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class=e2ma-style><STRONG>from all of us at
TRG<BR></STRONG></SPAN>__________________________</DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>NEXT STEPS FOR THE LEGAL
PROFESSION<BR></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>Globalization</SPAN><SPAN
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class=e2ma-style>If you engage in one of the
professional disciplines, a blend of solid
opportunity and distinct threat is moving your
way from the distance. A blend of the
internet and distance-based social interaction
has become the centerpiece of many aggressive
marketers in YOUR area, particularly if you are
a Professional.</SPAN></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>Organization such a FICPI that
have aggregated the best and the brightest of
focused professionals (Patent-related) now offer
more than a touch-point for globalization of
services.</SPAN></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>An entity in Spain with a
patentable manufacturing invention has the
prospect of immediate partners and clients in
Argentina and Singapore. Those
professionals who have actively aggregated local
or regional clients should consider assembling
multiple clients at a distance, and at the same
time prepare for a virtual assault on their
existing clients, in some cases by
“User-friendly” On-Line Applications with or
without a personal touch at the other
end.</SPAN>
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class=e2ma-style>For all of you who have not yet
fully engaged the concept, there is an immediate
opportunity to expand your client network beyond
your current borders.</SPAN></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>This reality is most definitely
in place for legal professionals, lobbyists and
legislators. What they have to offer
through those abroad from themselves is an
immediate enhancement for their base-line
offering.</SPAN></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>A variant for those in the
Trades, who have a successful local business at
home (everything from Plumbing to Home
improvement), is the immediate prospect of
offering your knowledge to like companies at a
distance for a fee or a license.</SPAN></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>...And, yes, TRG is always open
to cooperate internationally to the benefit of
those who would like to think how they might
provide planning and other forms of professional
support in distant places.</SPAN></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>The Branding of individual IP
is one part of a central
answer.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<STRONG>December 2013</STRONG>
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class=e2ma-style><STRONG>PROFESSIONAL "BRANDING"
Critical Next Steps Part
2</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>There is a most unusual
phenomenon within the Professional
Community.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
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<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>While many highly experienced
legal, accounting and financial management
advisors understand and recommend the need to
wrap desired Branding around their clients, it
is not uncommon to find the same leaders holding
back from active Branding efforts for their own
groups.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>At times it seems that
“Branding” itself as a key function has been
“Mis-Branded”. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>If this assumption is correct,
then there are likely to be a number of those
reading this message who are carrying
preconceptions of Branding as synonymous with
advertising, which may be considered
inappropriate for certain professional entities.
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>The best Branding is visited on
a cyclical basis to assure that your team’s
value is constantly impressed on an array of
stakeholders.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>A simple branding audit
activity is to ask the individual from the
outside who delivers sandwiches at lunch hour
(Yes! No kidding!) what their perception of the
group might be.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>“Why should we care what a
delivery driver thinks?” you might say. If
you are inside 3M or Wells Fargo, you are
probably saying, “Of course, we want everyone to
understand the value of our Brand!” but if you
are in a small to moderate professional
enterprise you may be scratching your head as to
why you should care. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>Spending large sums of money on
colorful logos, etc<SPAN
class=spellcheck-word-highlight></SPAN>. is NOT
an answer. Isolating a clear
differentiation for you and your group with all
who come in contact with you is the true
starting point. Applying an answer throughout
the enterprise in the common course of business
is a critical step.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>The final part of
Professional Branding will appear in the NEXT
AGENDA.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
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class=e2ma-style>Focus on the
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class=e2ma-style>Gerhard B.
Schwandt</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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class=e2ma-style><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(26,63,170); FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><EM>Guest Predictions is a
regular feature in which we ask leaders in a
number of professions a set of questions that
affect us all.</EM></SPAN> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><SPAN
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class=e2ma-style><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(89,6,0)"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">Gerhard B.
