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	<description>This UK2012 Domain is for Sale, but in the meantime....</description>
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		<title>Why do it for nothing? A volunteer’s view</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheila Potter
“That is what the professionals would keep asking us, ‘why are you doing all this for nothing?’” Sheila Potter laughs, remembering her experience as a volunteer for the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. “But I wouldn’t change a thing, I’d do it all over again,” she says.

For three months before the Games opened, Sheila would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cast of Thousands – and the Woman in Charge of Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Anna Maidon
It’s all very well having thousands of people keen to help, but if you haven’t got a structure in place to direct them, all that enthusiasm could go to waste.

That’s where professional organiser or ‘cast coordinator’ Anna Maidon comes in. She has managed the volunteer ‘casts’ of the ceremonies for several sporting events, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Volunteers – Strength in Numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine placing a job ad and having 1.2 million people reply. That’s the number of volunteer applicants that organisers in Beijing have been grappling with in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics. From first aid to translation, driving to stewarding, costume-making to computing; volunteers are “the lifeblood of the Olympic Games,” as the London 2012 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is an Opening Ceremony?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Athens]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Doha Asian Games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part pageant, part musical, part technological showcase: one thing any opening ceremony should never be is understated. Imagine being given an advertising slot with a reach of more than one billion viewers worldwide. If you’re the country hosting the Games, you’re going to want to put on some show. And we’re not talking a cursory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Useful Olympics and 2012 Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.uk2012.com/2008/06/useful-olympic-and-2012-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Official and unofficial sites that offer a wide range of Olympics related stories;
Official
London 2012
London 2012 - Blog - A variety of LOCOG staff posting regularly
Vancouver 2010
Beijing 2008
Related
UK Sport - The UK&#8217;s high performance sports agency
Gamesbids.com - Active site, but focused on the Olympic bidding process
Around The Rings - Good source of independent news and information [...]]]></description>
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