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		<title>Translating student retention numbers to the bottom line</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/translating-student-retention-numbers-to-the-bottom-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think your strategic enrollment efforts and intentional retention efforts don’t matter? Guess again. Your impact might be bigger than you think. If your student retention rates on your campus increase by just one percent the impact can be significant to the university’s bottom line. Let’s do some quick math based on a real-life example of a 1.6 percent increase in student retention.]]></description>
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		<title>Fox &amp; the Hound – A Sure-Fire Icebreaker</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/orientation/fox-and-the-hound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Sure-Fire Icebreaker' Series]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This activity is very high energy and is great to do when you want to get people up and moving. Everyone is pretty exhausted at the end of the game. People are sweating and breathing hard, but smiling and laughing too. Some of those foxes and hounds end up being friends for life. It’s just another sure-fire way to break the ice.]]></description>
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		<title>Pepsi and Social Conscience &#8211; a Refreshing Approach to the Super Bowl That Could Make a Difference</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/service/pepsi-social-conscience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 23 consecutive years they have run commercial during the Super Bowl…but not this year. In a decision that gives me hope, they are instead doing a social-media campaign to promote its "Pepsi Refresh" initiative. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bring It To Me – A Sure-Fire Icebreaker</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/orientation/bring-it-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This icebreaker has never failed. It's great for adding some fun and energy to a campus meeting or helping new acquaintances feel more comfortable around each other. Just follow my script and it will work for you too.]]></description>
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		<title>A Focus on Strengths or Weaknesses?</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/success/strengthsquest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifelong Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success In College and In Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Stende just had his whole thought process rearranged by his friend, Chris Jachimowicz. Don’t worry about your weaknesses. It will take so much more effort to improve them than it will to improve your strengths. Learn more about your strengths at http://www.StrengthsQuest.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Troy Stende&#8217;s Orientation with a Passion</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/orientation/orientation-with-a-passion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Sherrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Stende recently returned from what he calls ‘a crazy and amazing orientation tour.’ He visited 11 states in 15 days like a rock star on a mini tour… but without all the partying. His life is an example of one of the things he advises students to do, “Find something you love and do it with passion!”]]></description>
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		<title>The secret to a long and happy life…according to Dr. Andy</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/success/dr-andy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I truly value the opinion of elders because they’ve been there and done that and have such a different perspective. I noticed an older gentleman dancing to his heart's content. I’m sure he was in his 70s, but the energy he exuded was so youthful.I asked him what was his secret for a long and happy life. His advice was simple and profound:]]></description>
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		<title>Real leaders see themselves as one of the group, not above the group</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/studentleadership/sense-of-entitlement/</link>
		<comments>http://campustalkblog.com/studentleadership/sense-of-entitlement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices in Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Future Leaders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often when working with campus leadership groups advisors ask me to help instill a sense of responsibility and pride in their students during the keynote, conference or retreat. I’m beginning to understand more and more why I’m getting this request as I witness disturbing new trends among college students today. Here are three recent examples from the news:]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming your fear of&#8230; Hockey?</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/staff-studentleadership/fear-of-hockey/</link>
		<comments>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/staff-studentleadership/fear-of-hockey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Staff Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve come up with a couple tips for students and student leaders that have been very helpful when reaching out to a new group. Recently I started playing pickup ice hockey and I applied the tips to help me overcome my fear of joining this new group.]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity Programs Gone Wrong</title>
		<link>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/facilitation/diversity-programs-gone-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://campustalkblog.com/studentaffairs/facilitation/diversity-programs-gone-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Stende</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advice from Troy Stende, Experiential Leadership Trainer: "Diversity activities can be very powerful and life changing. But they can also be damaging to the individual and the group. Most of the success or failure rides on the shoulders of the facilitator."]]></description>
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