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How to Help a Tiny Torah Scroll Kickstart An Article of Hope

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I first heard about the documentary film, An Article of Hope , from Debra Silimeo (Debra’s a senior executive with a well-respected DC agency, and also happens to be a neighbor, friend and Bootcamp Buddy of mine). But do read further, because I think when you hear the story, you’ll see why it’s important to try to help.

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Why Public Relations Should Remember Customer Expectations

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It’s 1988 and Bruce Willis is doing the rounds on the talk shows to publicize Die Hard , a movie that is now fairly universally lauded as one of the great action films of all time.

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Mera Bharat Mahaan, or, Thoughts on India’s Independence Day

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Much furor was furored back in Cal aka Kolkata when it was filmed, but it does depict how crazy that city – where I was born & grew up, incidentally – is.). It’s got Bollywood (which industry, incidentally, is not representative of the entire Indian film industry but is still larger than Hollywood ).

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5 Lessons for Nonprofits from Kony 2012

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The big story last week was Invisible Children’s 30-minute film on Joseph Kony. In a 30-minute film, however, many nuances of the 26-year conflict are admittedly lost or overlooked.” I mean, you just couldn’t get away from it. ” Yes, the story is complicated. is critical to their cause.

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Life and Career Lessons from Two Very Different Wonder Women

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Not only is it beautifully filmed and choreographed, it is absolute balm for weary souls, and not just female ones. The second time was when I saw “Wonder Woman” in the theater this past Friday (I know, FINALLY ). If you haven’t already seen it, you MUST.

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An xPotomac Flashback: Social Scoring

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The video quality is really good; Vocus , which provided the videography services, did an excellent job not just of filming but of editing them – so thank you, Vocus! I’m not here to rekindle that conversation, but I’m thrilled to tell you that all the speaker videos from xPotomac are now (drum roll, please) live!

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The Invisible Rock Stars

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, she’s. She even had the KGB watching her when on assignment in Russia, when she was a social scientist, doing international media research with the US Information Agency (which existed from 1953 until 1999).

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