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    <title>Association of Professional Futurists Events </title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Little Bigs - May 2013 (28 May 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 19pt"&gt;Little Bigs - May 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;Summary this is an APF Virtual Gathering on Adobe Connect for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;The format is rapid fire, multiple speakers on topics about the future(s). Each Speaker gets 5 minutes! to make&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;point. Expect lively moderated Q&amp;amp;A and discussion following the presentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;The session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Breauxjw@gmail.com"&gt;Breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;When: 05/28/2013 3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;The agenda is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;10 minutes Logistics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;30 minutes for 5 minute presentations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;20 minutes moderated Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;URL is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/apfvg_lb_may/"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/apfvg_lb_may/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606809&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (06 Jun 2013)</title>
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  Monthly board meeting. Date and time listed as US Eastern.&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596394&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>#Futrchat APF Twitter Chat (20 Jun 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Join the fast-paced APF Twitter #futrchat. &amp;nbsp;We hold a monthly chat on the third Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00&amp;nbsp;ET (US) and draw a global participation of futurists and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;Please check the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://profuturists.posterous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #2253e7"&gt;APF Twitter chat site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where you will find posts relating to each month's&amp;nbsp;futrchat. Submit comments or blog posts of your own for crossposting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you would like to co-host a chat on a particular topic,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Cindy Frewen @urbanverse, Jennifer Jarratt @jenjarratt, or Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans&amp;nbsp;APF Social Media Wizards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;You don't have to register for #futrchat but remember to put the dates in your diary each month and&amp;nbsp;retweet announcements before the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596416&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596416&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Little Bigs - June 2013 (25 Jun 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="margin-top:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Little Bigs - June 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Summary this is an APF Virtual Gathering on Adobe Connect for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The format is rapid fire, multiple speakers on topics about the future(s). Each Speaker gets 5 minutes! to make&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;point. Expect lively moderated Q&amp;amp;A and discussion following the presentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;The session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Breauxjw@gmail.com"&gt;Breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;When: 06/25/2013 3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;A URL will be provided when registration is opened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606810&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606810&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>APF Virtual Gathering - July 2013 (11 Jul 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 class="contStyleExcHeadingColored"&gt;Virtual Gathering - July 2013&lt;/h2&gt;

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  Please join me in an Adobe Connect Meeting
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  Meeting Name: APF Virtual Gathering - July 2013
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  Summary: This will be an APF Virtual Gathering.
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  This gathering is based on a single speaker topic followed by a moderated Q &amp;amp; A discussion. The Session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST].
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  Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:breauxjw@gmail.com" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;
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  When: July 11, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
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  Speaker: Terry Grim&lt;br&gt;
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  Topic: Foresight Maturity Model
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    &lt;li&gt;Warm up and Welcome 10 minutes&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Speaker 30 minutes&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Moderated Q &amp;amp; A 20 minutes&lt;/li&gt;
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    Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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  A URL will be added when registration is opened
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606799&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Professional Development Seminar (19 Jul 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;APF Professional Development Seminar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;

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  &lt;b&gt;Location:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;

