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	<title>The Soft Pitch &#187; community service</title>
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		<title>Sometimes You Have to Talk About Someone Else (Because They Won’t)</title>
		<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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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>Softball event enhances Avnet&#8217;s brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Maag</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<title>Notes from the MDA Cell Block</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/08/20/notes-from-the-mda-cell-block/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/08/20/notes-from-the-mda-cell-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging from the cell block today … locked up for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
 I’m doing my best to raise money for MDA   and looking for a little help from my friends. 
Believe me, there have been moments when I wondered why I agreed to this.  But now that I’m here talking to these kids, there’s no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>16 Inch Softball Impacts Positive Brand for Avnet</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/07/19/16-inch-softball-impacts-positive-brand-for-avnet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Maag</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brand scores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee engagement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harvard and Yale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/?p=321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have seen in our customer and community scores that we have increased in our brand preference by 15 % due to company personality&#8230;the trust in our employees and things they do in the community top that list.  
I believe that my favorite past time has had an impact on that score.  As I reflect on the opening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Goals Are Greater than One</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/06/05/two-goals-are-greater-than-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Canyon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YMCA]]></category>

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Multi-tasking is a myth – or so-said a brain researcher interviewed on radio a few weeks ago.  Her point was you may think you’re being ultra-efficient and doing two things at once, but what’s really happening as far as your brain is concerned is more like a fast game of ping-pong, your attention is bouncing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integration Employees Spread Holiday Cheer</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2008/12/22/integration-employees-spread-holiday-cheer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about the reports I’ve read recently about donations being down for toys for kids at Christmas. In one of my last posts I wrote about a branch office of Avnet Electronics Marketing hosting an annual party with customers and suppliers to raise money for charity. And last week I learned about another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Innovation to Community Service</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2008/12/08/from-innovation-to-community-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Interest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[community service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been several weeks since I’ve posted and Al has been taking up the slack.  While I’ve been offline (so to speak – I’ve been e-mailing like crazy these last few weeks) I haven’t been out of touch.  In fact there’s been lots happening to share.
 
My first thoughts go to innovation.  It’s becoming a pretty [...]]]></description>
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