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		<title>Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you might or might not have noticed, as of about a year ago, I switched up the topics I was posting on my blog&#8230;alot less about the ad/planning/strategy industry and more random thoughts, ideas, daily ventures, yadda yadda. I was just getting sick of reading blogs that regurgitated the same stuff and found blogs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=4033&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Market Research Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I recently went to the grocery store &#8211; on my receipt was a solicitation to take a survey. As a planner / strategist, I was interested to see how this company&#8217;s marketing department structured the survey, so when I got home, I plugged in the URL to check it out. I want to focus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=5820&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Inspiration Outside the Ad Industry</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2011/07/02/finding-inspiration-outside-the-ad-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1: Alot of what we do in the advertising industry is to pinpoint the sweet spot mashup of meaningful storytelling and effective communication. (Strategic) advertising people are always up for thinking outside the box and finding inspiration in anything (if you look at it the right way). Part 2: My good friend Ashly shared [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=5734&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intel Visual Life</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2011/06/08/intel-visual-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really can&#8217;t think of anything more profound to say, other than, I love this video. Close your other windows/tabs, shut down your Tweet Deck, put your phone on silent, turn on your Facebook notifications&#8230;if nothing else, just for six minutes (I promise you won&#8217;t regret it, you will survive AND be inspired &#8211; what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=5116&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ll Comment On My Facebook</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2011/06/03/youll-comment-on-my-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;but not my blog. Even when I post the same exact thing on my blog (click prior link) and my Facebook: As you can see, I had 16 &#8216;likes&#8217; and about 256 comments on my Facebook, but zip, zilch, nada on the same thing posted to my blog. I&#8217;ve always been interested in the influence, convergence and interaction [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=5359&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s COLAB Time!</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2011/02/26/its-colab-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To those of you looking for an internship in the advertising world, guess what? COLAB time is here again&#8230; I participated in the inaugural 2008 group &#8211; wasn&#8217;t sure what to think going in, but it was the best six weeks I&#8217;ve spent during a summer &#8211; collaborating with some of the most forward thinking, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=4463&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do You Always Take Pictures?</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2011/02/23/why-do-you-always-take-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At an event this afternoon, I saw something that caught my eye, so I snapped a few pictures. Business as usual in my vida diaria. However, the person sitting next to me turned &#38; asked: &#8216;Why do you take pictures of everything?&#8217; My initial response (which I elected to keep to myself): &#8220;Why DON&#8217;T you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=4311&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be Alone</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2010/09/19/how-to-be-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yo hubiera escrito un breve párrafo acerca de este video si Paul Isakson ya no lo hubiera hecho en una manera tan elocuente. Disfrútenlo: Filed under: Society + Culture Tagged: culture, how to be alone, paul isakson, planning, society<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=3809&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started taking private violin lessons way back when, my teacher, Mr. Nelson, had me read a book before I began: The Inner Game of Tennis. &#8220;WTF? I am here for violin lessons, not tennis tips&#8221; I thought to myself. However, I read the book and honestly, the ideas in the book have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=3297&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;generally, I am a work-o-holic. BUT, I am working on it. &#8230;uhhh that type of work doesn&#8217;t count. (; Anyway, by working on it, I mean to say: realizing that life isn&#8217;t all about work and frequently just getting away from the computer and DOING THINGS is actually far more beneficial than sitting in front [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2329&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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