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	<title>The Soft Pitch</title>
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	<description>Official and Informal Insights and Information from Avnet</description>
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		<title>Sometimes You Have to Talk About Someone Else (Because They Won’t)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I frequently write in this blog about things Avnet is doing in the community – like the food drive that’s  or the pillow drive of a month or so back.  Part of why we have so much going on in the community is our people.  Especially our leaders.  One leader in particular.  Who was recognized [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/11/16/sometime-you-have-to-talk-about-someone-else-because-they-won%e2%80%99t/</link>
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		<title>Softball event enhances Avnet&#8217;s brand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
A record crowd and a record 36 Valley-area businesses competed in Avnet’s 7th Annual 16-Inch B2B (Business-to-Business) Softball Desert Classic tournament on Saturday, November 14 in Tempe, AZ. The 16-inch softball classic is one of Avnet’s key annual community outreach programs, attracted more approx. 1000 players and fans.
Men&#8217;s champion again for 5th year was Dirks Moving and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/11/15/softball-event-enhances-avnets-brand/</link>
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		<title>NEDA Conference celebrates future with Old Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When your from Chicago THE neighboorhood beer is Old Style&#8230;many folks have made toasts and given congrats with this beer here&#8230;so while in Chicago for the recent NEDA annual event the disty, semi, passive manufacturers and even the media attendees were smiling and relaxed compared to last year and raised an Old Style to relieve the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/11/04/neda-conference-celebrates-future-with-old-style/</link>
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		<title>Innovation Comes in Small Packages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that that quote “Good things come in small packages” made me think of the ruby bracelet my husband bought me for our 10th wedding anniversary. Nowadays I veer off to thoughts of an iPod Shuffle the size of lapel pin or my newest toy, a Flip Mino HD.  I decided to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/10/28/innovation-comes-in-small-packages/</link>
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		<title>Kermit Was Wrong – It’s Easy Being Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to write about Avnet’s award for the “greening” of its data center, then I saw that one of our IT directors has written about it internally and he has provided a much better write up than I could – so this comes from Bruce Gorshe, IT Director &#8211; Data Center Operations.  The list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/10/23/kermit-was-wrong-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-easy-being-green/</link>
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		<title>Print and Seminars Not Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize Michelle Gorel and are two of the folks here who are leading the charge into social media, with blogs, twitter, video, forums and avnetondemand.com, etc but the foundation of Avnet&#8217;s growth success is based on branding and advertising.
Advertising in trade publications still works&#8230;all these digital tactics are good but I do not believe they enhance Avnet&#8217;s brand or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/10/12/watch-your-balance-print-and-seminars-not-dead/</link>
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		<title>The Most Important Words in the English Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, I was reading a self-help book, I really can’t remember which one &#8211;either from the guru of positive thinking Tony Robbins or from king of the one-line success quips Zig Ziglar or maybe even someone else.  It doesn’t really matter as the lesson was simply around “the most important words in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/10/05/the-most-important-words-in-the-english-language/</link>
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		<title>People Get It Done</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems I’m frequently writing in this blog about Avnet employees getting involved in the community.  Probably because it happens around here so much, it’s not really “hard news,” and dang it, it’s important!  At the end of the day, people matter more than things or money.  In my family, we try to always keep that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/09/25/people-get-it-done/</link>
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		<title>First Time Marketing Technology Summit Rocks Phoenix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
The Business Marketing Association (BMA) Phoenix and the Arizona Technology Council held the first ever Marketing Technology Summit 2009 on September 15th at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa. More than 375 marketing and technology professionals attended the conference, which featured a keynote presentation, two panel discussions and a networking and technology showcase with 50 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/09/17/first-time-marketing-technology-summit-rocks-phoenix/</link>
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		<title>Organizers Must GET SMARTER about SAFETY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m upset.  My good friend, and one of best teammates I&#8217;ve had in my 20 plus years of Molex softball almost died on the softball field of a heart attack. While on deck at the 16 Inch ASA Nationals in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he collapsed. Only the fast action of a fan (who happened to be a nurse watching her husband play) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/09/07/organizers-must-get-smarter-about-safety/</link>
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