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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: The Cost of Not Being You

Idea Architects

The Cost of Not Being You. "We William Stafford , " An Introduction to Some Poems " In his wonderful post , Joe Gerstandt asks if youve recently paid the cost of being you, of bringing your whole self into your relationships and making the contributions that only you can make. So yes, the cost of being you will sometimes be great.

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Why email success starts with a clean subscriber list

Association Success

Way back when, before the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 , we were able to send out emails with the voracity of water coming out of a firehose. Since 2003, additional legislation regulating how businesses manage customer data has been enacted. This is actually a good thing. Clean and Compliant. Less is Often More. Measure What Matters.

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Getting Married to Membership May Require Engagement First

Idea Architects

With many companies and nonprofits offering some degree of value under a freemium model , potential members and customers may only be more likely to invest in the cost of membership only after becoming involved in some of the benefits of joining organization. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Making Sponsorship Special Again

Idea Architects

reduced cost courtesy of others’ doing the underwriting. As a result, the registration fee or product cost individuals have been paying hasn’t had to carry the full value proposition of the event or product itself. need to pass on more of the real cost and finding members and customers. Oct 2003 (1).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Crowdsourcing.

Idea Architects

If youre interested in trying this approach, two free or low-cost online software options are IdeaScale and Skild. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1). Feb 2003 (3). Jan 2003 (2). Reinventing Management Through Experiments and Hacks.

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Facilitation Friday #9: Build Capacity to Accomplish More

Idea Architects

Facilitators see structure as a means to an end not as the end itself or a turf to be protected at all costs. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1). Feb 2003 (3). Jan 2003 (2). Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4).

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Don’t Let Your Tech Resiliency Fall by the Wayside

Associations Now

But a lot of music disappeared from the internet after the social network MySpace revealed that it had lost all of the music uploaded to its site between 2003 and 2015. OK, maybe you weren’t in a college band—maybe that was your roommate in the dorms. That’s a lot of MP3s—and a lot of culture—lost in one fell swoop. What the heck happened?

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