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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:23:02 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>DezignMaven Digest</title><subtitle>Posts</subtitle><id>http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-04-09T01:08:01Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>When Standard Color Schemes Happen to Good Charts</title><category term="Microsoft Excel"/><category term="Tips and Tricks"/><id>http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/when-standard-color-schemes-happen-to-good-charts.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/when-standard-color-schemes-happen-to-good-charts.html"/><author><name>Xanthe Horste</name></author><published>2009-04-06T07:07:30Z</published><updated>2009-04-06T07:07:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The Challenge: Standards can become Stale. The Solution: Modify the Standard Colors for Chart Fills.In this sea of sameness, why not use your analytical visuals extend your brand?

How?

Use the company’s colors to create a new color scheme for all your Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets and Charts.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Girl Who Cried Blog</title><category term="Best Practices"/><category term="Blogging"/><category term="Design"/><category term="Digital Persona"/><category term="Marketing"/><category term="Random Lines"/><id>http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/the-girl-who-cried-blog.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/the-girl-who-cried-blog.html"/><author><name>Xanthe Horste</name></author><published>2009-04-06T07:00:00Z</published><updated>2009-04-06T07:00:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Guiding Principals for The Dezign Maven Blog:
Post with purpose | Create task-based and relevant posts as often as possible| Offer practical, easy to implement solutions | Listen to what others have to say or think about the topic | Be an advocate for change. So how am I going to deliver what I promise? Through learning from the success of others and sharing my experience as an example to others. This is my opportunity to “walk-the walk” and do what I encourage my clients to do…engage with your audience.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Please Stand By</title><id>http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/please-stand-by.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.dezignmaven.com/home/please-stand-by.html"/><author><name>Xanthe Horste</name></author><published>2008-11-06T04:22:07Z</published><updated>2008-11-06T04:22:07Z</updated></entry></feed>
