{"id":4276,"date":"2014-10-30T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2014-10-30T13:04:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T17:04:50","slug":"duane-forrester-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/duane-forrester-grabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Duane Forrester is up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting <a title=\"A few words with Duane Forrester of Bing during NamesCon\" href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/business\/a-few-words-with-duane-forrester-of-bing-during-namescon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Duane Forrester<\/strong><\/a>, Bing&#8217;s search engine guru, during NamesCon was an empowering moment.<\/p>\n<p>Duane&#8217;s not just a remarkably intelligent professional, he also possesses the interpersonal skills to deliver his knowledge and wisdom, in powerful blasts of information.<\/p>\n<p>As the closing speaker at <strong>NamesCon<\/strong>, he delivered the facts with a charming eloquence that big comedians possess, and yet, he was 100% serious.<\/p>\n<p>The sad news, is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonlinemarketingguy.com\/i-lost-my-job-but-not-my-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Duane&#8217;s position at Microsoft<\/strong><\/a> has been eliminated. Any professional losing their job of several years faces an initial shock that soon becomes the driving force for <strong>bigger and better things.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Duane Forrester is up for grabs, and any company with a sane plan to achieve a breakthrough in the domain industry, or in the technology sector, would love to snatch him in a second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good luck, Duane!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting Duane Forrester, Bing&#8217;s search engine guru, during NamesCon was an empowering moment. Duane&#8217;s not just a remarkably intelligent professional, he also possesses the interpersonal skills to deliver his knowledge and wisdom, in powerful blasts of information. 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