07/why-training-budgets-should-not-be-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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The majority of my K-12 years were spent in Cordele, GA. The educational system there leaves much to be desired.  The teachers try very hard, but they are restricted by a lack of resources.  The highest level math course available was Pre-Calculus.  There was no Glee Club, Debate Team, Model United Nations, French Club, or [...]


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		<title>My Unbiased Review of Network Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies that fall under the Multi-Level Marketing umbrella are sprouting up like weeds every day.  They  have a ridiculously bad reputation in the business community.   Over the years I&#8217;ve been heavily recruited by several network marketing entities.  I&#8217;ve been told that I fit the bill as a &#8220;top performer&#8221;.  I&#8217;m  athletic, intelligent, articulate, I [...]


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		<title>New Roads Video Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2009/07/05/new-roads-video-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will appear on New Roads Video tonight in a live interview.  Point your browser to www.newroadsvideo.com at 7 pm to view the action.


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		<title>The Tipping Point</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2009/05/26/the-tipping-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 01:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was the start of a nightmare.  A painstaking presentation was taking place.  I was trying everything known to man to stay awake.  For 5 minutes I scrolled through my blackberry looking for distractions.  When that proved to be futile I began thumbing through my notebook looking for an interesting story or factoid.  In a [...]


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		<title>Angels and Demons</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2009/05/18/angels-and-demons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 02:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your life is a summation of well over a million experiences.  You participate in common events like eating, sleeping, breathing, working, exercising,  reading, learning, and driving several times in a day.  Those are all basic actions of human survival.
You experience emotions with the same regularity as the actions listed above.  At some point your emotions [...]


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		<title>The Audacity of Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2009/05/07/the-audacity-of-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 02:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Engineers & Public Speaking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something that separates an average communicator from a good one, a good one from a great one, and a great one from an incredible one.  What do you think it is?

Practice?
Research?
Statistics?
Clever wordplay?
Experience?

No one in their right mind would head into a speech or interview without at least a little bit of practice.  Many [...]


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		<title>Talk to Me Not At Me</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2009/04/29/talk-to-me-not-at-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in a hierarchical household.  The power structure was clearly defined from day one.  There was one golden rule:
&#8220;You are a child. You do what the adults tell you to do.&#8221;
Before I learned the true value of sitting down without a resonating sting in my butt I would often test the limits of [...]


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		<title>The Law of Diminishing Returns in Public Speaking</title>
		<link>http://www.marcusasmith.com/2009/04/13/the-law-of-diminishing-returns-in-public-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus A Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Consulting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people talk because they have air in their lungs.  While they may cast themselves as great communicators they are really just dropping the ball.  Speaking for the sake of speaking means that you are speaking with no purpose.
To illustrate this point I will reach into the land of economics.  One of the most important [...]


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