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    Catalyst Ranch, Chicago, IL
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    &lt;a href="http://www.catalystranch.com/"&gt;http://www.catalystranch.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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      &lt;img src="http://profuturists.org/Resources/Pictures/jitterbug.jpg" title="ProDev in Chicago" alt="ProDev in Chicago" width="200" height="118" border="0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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      &lt;b&gt;Program:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
      The Pro Dev Seminar is an informative, entertaining, collegial day with the focus on the development of our profession and field.&amp;nbsp;
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        Join APF members at this annual seminar. For questions, queries and to volunteer contact Heather Schlegel at heathervescent at gmail.com or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Jennifer Jarratt at jjarratt at leadingfuturists.biz.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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        &lt;p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Agenda available to registered attendees. Please note that registration fees will go up June 16, 2013.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=614001&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>APF Members Reception (20 Jul 2013)</title>
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  &lt;img src="http://profuturists.org/Resources/Pictures/chicago bandshell.jpg" title="" alt="" width="200" height="150" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 7px 7px 7px 7px;"&gt;Get together with fellow futurists for happy hour on Saturday evening in Chicago! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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  Enjoy light food, drinks, and all around charming group. Bring a friend, spouse, futurist, limit one guest per member, and contact us if you have more. Non-APF futurists welcome.&lt;br&gt;
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  We will be recognizing the Most Significant Futures Works winners and Student Recognition Project winners, and highlighting the Future of Foresight Project by APF.&lt;br&gt;
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  Directions from the hotel to be supplied when available. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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  Please RSVP by Tuesday July 16th so we can get a head count for food. Estimate if you plan to bring a guest.&lt;br&gt;
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  If you are in or near Chicago, plan on it!&amp;nbsp;Questions, please contact &lt;a href="mailto:heathervescent@gmail.com"&gt;Heather Schlegel&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=688785&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (21 Jul 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;
  Monthly board meeting. Date and time listed as US Eastern.&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596398&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>#Futrchat APF Twitter Chat (25 Jul 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Join the fast-paced APF Twitter #futrchat. &amp;nbsp;We hold a monthly chat on the third Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00&amp;nbsp;ET (US) and draw a global participation of futurists and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;Please check the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://profuturists.posterous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #2253e7"&gt;APF Twitter chat site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where you will find posts relating to each month's&amp;nbsp;futrchat. Submit comments or blog posts of your own for crossposting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you would like to co-host a chat on a particular topic,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Cindy Frewen @urbanverse, Jennifer Jarratt @jenjarratt, or Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans&amp;nbsp;APF Social Media Wizards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;You don't have to register for #futrchat but remember to put the dates in your diary each month and&amp;nbsp;retweet announcements before the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596417&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Little Bigs - July 2013 (30 Jul 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="margin-top:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Little Bigs - July 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Summary this is an APF Virtual Gathering on Adobe Connect for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The format is rapid fire, multiple speakers on topics about the future(s). Each Speaker gets 5 minutes! to make&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;point. Expect lively moderated Q&amp;amp;A and discussion following the presentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;The session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Breauxjw@gmail.com"&gt;Breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;When: 07/30/2013 3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;A URL will be provided when registration is opened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606811&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606811&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (08 Aug 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;
  Monthly board meeting. Date and time listed as US Eastern.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596399&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596399&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>#Futrchat APF Twitter Chat (15 Aug 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Join the fast-paced APF Twitter #futrchat. &amp;nbsp;We hold a monthly chat on the third Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00&amp;nbsp;ET (US) and draw a global participation of futurists and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;Please check the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://profuturists.posterous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #2253e7"&gt;APF Twitter chat site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where you will find posts relating to each month's&amp;nbsp;futrchat. Submit comments or blog posts of your own for crossposting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you would like to co-host a chat on a particular topic,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Cindy Frewen @urbanverse, Jennifer Jarratt @jenjarratt, or Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans&amp;nbsp;APF Social Media Wizards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;You don't have to register for #futrchat but remember to put the dates in your diary each month and&amp;nbsp;retweet announcements before the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596445&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596445&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>APF Little Bigs - August 2013 (27 Aug 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="margin-top:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Little Bigs - August 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Summary this is an APF Virtual Gathering on Adobe Connect for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The format is rapid fire, multiple speakers on topics about the future(s). Each Speaker gets 5 minutes! to make&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;point. Expect lively moderated Q&amp;amp;A and discussion following the presentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;The session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Breauxjw@gmail.com"&gt;Breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;When: 08/27/2013 3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;A URL will be provided when registration is opened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606812&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606812&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (05 Sep 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;
  Monthly board meeting. Date and time listed as US Eastern.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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  &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596402&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596402&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>APF Virtual Gathering - September 2013 (12 Sep 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 class="contStyleExcHeadingColored"&gt;APF Virtual Gathering - September 2013&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  Please join me in an Adobe Connect Meeting
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  Meeting Name: APF Virtual Gathering - September 2013
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  &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
  Summary: This will be an APF Virtual Gathering #apfvg
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&lt;div&gt;
  This gathering is based on a single speaker topic followed by a moderated Q &amp;amp; A discussion. The Session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST].
&lt;/div&gt;

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  Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:breauxjw@gmail.com" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;
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  When: September 12, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
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  Speaker: To Be Announced&lt;br&gt;
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  Topic: To Be Announced
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  Agenda:
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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Warm up and Welcome 10 minutes&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Speaker 30 minutes&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Moderated Q &amp;amp; A 20 minutes&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

