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		<title>Chambers &#8211; Time to awake from your self-induced coma!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like every time I write about chambers of commerce, I&#8217;m bringing out a whipping stick. I don&#8217;t want it to be that way, but I just care so much about what chambers were about. More importantly, I care about what chambers could be in the future.
I just know for a fact that if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing Your Chamber In Real Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I wrote a couple of posts about Reinventing the Chamber of Commerce.
Article 1 &#8211; What Happened to the Original Social Network?
Article 2 &#8211; Reinventing the Original Social Network 
But I wanted to go a few steps further than just talking about it. I wanted to actually do something about it.
So let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Chamber Membership Drive Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;re looking for ways to attract more new members to your chamber, huh?
Here&#8217;s a tip that has worked 100% of the time for the chambers that have executed it correctly.
(Yes, there are some that have botched it up by putting their own spin on it).
When it&#8217;s membership drive time, don&#8217;t just hand each current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing the Original Social Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
This post is in response to some questions and comments I got from the post I made on April 28th. If you haven&#8217;t read that post already, do that first by clicking here.
Ok, so we agree that Chambers of Commerce need to reinvent themselves to survive this changing marketplace. 
But if you&#8217;re a Chamber leader, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happened To The Original Social Network?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Survey respondent #1: &#8220;Oh yeah, I&#8217;m a chamber member. But I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m going to renew my membership this year.&#8221;
Survey respondent #2: &#8220;I am a member of my chamber, and the networking has been good. But I can&#8217;t say it has grown my business in any tangible way.&#8221;
A survey of small business owners shows [...]]]></description>
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