Schwandt, Senior Partner of <A
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"
href="http://e2.ma/click/dtsnf/lr8wae/xgceyb"
data-type="url"
data-name="Management Partners International, Inc.">Management
Partners International,
Inc.</A></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(89,6,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=e2ma-style><EM><BR></EM></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(89,6,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=e2ma-style><EM>"Efficiency is the ability
to accomplish any task to good/excellent results
(Effectiveness), without wasting time, money,
materials or resources, but instead utilizing
all available resources in an optimum way. This
is accomplished while enhancing the quality and
harmony of the workplace and creating a better
work / life balance. Always moving closer to the
ideal is what my clients
accomplish."</EM></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(89,6,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
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<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(89,6,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=e2ma-style><EM>Gerhard Schwandt was born,
raised, and educated in Germany where he
apprenticed as an Executive Chef. He served 2
years in the German Air Force, arrived in the
USA in 1973, working as an Executive Chef and
within 3 years achieved a 5 Star rating, plus a
Michelin Star. In 1979 Gerhard involved himself
in sales. After an initial learning curve, he
became the top salesman for the company, and
then purchased the company. He is now the owner
of a Promotional Company, a Consulting
Business and an Import Business. He also worked
for 5 years as an International Speaker and for
the last 12 years as an Efficiency Expert –
Plus, which includes being a Business -
Executive – Life – Team – Career – Success &
Leadership Coach. </EM></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(89,6,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=e2ma-style><EM><BR></EM></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(89,6,0)"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">A sample of his
client list includes: American Red Cross
National Headquarters, Sprint - Nextel, STC,
Ameriprise Financial, Merrill Lynch, McLean
Mortgage, Palmercare Chiropractic, Dr. Li Smile
Center and many
more...</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline">
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(87,28,0)"
class=e2ma-style><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><BR></SPAN></EM></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(87,28,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>Q: What
do you see as the key emerging uses of the
Internet as an
Entrepreneur?</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>A:</STRONG>
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>Being able to access key
information no matter where you are in the
world. This way you can access answers to
questions that are relevant to your
clients</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(87,28,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>Q: What
surprising applications of the Internet have you
found in your field?</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>A:</STRONG>
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>Getting connections and
contacts from organizations and people I did not
even know existed but are of great
value.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(87,28,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>Q: What
have been the "Best Uses" of the Internet for
you?</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>A:</STRONG>
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>Two things: 1 – establishing
myself on LinkedIn which within 5 years has
resulted in a network of 30,000 connections on
my first level alone. 2 – being able to access
important business information and references
from my office computer while out of the office
without any problem.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(87,28,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style>Q: What should be
avoided when dealing with the
Internet?</SPAN></STRONG> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.3px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>A:</STRONG>
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>Limited, very limited
distribution, if any, of personal information on
social networking sites.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(87,28,0); FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>Q: Which
next steps might you recommend for all of us to
take? </STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
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<DIV
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>A:</STRONG>
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>Find the interest, activity,
business and organizational groups you want to
connect with and make yourself known on their
networks</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>.<SPAN
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class=e2ma-style>Marc
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<DIV><SPAN
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class=e2ma-style>This month’s Agenda focuses on
a repeated theme… We now are all part of a
series of expanded networks. What we do
and have done successfully for years opens us to
a wide array of new opportunities.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
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<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>As a significant step in this
direction, all of us could benefit from a
personal inventory of Intellectual Property.
This in turn can lead to expanding the benefit
of what so many of us use on a daily basis, but
do not exploit as readable works, licensable
systems or replicable methods.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
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class=e2ma-style>Wrapped around all of these
possibilities are the new realities of Branding,
which stand as the center article of our current
edition of The Agenda.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>We are considering an article
in the next Agenda (or possibly a special
edition) touching on the uses and hobbies we
individually pursue with the web as our
platform. Your direct input is sought.
Please include an e-address you would
allow being posted in The Agenda and the
e-address of any others who might benefit from
receiving The Agenda. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style>As always, your thoughts and
experiences are sought by the growing Network of
Agenda readers.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(26,63,170)"
class=e2ma-style>Best, </SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></EM></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV
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class=e2ma-style><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=e2ma-style><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(26,63,170)"
class=e2ma-style>Marc Paul
Chinoy</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></EM></DIV>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.29px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
class=e2ma-style><STRONG>p.s.</STRONG> After
a lifetime of writing fiction as a pastime, I
have placed the first of my works (novels and
short stories) on Kindle under my full name Marc
Paul Chinoy... For those who read for leisure in
this way, I am most curious to receive feedback
/ critical analysis of what I have
done.</SPAN><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.29px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"
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