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    Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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  A URL will be added when registration is opened
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606800&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606800&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>#Futrchat APF Twitter Chat (19 Sep 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Join the fast-paced APF Twitter #futrchat. &amp;nbsp;We hold a monthly chat on the third Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00&amp;nbsp;ET (US) and draw a global participation of futurists and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;Please check the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://profuturists.posterous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #2253e7"&gt;APF Twitter chat site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where you will find posts relating to each month's&amp;nbsp;futrchat. Submit comments or blog posts of your own for crossposting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you would like to co-host a chat on a particular topic,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Cindy Frewen @urbanverse, Jennifer Jarratt @jenjarratt, or Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans&amp;nbsp;APF Social Media Wizards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;You don't have to register for #futrchat but remember to put the dates in your diary each month and&amp;nbsp;retweet announcements before the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596446&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596446&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Little Bigs - September 2013 (24 Sep 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="margin-top:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Little Bigs - September 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Summary this is an APF Virtual Gathering on Adobe Connect for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The format is rapid fire, multiple speakers on topics about the future(s). Each Speaker gets 5 minutes! to make&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;point. Expect lively moderated Q&amp;amp;A and discussion following the presentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;The session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Breauxjw@gmail.com"&gt;Breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;When: 09/24/2013 3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;A URL will be provided when registration is opened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606813&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606813&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (03 Oct 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;
  Monthly board meeting. Date and time listed as US Eastern.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596403&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596403&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>#Futrchat APF Twitter Chat (17 Oct 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Join the fast-paced APF Twitter #futrchat. &amp;nbsp;We hold a monthly chat on the third Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00&amp;nbsp;ET (US) and draw a global participation of futurists and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;Please check the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://profuturists.posterous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #2253e7"&gt;APF Twitter chat site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where you will find posts relating to each month's&amp;nbsp;futrchat. Submit comments or blog posts of your own for crossposting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you would like to co-host a chat on a particular topic,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Cindy Frewen @urbanverse, Jennifer Jarratt @jenjarratt, or Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans&amp;nbsp;APF Social Media Wizards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;You don't have to register for #futrchat but remember to put the dates in your diary each month and&amp;nbsp;retweet announcements before the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596448&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596448&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Little Bigs - October 2013 (22 Oct 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="margin-top:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Little Bigs - October 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Summary this is an APF Virtual Gathering on Adobe Connect for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The format is rapid fire, multiple speakers on topics about the future(s). Each Speaker gets 5 minutes! to make&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;point. Expect lively moderated Q&amp;amp;A and discussion following the presentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;The session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Breauxjw@gmail.com"&gt;Breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;When: 10/22/2013 3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;A URL will be provided when registration is opened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606814&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (07 Nov 2013)</title>
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596404&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>APF Virtual Gathering - November 2013 (14 Nov 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 class="contStyleExcHeadingColored"&gt;APF Virtual Gathering - November 2013&lt;/h2&gt;

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  Please join me in an Adobe Connect Meeting
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  Meeting Name: APF Virtual Gathering - March 2013
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  Summary: This will be a APF Virtual Gathering.
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  This gathering is based on a single speaker topic followed by a moderated Q &amp;amp; A discussion. The Session kicks off at 3:00 PM EST [15:00 EST].
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  Invited by Jim Breaux&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:breauxjw@gmail.com" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;breauxjw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;
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  When: November 14, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
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  Speaker: To Be Announced&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Warm up and Welcome 10 minutes&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Speaker 30 minutes&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Moderated Q &amp;amp; A 20 minutes&lt;/li&gt;
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    Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;~~~ ~~~ ~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Test your connection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm"&gt;http://futurists.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Get a quick overview:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html"&gt;http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Adobe Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=606801&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>#Futrchat APF Twitter Chat (28 Nov 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Join the fast-paced APF Twitter #futrchat. &amp;nbsp;We hold a monthly chat on the third Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00&amp;nbsp;ET (US) and draw a global participation of futurists and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;Please check the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://profuturists.posterous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #2253e7"&gt;APF Twitter chat site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where you will find posts relating to each month's&amp;nbsp;futrchat. Submit comments or blog posts of your own for crossposting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you would like to co-host a chat on a particular topic,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Cindy Frewen @urbanverse, Jennifer Jarratt @jenjarratt, or Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans&amp;nbsp;APF Social Media Wizards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;You don't have to register for #futrchat but remember to put the dates in your diary each month and&amp;nbsp;retweet announcements before the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596451&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Board Meeting (05 Dec 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;
  Monthly board meeting. Date and time listed as US Eastern.&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596406&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>#Futrchat APF Twitter Chat (19 Dec 2013)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Join the fast-paced APF Twitter #futrchat. &amp;nbsp;We hold a monthly chat on the third Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00&amp;nbsp;ET (US) and draw a global participation of futurists and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;Please check the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://profuturists.posterous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #2253e7"&gt;APF Twitter chat site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;where you will find posts relating to each month's&amp;nbsp;futrchat. Submit comments or blog posts of your own for crossposting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you would like to co-host a chat on a particular topic,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Cindy Frewen @urbanverse, Jennifer Jarratt @jenjarratt, or Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans&amp;nbsp;APF Social Media Wizards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"&gt;You don't have to register for #futrchat but remember to put the dates in your diary each month and&amp;nbsp;retweet announcements before the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596452&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
      <guid>http://www.profuturists.org/events?eventId=596452&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</guid>
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