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		<title>Communication strategies for users&#8217; groups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your users&#8217; groups are more successful if you maintain good solid communication with all the members. Members of most groups want this contact to know what is going on, get updates, and most importantly to feel connected.There are many ways to accomplish this, with email being a favorite. Emails however can be rejected by spam [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swugconf.org/2011/08/16/communication-strategies-for-users-groups/</link>
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		<title>Planning a users&#8217; group conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In planning any sort of conference, there are generally three important focuses&#8211;venue, agenda and guests. To help you in this crucial and demanding stage, you must form a committee preferably 6 to 10 people which will specifically be assigned tasks to accomplish for the conference. It allows more order and concentration on a single task [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swugconf.org/2011/07/14/planning-a-users-group-conference/</link>
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		<title>Starting your own users&#8217; group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the way the economy is now and these days everyone is on the computer. You can be on the computer if you write your own book, go on a website and chat with friends. You will be able to sign up to business that will help you earn money on the computer and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swugconf.org/2011/06/30/starting-your-own-users-group/</link>
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		<title>Major Milestones in Internet History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The internet as we know it is an inextricable part of our collective culture : how did we ever live without it? Here&#8217;s a brief look back at the history of the internet and notable milestones in internet history&#8230;1960s &#8211; Computers begin development stages and researchers quickly try to think of ways to allow computers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swugconf.org/2011/05/27/major-milestones-in-internet-history/</link>
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		<title>User groups not going anywhere, SUGEN says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re still worried about the future of users&#8217; groups, even after seeing how long some have already survived, perhaps this will reassure you. The SAP User-Group Executive Network (SUGEN) announced in September the results of a survey that shows people crave user groups more than ever.The survey population consisted of SAP BusinessObjects users worldwide. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swugconf.org/2010/10/19/user-groups-not-going-anywhere-sugen-says/</link>
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		<title>A primer for the Consumer Electronics Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves a road trip. That&#8217;s one of the reasons that the annual Consumer Electronics Show, held in Las Vegas every January since 1978, is so popular. Another is the exclusive clientele. Since the show is closed to the public, you&#8217;d better be a celebrity, an industry professional, or a member of the press if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swugconf.org/2010/10/15/a-primer-for-the-consumer-electronics-show/</link>
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		<title>A look at APCUG</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s a hard world for little things,&#8221; Rachel Cooper (Lillian Gish) said in the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter. That holds true for little users&#8217; groups as well. In fact, t would be difficult for many local groups to have access to the resources and technology that they do without the guiding hand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swugconf.org/2010/10/12/a-look-at-apcug/</link>
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