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		<title>Save Money and Effort with an Emjoi Epilator and Have Silky Smooth Skin All The Time</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emjoi are creating some of the most unique and popular epilators on the market today. Many women prefer the design; the lower pain involved with hair removal and the ease of use of the epilators.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Emjoi are creating some of the most unique and popular epilators on the market today. Many women prefer the design; the lower pain involved with hair removal and the ease of use of the epilators.</p>
<p>You can find Emjoi epilators online at prices that you will not believe and you will be able to order and have them delivered right to your door without any hassles. You will be able to compare Emjoi Epilators with all other types of hair removal systems to decide which is the best for you.</p>
<p>There are several different Emjoi epilators for you to choose from like the Emjoi Gently Gold Caress which you can find online for around $80. This unique epilator will give you smooth and silky skin for up to 6 weeks. It is designed with 36 tweezer like discs that are gold plated. It will remove hair gently and quickly. It has even been clinically tested for use on sensitive areas such as your underarms and bikini line. The design is awesome and curves right along with your skin to aid in a more comfortable hair removal system.</p>
<p>Another wonderful Emjoi epilator is the Emjoi Optima that you can find for about $100. The new design of this epilator will keep your skin taut for more pain reduction and will remove even the finest hair from the root. It has double the active surface with 36 pulling agents. It was designed especially for sensitive skin and delicate places  including bikini, legs and underarm  it minimizes pulling and discomfort while delivering long-lasting results &#8211; slower and finer re-growth. This epilator is not recommended for facial hair removal. It has an easy to use soft touch grip and a tweezer system with dual opposed heads. This great epilator comes with other great items such as a dual-function foil shaver with built-in long-hair trimmer, travel case, loofa sponge, cleaning brush and instruction booklet.</p>
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<p>As a beauty consultant Nicola Kennedy is always evaluating new products. Visit her site at <a href="http://www.epilator.info" rel="nofollow">http://www.epilator.info</a> for the Best Resources, Views and Information to help you choose the Emjoi Epilator for you.</p>
<p>Copyright &#169; Epilator.info. All rights reserved. This article may be reprinted in full so long as the resource box and the live links are included intact.</p>
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		<title>What Are We Teaching PR Students?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to do brochures, throw parties, talk to reporters and
 write press releases? Or, are we teaching them what PR&#8217;s
 fundamental premise says we should be teaching them?
In so many words, whether they go to work for a business,
 non-profit, government agency or association, students
 will soon discover that people act on their own perception
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How to do brochures, throw parties, talk to reporters and<br />
 write press releases? Or, are we teaching them what PR&#8217;s<br />
 fundamental premise says we should be teaching them?</p>
<p>In so many words, whether they go to work for a business,<br />
 non-profit, government agency or association, students<br />
 will soon discover that people act on their own perception<br />
 of the facts before them, which leads to predictable<br />
 behaviors about which something can be done. When we<br />
 create, change or reinforce that opinion by reaching,<br />
 persuading and moving-to-desired-action the very people<br />
 whose behaviors affect the organization the most, the<br />
 public relations mission is usually accomplished.</p>
<p>Which is why, after public relations students digest<br />
 THAT basic touchstone, they should be made aware that,<br />
 as future managers, their core public relations mission<br />
 will be to pull together the resources and action<br />
 planning they need to alter individual perception leading<br />
 to changed behaviors among their most important<br />
 outside audiences.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s not all! Then PR students should learn that<br />
 they will have to persuade those key folks to his or her<br />
 way of thinking, then move them to take actions that allow<br />
 their subsidiary, division, department, group or office to<br />
 succeed.</p>
<p>What we want for our new crop of PR students is the<br />
 knowledge that the right public relations planning really<br />
 CAN alter individual perception and lead to changed<br />
 behaviors among the very outside audiences who will help<br />
 them succeed as managers.</p>
<p>Should you find yourself explaining the role of public<br />
 relations, you must ask your audience to remember that their<br />
 PR efforts will demand more than the use of special events,<br />
 news releases and talk show tactics if they are to receive the<br />
 quality public relations results they deserve.</p>
<p>As to the results they can expect, tell them how glad<br />
 they&#8217;ll be that they took your advice when capital<br />
 givers or specifying sources begin to look their way;<br />
 customers start to make repeat purchases;<br />
 membership applications begin to rise; new proposals<br />
 for strategic alliances and joint ventures start showing<br />
 up; politicians and legislators begin looking at them<br />
 as key members of the business, non-profit or<br />
 association communities; new bounces in show room<br />
 visits occur; prospects actually start to do business<br />
 with them; and community leaders begin to seek them<br />
 out.</p>
<p>Discuss with your audience why it&#8217;s SO important to<br />
 know how your most important outside audiences<br />
 perceive your operations, products or services. Above<br />
 all, be sure they really believe that perceptions almost<br />
