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	<title>Dave Urso :: Leadership Educator and Consultant</title>
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		<title>Defining Everyday Heroes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In April, we will begin the process of identifying and recognizing 12 everyday heroes and thanking them for their service to the community. First, we need to get to work and define the traits that distinguish individual leaders as &#8220;Everyday Heroes.&#8221; For the next week, we will collect thoughts from YOU about what makes someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/defining-everyday-heroes</link>
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		<title>Bowling Alone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam is a great exploration of the decline in societal participation in America today. The first half of the book works to identify specific factors that have led to this point, and the second half of the book begins to spark ideas and recommendations about what responsibilities we all have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/bowling-alone</link>
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		<title>Approaches to Motivation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During tough economic times, many companies are forced to ask fewer staff members to complete more and more work. In these cases, motivations becomes vitally important.
What are some of the avenues you have used or would use to motivate a group of overworked and stressed out coworkers?
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		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/approaches-to-motivation</link>
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		<title>Administrative Professionals Retreat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Administrative Professionals Retreat
Location: Rappahannock Community College
Link out: Click here
Description: Give &#8216;em the ACT Inspirational program addressing attitude, communication and teamwork
Date: 2009-04-24
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		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/administrative-professionals-retreat</link>
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		<title>A Fun 45 &#8211; Critical Thinking and Teamwork</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: A Fun 45 &#8211; Critical Thinking and Teamwork
Location: LFCC Professional Development Day
Link out: Click here
Description: A critical thinking team-oriented activity designed to expand approaches to thinking and challenge participants to effectively work with one another
Start Time: 08:45
Date: 2009-03-18
End Time: 15:45
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		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/a-fun-45-critical-thinking-and-teamwork</link>
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		<title>Workshop Discount</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is YOUR team ready for a workshop filled with laughter, inspiration and teamwork development?
The upcoming workshop schedule is filling up fast! Don&#8217;t miss your opportunity to get some face-time. Anyone who books a session by April 1 and mentions the password &#8220;believe&#8221; will get a 10% discount off your session fee.
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		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/workshop-discount</link>
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		<title>Building Rapport with Different Personalities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know who the power junkie, the withholder, and the eager puppy are? Sarah Fenson does. Fenson lays out who these three groups of “difficult people” are, as well as strategies that may come in handy as you try to deal with them. As far as usability, reading through these tips could help you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/building-rapport-with-different-personalities</link>
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		<title>Varsity Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Texas, high school football is life. This movie explores the impact of football on a group of high school students as they experience the phenomenon during their senior year of high school. This movie is offered as a leadership recommendation because the characters, on many occasions, find themselves in tough situations. As you watch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/varsity-blues</link>
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		<title>Failing Forward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enhancing your ability to handle failure and turn it into opportunities for future successes ranks near the top of the absolute most critical skill set that I believe exceptional leaders commonly share. In this text, Maxwell offers 15 strong tips to consider as you look back over the failures that have been most trying in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/failing-forward</link>
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		<title>Testimonial: Exchange Student</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you and your family so much for allowing me to live with you guys during 1997 School Year. I learned a lot from you and it allowed me to learn a different language that has change my life completely and in so many ways. Dave you where a great brother to me and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.daveurso.com/testimonial-exchange-student</link>
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