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Seen Elsewhere: Resources for Trend Scanning, Gaming, Productivity

Idea Architects

For a great example of gaming in action, watch this 8-minute video on how the New York Public Library engaged 500 people overnight in writing a book about its collections. Dec 2011 (6). Nov 2011 (5). Oct 2011 (9). Sep 2011 (7). Aug 2011 (13). Jul 2011 (10). Jun 2011 (13). May 2011 (9).

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Don’t Close the Book on Indie Bookstores Just Yet

Associations Now

1,632 The number of members the American Booksellers Association has—down from 2,400 in 2002, but up after a period of recent declines, according to The New York Times. “We’ve got people opening new bookstores and people buying into existing ones,” ABA spokesman Dan Cullen told NBC News.

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Plexus Consulting Group?: Crucial Conversations

Plexus Consulting

Monday, March 21, 2011. Authors are Patterson, Grenny, McMillan and Switzler, published in 2002 by McGraw Hill, and subsequently a New York Times bestseller. ▼ 2011. (56). or international market expansion. Crucial Conversations. By Virgil R. How are you at crucial conversations? Blog Archive. ► 2012.