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		<title>Cooper Union&#8217;s Epic Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Letter to Cooper Union Board: As an alumnus of Cooper Union, I was not surprised to see students take to the streets and protest the decision of the Board of Trustees to abandon the tradition of offering a free education. Cooper Union students have never been known to accept situations they see as unjust. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=723&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here’s to the crazy one.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here’s to the crazy one. The misfit. The rebel. The troublemaker. The round peg in the square hole. The one who saw things differently. He wasn’t fond of rules. And he had no respect for the status quo. You could quote him, disagree with him, glorify or vilify him. About the only thing you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=665&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Important People</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 04:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is graduation day for students at the VCU Brandcenter. One hundred of them will stride down the aisle as their name is called. They&#8217;ll take their diplomas and walk past a gauntlet of faculty, stopping to shake hands, hug and sometimes cry. Brandcenter students will be surrounded by the truly important people in their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=639&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Should Apple Buy Next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fact of life in business is that most large companies acquire other companies. Sometimes these deals are aimed at taking out a competitor, like when Starbucks bought Seattle&#8217;s Best. Sometimes they add complimentary offerings, like when Sears bought Land&#8217;s End. And Sometimes they don&#8217;t really make sense, like when Daimler Benz bought Chryslers. Often these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=628&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating RVA Creates</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/creating-rva-creates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past year, VCU Brandcenter students and faculty got involved with an interesting project. We were asked to work with Venture Richmond and The Martin Agency to help drive and effort to bring attention to the creativity and innovation that fuels Richmond. The effort started when Martin Agency Partner, Matt Williams, worked with leaders from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=614&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Steve Jobs Doctrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the business news was dominated by an announcement that Apple’s Steve Jobs has temporarily stepped down from the role of acting CEO to take a medical leave of absence. This is not his first medical sabbatical; Jobs has struggled with health issues for years, but the timing of the announcement came just one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=600&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Caption Required</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 02:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With help from Photoshop and apologies to Sherwin Williams.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=588&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just-ified</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/just-ified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Just is back on the cover of the Business Section. The VCU Brandcenter professor looks quite comfortable on the business pages in his in a crisp sport coat and starched white shirt. Don started his career in banking, back when bankers were conservative with their money and their politics. Mid-career, he unexpectedly left his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=581&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Ideas Don&#8217;t Sell Themselves.</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/good-ideas-dont-sell-themselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;re Warren Buffett if you want to get something done in business you&#8217;re going to have to sell others on the idea. So if you&#8217;re wise, you&#8217;ll read every word of this article by VCU Brandcenter Professor, Peter Coughter. Peter teaches presentation skills to the best ad agencies in the world and he&#8217;s been a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=566&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art of Shaving: Follow-up</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/art-of-shaving-follow-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After posting a comment on Twitter about the Art of Shaving acquisition by P&#38;G, I got a note from a student, Joe Hagel, telling me how great the Art of Shaving stores are. A week later, in DC&#8217;s Washington Square, I ran across one of the stores and went inside. I was met by Enrique [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=557&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>P&amp;G Studies the Art of Shaving and Retail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Procter &#38; Gamble announced the purchase of the retail chain the Art of Shaving. Stepping into retail might seem like a peculiar move for the consumer products company, but it follows a pattern of increasing innovation for the organization. Back in 2005 P&#38;G made a lot of noise when it bought Gillette. At [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=539&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time for General Motors to Become a Little Less General</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/time-for-general-motors-to-become-a-little-less-general/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevrolet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox Business News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GM Reinvention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Motors filed for bankruptcy. Too bad for my hometown of Detroit, but maybe it needed to happen. The GM name has come to represent an overgrown, overly complex conglomerate that expanded into everything from home mortgages to aerospace to computer programming. It&#8217;s hard to run a great company when you&#8217;re tangled up in too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=529&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Era for Account Leadership</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/a-new-era-for-account-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 21:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4As]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Account Manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caley Cantrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crispin Porter + Bogusky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Just]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ogilvy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rick Boyko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Martin Agency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when advertising account managers were sales people. They had firm handshakes, wore crisp suits and boasted low handicaps. They were great company of course – it was their job. They had a knack for knowing the best restaurant and trendiest tavern in any city, and they always picked up the tab. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=507&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Corporation: The Task Ahead</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/chrysler-corporation-the-task-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Car Dealers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Fox News asked me to comment on the challenges facing a bankrupt Chrysler as it attempts to win consumer confidence. [Watch the video] Here are a few things for the company to consider: Chrysler’s reorganization is intended to proceed in record time, with surgical precision. Maybe so, but to survive as a brand, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=489&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MasterCard&#8217;s Act of Kindness: Priceless</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/mastercards-act-of-kindness-priceless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIRST Robotics Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansas City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when the news is filled with the ugly side of corporations, I thought I&#8217;d share a story about a series of selfless acts involving a well-known brand. It all began about two weeks ago when MasterCard generously donated a $100 gift card to each team competing in the Kansas City Regional FIRST [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1638681&#038;post=456&#038;subd=culturalexploration&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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