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		<title>Reflecting on MLK Day: Change a Mind that Will Change a Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the MLK Day vigil on Monday, Tim King, a pioneer of education reform and the founder of Urban Prep Academies, spoke about his organization’s commitment to develop its students’ intellect and character. Urban Prep runs a network of public charter schools in Chicago for young, underserved, black men to counter the huge disparities they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/announcements/reflecting-on-mlk-day-change-a-mind-that-will-change-a-mind/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the New Year of GES!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GES. Global Engagement Summit. It’s a term that I had often heard thrown around campus but not something that I had ever really understood. I knew that a bunch of my friends were always busy for a week during spring quarter when students from all over the world came to Northwestern for some sort of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/announcements/welcome-to-the-new-year-of-ges/</link>
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		<title>GES2011 Closing Keynote: Journalist David Bornstein Takes the Stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The real risk in this life? Doing something you don't love for 40 years. "That's the risk that will gut your soul," journalist David Bornstein said.]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/ges2011-closing-keynote-journalist-david-bornstein-takes-the-stage/</link>
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		<title>Workshop Cheat Sheet: Merging Non-Profit and For-Profit Models</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The strict dichotomy between these modes of thinking is dissipating before our eyes. ]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/workshop-cheat-sheet-merging-non-profit-and-for-profit-models/</link>
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		<title>Workshop Cheat Sheet: Beyond Burnout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At this point in the summit, not to mention in the school year, a workshop called “Beyond Burnout” strikes a little too close to home. As facilitator Dawn Haney outlined the symptoms of burnout, ranging from a feeling of worthlessness to a constant lack of sleep, there were plenty of nods and knowing smiles from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/workshop-cheat-sheet-beyond-burnout/</link>
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		<title>Telling Your Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Its not about what you do, its why you do it.&#8221; This one of the many powerful messages that Stacy Monk, the founder of Epic Change, stated in the workshop, Telling Your Story. Stacy Monk started the workshop by telling a deep and profound story about the passing of her brother. While on a flight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/workshop-cheat-sheet-telling-your-story/</link>
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		<title>Workshop Cheat Sheet: Maximizing your Online Presence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teju Ravilochan led the workshop on Maximizing Your Online Presence. In his presentation, he revealed 3 secrets: Be human, build (on) relationships, and attempt the impossible. Be human Human beings don’t connect with robots, emotionless things. So, have a personality and multiply it by 10. Think of Dogs! Dogs do this. They&#8217;re good at showing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/workshop-cheat-sheet-maximizing-your-online-presence/</link>
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		<title>Workshop Cheat Sheet: Using Social Media for Social Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#8217;t get a chance to attend a workshop? Check out notes from this session. Brooke, who works for Keeva, a company that provides loans for good causes, gave a useful practical workshop along with inspiring facts and videos on social media as a tool to promote a social cause. The audience, engaged and satisfied and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/workshop-using-social-media-for-social-good/</link>
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		<title>Workshop Cheat Sheet: Common Cause: Partnering with Nonprofits, Universities and Governments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#8217;t get a chance to attend a workshop? Check out notes from this session. Thoughts about building partnerships and challenges of partnerships: -Finding other organizations that working in the same way you are and doing it in an way that isn’t competitive -Have to build trust and work with each other finding the right balance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/workshop-cheat-sheet-common-cause-partnering-with-nonprofits-universities-and-governments/</link>
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		<title>Workshop Cheat Sheet: The Who &#8211; Internal Team Building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#8217;t get a chance to attend a workshop? Check out notes from this workshop. 3 things that made me go Woah! - According to research, the most important aspect of managing and leading others is being a good coach. This means that helping people succeed has more value than empowering your team, being a good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theges.org/blog/the-summit/workshop-cheat-sheet-the-who-internal-team-building/</link>
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