But it is less clear how much ability to influence events Microsoft really has.
Ignoring any media is merely ceding your ability to influence the audience engaging with that media.
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In the process, we undermine our ability to influence change to the extent we want and others need.
Built in there is the ability to influence others, to invent and deliver on behalf of the customer.
But his current position provides prestige and the ability to influence, the satisfactions of teaching and discourse with colleagues.
So they have less ability to influence how such data centers are run.
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Consequently, Israel's governments have little ability to influence how foreign governments treat it, regardless of who forms those governments.
Many philantropists argue that by funding universitities they buy the ability to influence policies and save them from the inside.
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The Davie Brown Index looks at multiple attributes to determine a celebrity's ability to influence brand affinity and consumer purchase intent.
But with the threatened creation of a new lobbyful of Labour peers, the Lords' future ability to influence the government looks in question.
The first thing we have to do is cut off special interests' ability to influence campaigns with their money, and increase the power of regular people.
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The Davie-Brown Index is used by marketers to determine a celebrity's (or in this case, a sports mascot's) ability to influence brand identity with the public.
At that moment, they surrendered their ability to influence NGDP.
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Tropiano said there was no doubt that as China's box-office clout increased in coming years, so too would its already substantial ability to influence Hollywood's decisions on film content.
But what is truly exciting is to hear folks now talking about utilizing social in their ability to influence and interact with a smaller, but more rewarding group of people.
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If Mr Bush is seen to be forced out by politics at home, America's ability to influence events both inside Iraq and in the wider region will be greatly undermined.
Perhaps their short histories and small, discreet offices, which seem slightly out of place when compared with their ability to influence events in the financial markets, cause a certain amount of unease.
As interest rates approach zero, the Fed's ability to influence activity through the manipulation of short-term interest rates is diminishing, though some economists believe it could start to do more to influence medium and longer-term rates.
In the weekly Conservative Debate on 28 March 2012, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire AM Angela Burns reiterated this message, arguing that the ability to influence decisions and access information is what makes people feel empowered.
These agencies will question not only his effective monopoly of the satellite television business, but his putative ability to influence the success of news and entertainment networks through his ability to distribute programming to millions of subscribers.
Given the limits to the use of military power, and the budget constraints and unintended consequences of using payments to buy support from other countries, soft power is critically important to the U.S. ability to influence events in the world.
Musharraf said Pakistan, which is under U.S. economic sanctions that were imposed after its nuclear testing in 1998, must face a choice between joining the international community -- thereby gaining the ability to influence decisions on the use of force against Afghanistan -- or being cut off.
At the same time, we'll engage Russia to seek further reductions in our nuclear arsenals, and continue leading the global effort to secure nuclear materials that could fall into the wrong hands - because our ability to influence others depends on our willingness to lead and meet our obligations.
Wales' ability to "influence and shape EU policies" will be hindered in the intervening years, according to the first minister.
Both would retain the ability to significantly influence the industry by having full control over the staffing of key positions and the extension of leases.
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What's more, he brings with him the ability to seriously influence the future all-important global debate on making the banks safe, because he is the chair of the Financial Stability Board - the senior worldwide financial regulatory body.
And what very often advances that power is their ability to put the influence they possess to good use.
These communications pitfalls affect your ability to execute, influence, be heard and understood.
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Those at the top of the Klout class, whose high scores for Twittering, Facebooking, and social networking show a demonstrated ability to win over friends and influence people, get invited to exclusive parties and showered with promotions by companies hoping to benefit from a positive tweet about their product or company.
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