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<title>School Fundraising Idea - Name Your School for a Day Contest</title>
<description>Naming institutions and buildings as a form of donor recognition and acknowledgement of philanthropy is a tried and true fundraising practice. Carnegie Hall and the Guggenheim Museum are famous examples. Another form of naming facilities is sponsorship, w...</description>
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<pubDate>16th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>School Fundraising Idea - Wheel of Misfortune</title>
<description>Many fundraising ideas involve the enjoyment people have in the misfortune of others, as long as it is safe and no one gets hurt. This is especially true if the person suffering the misfortune is someone like your principal, coach or teacher. That's why d...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_102356_22.html</link>
<pubDate>16th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Beyond SEO and Marketing - Five Other Reasons You Should be Writing Articles</title>
<description>About a month ago, I started a new website as a little experiment to see if I could get a simple SEO strategy to work. Part of the strategy was to write several articles related to the website and post them on article sites and Ezines to get some back lin...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_101197_16.html</link>
<pubDate>16th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Take 12 Strokes off Your Golf Game by Overcoming Cathexis with Kenosis – What?</title>
<description>Every summer for the past five or six years I have reread Scott Peck's quirky book about psychiatry and golf, Golf and the Spirit. Peck is probably better known for his best selling books about his experiences and insights as a psychiatrist, such as, A Ro...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_101182_32.html</link>
<pubDate>16th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>5 Key Steps To Success In Running a Golf Tournament</title>
<description>5 Key Steps To Success In Running a Golf Tournament

by Ron Strand 

There is a long list of details anyone managing a golf tournament must compile and review. Based on my experience, here are the top five things golf tournament organizers should do: ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_99217_32.html</link>
<pubDate>15th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Golf In Lofoten is a Mystical Experience</title>
<description>Golfers looking for a golf holiday usually don't think of heading north above the Arctic Circle and I have to admit, golf was not the main reason for traveling to the stunning Lofoten Islands off the coast of northern Norway.  But sometimes, the unexpecte...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_99096_32.html</link>
<pubDate>15th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Tips for Selecting a Great Golf Gift</title>
<description>Whether it's a Christmas golf gift for a serious golfer or a fun prize for the family reunion or company tournament, picking out a golf gift that is truly appreciated takes a bit of planning.  Here are a few tips that will help you adjust your gift to the...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_99012_15.html</link>
<pubDate>15th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Thoughts on Playing Your Age</title>
<description>There is a saying in golf - I hope I live long enough to play my age. I've known a few golfers who can attest to this claim. I was reminded of this the other day while reading an obituary about a local golfer who died at the age of 95. He had been able to...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_83509_32.html</link>
<pubDate>21st August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>When Things Go Wrong, They Really Go Wrong 2</title>
<description>Doing my part for charity, I bought four green fees from the silent auction at a fundraiser that had been donated by an exclusive, private country club.  I should have known the day was going to be a bit different when I called to book a tee time. The voi...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_83449_32.html</link>
<pubDate>21st August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>When Things Go Wrong, They Really Go Wrong</title>
<description>The other day I golfed on a course with a spectacular 18th hole. A narrow fairway, cut into a river bank, with a steep down slope on the river side of the fairway, and the dense brush of the natural riverbank on the up slope side provided a very challengi...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_82438_32.html</link>
<pubDate>17th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Be Sure To Include Industry Metrics In Your Business Plan</title>
<description>If you are a business plan writer planning how to start a new business, you have to make some assumptions.  For those assumptions to have some credibility, you should be aware of industry metrics. Unless the business you are starting is truly the first of...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_82390_15.html</link>
<pubDate>17th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>SEO Strategy That Worked - Third Place Google Ranking in Three Weeks</title>
<description>My experiment in SEO started when I got an email with a title something like, Little Known Secrets of SEO Ranking Revealed. I was skeptical but the cost of the "secret" was quite low and it came from a source that I have found to be credible, so I bit. Th...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_81564_3.html</link>
<pubDate>14th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Advertising Risk - How Social Proof Will Overpower Authority</title>
<description>The other day I was out for a mountain bike ride in a nearby wilderness area. As I neared the woods, I noticed a police SUV stopped by two bikers. It looked like the police were talking to them about something, then the car took off down a trail in the di...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_81024_15.html</link>
<pubDate>13th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>An Unabashedly Sentimental Golf Article</title>
<description>Warning – this is going to be an unabashedly sentimental article.  You see, it dawned on me the other day, when a friend asked me why I have two seven irons in my bag, how much of what I am carrying were golf gifts. In fact, my driver and my putter are th...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_80267_32.html</link>
<pubDate>10th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Is Golf Tournament Sponsorship an Effective Form of Advertising?</title>
<description>Golf tournaments have become a very popular way for charity to raise money. Probably the number one reason why most companies support a tournament is an affinity for the cause. But in addition to supporting a worthy cause, golf tournament sponsorship repr...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_79889_15.html</link>
<pubDate>08th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Playing With The Next Tiger Woods?</title>
<description>After watching Tiger Woods clinch victory at the Buick Open, my wife and I headed over to a nearby community run golf course for a relaxing nine holes on a beautiful Sunday evening.  I was expecting an ordinary game on a course I've played many times, but...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_79592_32.html</link>
<pubDate>07th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Golf In Canada's Okanagan Valley</title>
<description>Combine golf course variety, with a beautiful landscape in a moderate climate, and you have golf in Canada's Okanagan Valley.  This valley stretches north and south through the interior of the province of British Columbia.  The town of Osoyoos, in the hea...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_78904_32.html</link>
<pubDate>03rd August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>How Golfers Can Cope With Back Pain</title>
<description>Many golfers experience back pain. The golf swing is an unnatural motion that can cause some unusual stresses. In some cases, golf does not necessarily cause the pain, but a golf swing can aggravate old injuries and escalate stiffness into painful spasms....</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_78659_32.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Four Necessary Steps You Should Take When Introducing Your Organization</title>
<description>Four Necessary Steps You Should Take When Introducing Your Organization

by Ron Strand 





Mission statements are often used by organizations in the introduction section of written material or on the homepage of their websites. If you do this, d...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_76197_15.html</link>
<pubDate>25th July 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Nonprofits Looking for Ideas - Not Plans</title>
<description>Most nonprofit organizations that I know run in a very efficient and business like manner, so I hesitate to criticize the hardworking folks in this sector. But there is a tendency in many non-profit organizations to look for quick, short-term results rath...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_75470_15.html</link>
<pubDate>24th July 2006</pubDate>
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