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<item><title>Performance 2008: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies</title><pubDate>12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This report is the first comprehensive overview of new data on productivity, growth, and employment trends through 2007 based on The Conference Board's and the Groningen Growth and Development Centre's Total Economy Database.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2474</link></item>

<item><title>The Allure of Private Equity and Its Impact on Performance Pay in Publicly Held Companies</title><pubDate>12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>Brief reports, produced weekly by the Conference Board, Inc., that address the most pressing business issues of the day.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents_EA.asp?rnext=2475</link></item>

<item><title>Note de conjoncture provinciale: Hiver 2008</title><pubDate>12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>Ce résumé trimestriel reproduit, dans ses grandes lignes, la Note de conjoncture provinciale qui donne les perspectives économiques à court terme de chacune des provinces canadiennes.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2477</link></item>

<item><title>2008 International Risk Management: Increasing Business Impact</title><pubDate>10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This Conference e-Proceedings features leading experts and practitioners with experience implementing enterprise risk management (ERM) programs that drive strategy and operations within their organization. These experts discuss how they’ve captured the full potential of their risk management initiatives and how you can clear the ERM implementation barriers in your organization. 
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<item><title>Should Your Compliance and Ethics Program Extend to Third Parties?</title><pubDate>10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This webcast features a discussion of the new Conference Board research report, Finding the Right Balance: The Risks and Rewards of Third Party Ethics Programs.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2472</link></item>

<item><title>Pre-Conference Webcast: How Leveraging the Talent of Women in the Workforce Benefits Your Organization's Success</title><pubDate>10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This webcast will show participants, among other issues, how managing a multi-generational workforce will lead to more successful women and organizations.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2473</link></item>

<item><title>The Canadian Month at a Glance (March 2008)</title><pubDate>07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>A snapshot of the Canadian economy for the last six months.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2469</link></item>

<item><title>The U.S. Month at a Glance (March 2008)</title><pubDate>07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>A snapshot of the U.S. economy for the last six months.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2470</link></item>

<item><title>Building a Coaching Culture: Strategies and Stories from the Front Line</title><pubDate>06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This webcast discusses the importance of coaching and the idea of a coaching culture.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2467</link></item>

<item><title>Brand Efficiency: Measuring brand Communications Effectiveness</title><pubDate>06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This webcast takes brand measurement to the next level to create a useful and practical tool for marketing and communications professionals.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2468</link></item>

<item><title>Putting Climate into Your Business: Best Practices and Models for Corporate Climate Policies</title><pubDate>04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This webcast discusses developing a corporate climate action plan.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2464</link></item>

<item><title>Capitalizing on Central Europe’s Talent Pool: A Search for Talent in the Global Economy</title><pubDate>04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This webcast offers an overview of opportunities for capitalizing on talent from Central and Eastern Europe.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2465</link></item>

<item><title>Going Green: Corporate Commitment to Citizenship and Sustainability Issues Takes on a Greater Role</title><pubDate>04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>Brief reports, produced weekly by the Conference Board, Inc., that address the most pressing business issues of the day.
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<item><title>Crown Corporations: Trending Toward Greater Public Disclosure of Strategic Plans</title><pubDate>03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>Crown corporations often produce public versions of their corporate plans. Is the trend increasing? This report looks at the range of disclosure, and whether more disclosure may be in sight.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2461</link></item>

<item><title>Index of Consumer Confidence: February 2008</title><pubDate>03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>The monthly Index of Consumer Confidence is constructed from responses to four attitudinal questions posed to a random sample of Canadian households. The latest results are based on over 2,000 telephone interviews conducted in early February 2008.</description><link>http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.asp?rnext=2462</link></item>

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