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				<description><![CDATA[<p>On-line learning is an amazing new reality for many including me. Oh my! There is so much to learn and so much to do in the online social network. There is connecting, platform building, presence, brand, voice, marketing, sales and more. And much more. After I wrote my first book, I decided to bring myself [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://www.nlbrumbaugh.com/the-need-for-on-line-community/">The Need for On-Line Community</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.nlbrumbaugh.com">Norma L. Brumbaugh</a>.]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000000;">On-line learning is an amazing new reality for many including me.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Oh my!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">There is so much to learn and so much to do in the online social network. There is connecting, platform building, presence, brand, voice, marketing, sales and more.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">And much more. After I wrote my first book, I decided to bring myself up to speed through the online community. I am still there. I will continue on.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">A lot of social presence and online presence is about community. There is much to see and do, in fact it is quite remarkable all things told.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">We can share our product or voice with the whole world, literally. Never has there been such opportunity to give out to others what we have to sell or tell, share or care.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">At our fingertips we have the power to change a life. My message may go to someone who desperately needs to hear it. It is that amazing.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">The online presence is a tool, a vehicle for outreaching and connecting with others. It morphs and defines itself as it streamlines and sophisticates its powerful potential.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Online learning is like exploration in the computer age. Go for it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #000000;"> &#8212;&#8212;-</span><br />
<span style="color: #000000;"> Excerpt from: <em>Country Wisdom for Heart &amp; Soul</em></p>
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