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		<title>Join The Discussion!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attending the Career Circus? Want to chat with others who will attend? Please visit Spotlight Michigan&#8217;s Crowd Vine at http://careercircus.crowdvine.com/! Please add your profile, as it will be a great way to stay connected to those you will meet! Also, feel free to start a discussion, or comment on those that have been started!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/04/25/join-the-discussion/</link>
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		<title>Career Circus Student Preparation Session!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Need help preparing for the Circus?  Attend a prep session to help calm your nerves! When: April 27, 7:00 &#8211; 8:30pm Where: James Madison College Library, 3rd Floor Case Hall What: Address many different aspects of networking, including questions to ask and how to approach employers.  Additional time will be spent for a resume critique. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/04/20/career-circus-student-preparation-session/</link>
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		<title>Charleston, South Carolina: Policy Matters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our time in Charleston, S.C. has come to a close; however, our visit was more rewarding than we could have ever imagined.  While we were certainly looking forward to the warm weather, we learned quickly that Charleston has much more to offer aside from sun and sand. After meeting with various economic organizations and businesses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/03/09/charleston-south-carolina-policy-matters/</link>
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		<title>Indianapolis, Indiana: The &#8220;Unknown City&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Spotlight Michigan Team had the great fortune of visiting the city of Indianapolis, Indiana.  After leaving East Lansing at 3:00 in the morning, courtesy of Dean Trailways, and the support of the Lansing Area Economic Partnership, we arrived in Indianapolis promptly at 9:00am.  After doing some early morning city site seeing, we arrived [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/03/07/indianapolis-indiana-the-unknown-city/</link>
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		<title>Second Semester Update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We hope you had a great and well-deserved break over the holiday. Since coming back from our winter break the Spotlight team has been hard at work. We met with Professor Charles Ballard to go over our survey and we learned a lot about the Michigan economic environment.  This has proven to be very helpful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/02/03/second-semester-update/</link>
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		<title>Career Circus Employer Registration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employers, are you interested in attending a new age, innovative event to connect with talented University students?  Come to the Career Circus, presented by Spotlight Michigan!  Registration is easy, just follow this link! Career Circus Business Registration When: 1:00 &#8211; 4:00pm Friday, April 29, 2011   Where: 4th Floor, Spartan Stadium, Michigan State University See the Career Circus tab [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/career-circus-employer-registration/</link>
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		<title>Charleston, West Virginia: A Community Of Collaboration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As noted by our Facebook page post at Spotlight Michigan, when we crossed the West Virginia border the first thing we all thought was: “Wow, this place is just down right beautiful.”  The terrain is extremely diverse here, as are the small valley communities that line the drive from Virginia to Charleston, W.V.  While we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/charleston-west-virginia-a-community-of-collaboration/</link>
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		<title>Evolve: Talent In the New Economy &#8211;  Wednesday, April 21st, 5:30-8:30pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spotlight Michigan is pleased to announce the presentation of  its year-long comparative research project, exploring the attraction of young, entrepreneurial talent to Michigan. We are inviting community stakeholders and interested parties to join us as we present our findings on April 21st. The event, &#8216;Evolve: Talent in the New Economy,&#8217; will be held at 5:30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/evolve-talent-in-the-new-economy-wednesday-april-21st-530-830pm/</link>
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		<title>Final Touches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Spotlight Michigan team would first and foremost like to thank all of the employers and students who came out to the Career Circus. We had a wonderful time, and hope you did as well. In regards to our final report, we must apologize as we will not have the report up tonight as was originally planned. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/final-touches/</link>
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		<title>Columbus, Ohio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our spring break research trip is coming to a close as we leave our last stop, Columbus, OH, for East Lansing.  We have been extremely fortunate this past week to visit amazing places and even more fortunate to have come in contact with creative and innovative businesses, organizations, and people.  While every city we have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/columbus-ohio/</link>
