The challenges we experienced here were primarily driven by the recession and although we had officially been in the recession long before 2009 began, VisionPoint Marketing didn't feel the pinch until January. With state budget freezes across the country, many of our higher education clients were in limbo through the spring months. And as we all know, every sector of our economy was adversely affected in one way or another which led to cut backs and spending freezes across all the industries that our clients work in.

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Our friends at the Triangle Community Foundation have put their creative minds to work and have inspired a philanthropic 'experiment' of sorts: The Give Back Giveaway. At their annual holiday party, the night ended with a surprise involving envelopes with $10 cash and a challenge. The Give Back Giveaway has three rules, 1) match the $10 with at least $10 of your own 2) go out and give the money to someone you do not know or an organization doing good in the region and 3) tell us what you did.

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Words of wisdom, empowerment and strength abounded at the first ever Meredith College Women’s Leadership Summit, held September 24-25, 2009. The Summit brought together some 400 eager, vibrant and excited women (and few men) in an effort to inspire each to be a “Catalyst for Change,” Meredith College and the Summit’s theme for 2009-10, to those around them.

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Rivals – every higher education institution has them, and almost every student will dedicate their time, energy and gallons of face-paint defending their school against them.  On the surface, a rivalry simply is a competition toward the same goal. But in an ambitious industry, where the majority of colleges and universities out there are still trying to differentiate themselves from their competition, the rivalry is a fight for uniqueness.

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As we watch analysts debate when or what will kill Twitter- news of Facebook's acquisition of FriendFeed and Google Wave only underscore the coming real-time web. What is real-time?

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