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	<title>The Soft Pitch &#187; innovation</title>
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		<title>Innovation Comes in Small Packages</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2009/10/28/innovation-comes-in-small-packages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employee engagement]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>Kermit Was Wrong – It’s Easy Being Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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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>
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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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		<title>Our CIO to lead Az Tech Council</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2008/11/14/our-cio-to-lead-az-tech-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Maag</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Phillips is our CIO&#8230;the Brit is becoming very well known man in PHX after just a few years&#8230;I think not only because he is talented, but his personality is as interesting as his accent and humor.
Last night he was introduced as the Arizona Tech Council&#8217;s new chairman in front of approx 900 attendees of [...]]]></description>
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