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message stick

n
(Anthropology & Ethnology) a stick bearing carved symbols, carried by a native Australian as identification
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McGowan Government releases preliminary response to the Coroner's Inquest into Aboriginal youth suicide in the Kimberley and the Message Stick Inquiry
Australia : McGowan Government releases preliminary response to Aboriginal youth suicide reports
Kewalani even composed a song on conservation which her group sang during the competition to make the message stick with the young audience.
Youth pledge to make changes in their lives on Earth Day
After bombarding motorists with suggestive business cards offering massage 'services', the masseurs of Dubai are now resorting to a whole new way of making their message stick out, as Jordanian Dana Al Sabti found out recently.
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That format, we hope, will help make the message stick.
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I think we have to make that message stick but in new ways.
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Riley is tasked with expanding primetime drama and documentary; she inherits the long-running indigenous skein "Message Stick."
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But whether it's a multi-million pound TV campaign or web-based viral, it's about grabbing the attention and making the message stick. Ian added: "When I joined the industry it was all about television and billboards but it has moved on.
It's a fast moving industry with a hard edge; Ian loves buzz of advertising
Aboriginal elder Matilda House, standing barefoot and wearing a coat of animal skins, delivered a traditional message stick to Rudd to mark the first sitting of parliament since Rudd's Labor Party won power in last November's elections.
Making history
Without being alarmist, life insurers providing retirement products need to find a way to make their message stick.
Do you feel it?
Repetition is another way to make your message stick. As Murrow said, "Tell them, and then tell them again."
Hold your own with the media: the only thing you fully control when you talk to reporters is what you say and how you say it. Here's how to ensure your message is part of the story
Repetition often helps make a message stick in the mind.
Toward better communications
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