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	<itunes:author>Sheffield Sound Off</itunes:author>
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		<title>Five tips for a more compelling message</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2011/05/20/five-tips-for-a-more-compelling-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 18:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to have a better message. Here are five suggestions to make sure you have one: Authenticity: Is my message genuine? If it’s not real, credible, defensible and something that people would actually say, it probably lacks authenticity and should be abandoned as corporate speak that wouldn’t interest anyone. A test: would I say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a corporate narrative?</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2010/02/04/what-is-a-corporate-narrative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s becoming more common nowadays to hear commentators refer to a political leader&#8217;s or candidate&#8217;s &#8220;narrative&#8221; message. This concept, however, is yet to take deep hold in the business world, though it soon will. A story, or narrative, in the general sense of the word is an explanation of events that can be recounted in detail through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheffield Launches Offering to Create Strategic Narratives</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2009/11/03/sheffield-launches-strategic-narrative-offering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheffield Launches Strategic Narrative Mapping to help organizations quickly define the relevant elements of its strategies within the context of a simple storyline that stakeholders can readily grasp.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheffield Marketing Partners Celebrates Three Years  Of Telling Great Stories</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2009/10/03/sheffield-marketing-partners-celebrates-three-years-of-telling-great-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Downers Grove, Ill., July 1, 2009—Sheffield Marketing Partners (Sheffield), a boutique agency that specializes in message and narrative development, is celebrating three years of growth today. Sheffield was founded by Chicago agency veterans Joseph McCormack and John Severance to help organizations stand out in the marketplace by crafting and telling a compelling story.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheffield Institute trailer</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2009/02/20/sheffield-institute-trailer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sheffield Institute helps students and young professionals break into the media and marketing industries through capstone projects with non-profits and academic institutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Message Mapping and Fluency</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2009/02/12/inside-message-mapping-and-fluency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<title>Wordle</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2008/12/11/176/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wordle is amazing. It shows how the words we use create &#8220;word clouds&#8221; and depicts how frequency of usage might be displayed visually. Visit Wordle]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the difference between a message and a story?</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2008/09/15/whats-the-difference-between-a-message-and-a-story/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2008/09/15/whats-the-difference-between-a-message-and-a-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first glance, this seems obvious. Yet, when you turn marketers loose it quickly gets murky.  A message conveys a single point; a story many points (i.e., messages, perspectives, thoughts, etc.). So, forget trying to a build a compelling message or crafting a phrase that&#8217;s says it all. A story narrative is a much better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key to Marketing in an &#8220;ADD Age&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2007/12/05/key-to-marketing-in-an-add-age/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2007/12/05/key-to-marketing-in-an-add-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be brief.]]></description>
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		<title>Delivering the Perfect Pitch</title>
		<link>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2007/05/01/delivering-the-perfect-pitch/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffieldcompany.com/2007/05/01/delivering-the-perfect-pitch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 22:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe McCormack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most businesses would fail miserably if held to the challenge of describing their businesses in 10 words or less. Business Week, in a recent article, described how Microsoft and Tellme succeeded to simplify their pitches. My suggestion is not to aim for 10 words but to try to deliver your story in less than 60 [...]]]></description>
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