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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Belief Systems as Bridge-Builders.

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Belief Systems as Bridge-Builders, Not Barriers. Our life experiences inform and coalesce into the belief systems that guide our choices. When we come together with others—at home, in neighborhoods, in volunteers groups, or at work—our respective belief systems come into contact with those that others hold.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Rethinking 80-20

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What if the these percentages are not because of some predetermined tendency of the way individuals act, but is instead a logical result of the systems and processes we put into place? You might just find that 80% of your systems are focused on enabling only 20% of your potential participants or contributors. Dec 2002 (6).

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Why The Structure You're Staffing is Stifling Progress

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If your mindset and systems are based on having long-term employees (i.e., And because the volunteers currently in leadership positions have to manage the existing programs, communications, and other efforts, they struggle to also reinvent their officer structure and put new systems in place to manage a larger network of help.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Pre-Qualifying Volunteers

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Organizations should build the systems and infrastructure that accelerate the identification, orientation, and engagement of as many volunteers as possible. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: There Really Is a Simpler Way

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Here are a few of them: Living systems learn constantly. Living systems are self-organizing. Because we are living systems, most people are intelligent, creative, adaptive, and self-organizing. "We Living systems are webbed with feedback, with information available from all directions." Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

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In this edition, explore resources for interdisciplinary thinking and mind expansion, gain insights into alternative learning approaches and the increasingly rapid disruption of exiting educational systems and institutions, and consider one approach for engaging the wisdom of the crowd in an old-school fashion. Dec 2002 (6).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Thinking Differently About.

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But in creating the system to enable and support it, we would most likely diversify the number and perspectives of people volunteering and the ways in which they contribute. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2).