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		<title>Madison: It&#8217;s all about the Networks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monday – March 8, 2010 Today Spotlight Michigan had a productive roundtable discussion with individuals representing a variety of interests in Madison, WI.  Having identified towns similar to the Lansing metro area, the group is attempting to discern which qualities of place are attractive to innovative talent. As the first stop in a whirlwind tour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/madison-its-all-about-the-networks/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays! An Update From Spotlight Michigan.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays! An update from spotlight Michigan. As the holiday season begins, and the fall semester comes to an end, Spotlight Michigan is moving forward with the momentum it has acquired through its eventful first semester.  So far, the class has read Richard Florida’s, “The Creative Class,” and Baumol, Litan, and Schramm’s, “Good Capitalism, Bad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/happy-holidays-an-update-from-spotlight-michigan/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight Michigan Presents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GROUP PRESENTS FINDINGS FROM A STATE WIDE SMALL BUSINESS SURVEY Over the past eight months, the Spotlight Michigan Team has been conducting research in order to better understand if a disconnect exists between the talent that Michigan universities are producing and the skills that employers, more specifically high-growth, second-stage businesses (10-99 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/spotlight-michigan-presents/</link>
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		<title>Urbana: It&#8217;s all about the LEADERSHIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Urbana, IL Today, Spotlight Michigan had the opportunity to travel to Urbana, Illinois. Even in East Lansing, we had heard rumblings of the great entrepreneurial initiatives on the campus of University of Illinois. To gain a better sense of city-led and campus-led entrepreneurial activity, we met with the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/27/urbana-its-all-about-the-leadership/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations Theresa Gasinski and Spotlight Campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eve of Ignition Spring Edition winner Theresa Gasinski also came away with a win after presenting at Ignite Lansing 3.0.  Gasinski presented a proposal to bring bike sharing, a popular and sustainable source of public transportation in Europe to the Greater Lansing Area. Spotlight Campus held their second Eve of Ignition this past Wednesday, March [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2011/01/14/congratulations-theresa-gasinski-and-spotlight-campus/</link>
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		<title>New Year, New Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year Spotlight Michigan has a new team that is anticipating researching multidisciplinary methods to revive and support Michigan&#8217;s prosperous innovative future. Spotlight is currently in the process of setting  a general research direction. We appreciate ongoing support from the community and are excited for this upcoming year. Spotlight Michigan Team Интернет это отличная площадка [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2010/09/22/new-year-new-team/</link>
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		<title>Evolve Event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 21, 2010 SPOTLIGHT MICHIGAN PRESENTS EVOLVE: TALENT IN THE NEW ECONOMY &#8211; [TalkLansing.net Live Feed] How can you create a more innovative and entrepreneurial culture in Michigan? - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  [click here for pdf version] - FINAL REPORT (WORKING PAPER) [click here for pdf version] Entrepreneurial environments can serve as a springboard for economic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2010/04/18/evolve-executive-summary/</link>
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		<title>South Bend: It&#8217;s all about INVOLVEMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Bend, IN For the final stop on our five city tour, Spotlight Michigan traveled to South Bend, Indiana to see how a fellow rust belt city was tackling the questions of talent attraction and entrepreneurship. First, we stopped at the City of South Bend Office, where we spoke with Jeff Gibney, Executive Director of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2010/03/13/south-bend-its-all-about-involvement/</link>
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		<title>Kansas City: It&#8217;s about the FOUNDATION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kansas City, MO On day three of Spotlight Michigan’s qualitative research trip we visited The Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.  The Kauffman Foundation is interested in encouraging a culture of entrepreneurship nationwide.  Their strategy is unique from the city and state-wide approaches expressed in Madison and Iowa City.  Ironically, their message was very similar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2010/03/11/kansas-city-its-about-the-foundation/</link>
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		<title>Iowa City: It&#8217;s about INTEGRATION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iowa City, IA As part of our second Midwest tour stop, Spotlight Michigan met with the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce and the executive director of the John Papajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Iowa. Our group noticed that unlike Madison, entrepreneurial networks were less accessible and prevalent in Iowa City. Iowa and Lansing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spotlightmichigan.com/2010/03/10/iowa-city-its-about-the-contradiction/</link>
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