 always result in behaviors that can help or hurt their<br />
 operation.</p>
<p>Go over with them the need for monitoring and gathering<br />
 perceptions by questioning members of their most<br />
 important outside audiences. Have them ask questions<br />
 like these:  how much do you know about our organization?<br />
 Have you had prior contact with us and were you pleased<br />
 with the interchange? Are you familiar with our services<br />
 or products and employees? Have you experienced<br />
 problems with our people or procedures?</p>
<p>They should learn that the cost of using professional survey<br />
 firms to do the opinion gathering work will be<br />
 considerably more than using their PR colleagues who<br />
 are already in the perception business. But whether it&#8217;s<br />
 their people or a survey firm asking the questions, the<br />
 objective remains the same: identify untruths, false<br />
 assumptions, unfounded rumors, inaccuracies,<br />
 misconceptions and any other negative perception that<br />
 might translate into hurtful behaviors.</p>
<p>Public relations students need to know that here they<br />
 must establish a goal calling for action on the most<br />
 serious problem areas they uncovered during their<br />
 key audience perception monitoring. Will that goal<br />
 be to straighten out a dangerous misconception?<br />
 Correct a gross inaccuracy? Or, stop a potentially<br />
 painful rumor before it really gets started?</p>
<p>An equally important lesson is this. Setting a PR<br />
 goal requires an equally specific strategy that tells<br />
 you how to get there. Only three strategic options<br />
 are available to you when it comes to doing<br />
 something about perception and opinion. Change<br />
 existing perception, create perception where there<br />
 may be none, or reinforce it. The wrong strategy<br />
 pick will taste like mushroom gravy on your<br />
 pumpkin pie, so be sure your new strategy fits<br />
 well with your new public relations goal. You<br />
 certainly don&#8217;t want to select &#8220;change&#8221; when the<br />
 facts dictate a strategy of reinforcement.</p>
<p>Most students of public relations already know the<br />
 importance of good writing. Explain to them that<br />
 now is the time that good writing comes to the fore.<br />
 They must prepare a persuasive message that will<br />
 help move their key audience to their way of<br />
 thinking. It must be a carefully-written message<br />
 targeted directly at their key external audience.<br />
 They must come up with really corrective language<br />
 that is not merely compelling, persuasive and<br />
 believable, but clear and factual if they are to shift<br />
 perception/opinion towards their point of view and<br />
 lead to the behaviors they have in mind.</p>
<p>This step many of your students will find especially<br />
 interesting. They must now select the communications<br />
 tactics most likely to carry their message to the<br />
 attention of their target audience. There are many<br />
 available. From speeches, facility tours, emails and<br />
 brochures to consumer briefings, media interviews,<br />
 newsletters, personal meetings and many others.<br />
 But be certain that the tactics they pick are known<br />
 to reach folks just like their audience members.</p>
<p>Another reality PR students need to know is that<br />
 the credibility of any message is fragile, so how they<br />
 communicate it is also a concern. Which is why they<br />
 may wish to unveil their corrective message before<br />
 smaller meetings and presentations rather than using<br />
 higher-profile news releases.</p>
<p>As always, the need for a progress report should cause<br />
 them to begin a second perception monitoring session<br />
 with members of their external audience. Fortunately,<br />
 they&#8217;ll want to use many of the same questions used in<br />
 the benchmark session. But now, they will be on strict<br />
 alert for signs that the bad news perception is being<br />
 altered in their direction.</p>
<p>Reassure your student audience that, should program<br />
 momentum slow, they can always speed things up by<br />
 adding more communications tactics as well as<br />
 increasing their frequencies.</p>
<p>Students everywhere need reassurance that they&#8217;re on<br />
 the right track, and future business, non-profit, government<br />
 and association managers getting their first exposure to<br />
 PR are no different. What they need to know about public<br />
 relations are three realities.</p>
<p>First, as outlined above, they must marshall the resources<br />
 and action planning needed to alter individual perception<br />
 leading to changed behaviors among their most important<br />
 outside audiences.</p>
<p>Second, they must help persuade those key folks to his<br />
 or her way of thinking.</p>
<p>And third, move them to take actions that allow their<br />
 division, subsidiary, department, group or office to succeed.<br />
 Please feel free to publish this article and resource box<br />
 in your ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website.<br />
 A copy would be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net.</p>
<p>Robert A. Kelly &#169; 2005</p>
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<p>Bob Kelly counsels and writes for business, non-profit, government<br />
 and association managers about using the fundamental premise of<br />
 public relations to achieve their operating objectives. He has<br />
 published over 200 articles on the subject which are listed at<br />
 EzineArticles.com, click Expert Author, click Robert A. Kelly.<br />
 He has been DPR, Pepsi-Cola Co.; AGM-PR, Texaco Inc.; VP-PR,<br />
 Olin Corp.; VP-PR, Newport News Shipbuilding &#038; Drydock Co.;<br />
 director of communications, U.S. Department of the Interior, and<br />
 deputy assistant press secretary, The White House. He holds a<br />
 bachelor of science degree from Columbia University, major in<br />
 public relations.<br />
 mailto:bobkelly@TNI.net</p>
<p>Visit:<a href="http://www.PRCommentary.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.PRCommentary.com</a></p>
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