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Tapping Into Attendee Expertise For Community Service Projects

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Your attendees have professional skills and specialized knowledge that can make a difference when they’re put to work in a conference-related community service project. Association conferences often feature a community service project —a chance for attendees to give back to the local community where the meeting is being held.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: My Simple Business Blueprint

Idea Architects

I dont actively monitor current financial projections compared to the same time last year. I mean blueprint. ; ) The only hiccup I had while processing the list is sometimes the folks in charge of contracts can make it painful, but then they disappear during the project and you end up working with some pretty wonderful people.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Leadership Limerick: The Whole.

Idea Architects

To help contribute to the success of a team, project, or organization, individuals must possess a clear understanding of their specific roles and how their efforts connect with others efforts, as well as contribute to the overall results. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Beware of Binders Becoming.

Idea Architects

I am a huge believer in the value of record-keeping in volunteer organizations and regularly preach the power of checklists as a vital tool in project management (you have read The Checklist Manifesto , right?). You can also think about creation and compliance as individual mindsets and skillsets when forming project teams.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #24: All Agendas.

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I was facilitating a group of individuals who had come together to develop plans for a project. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1). Feb 2003 (3). Jan 2003 (2). Friday, June 15, 2012. Facilitation Friday #24: All Agendas Are Hidden.

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Why The Structure You're Staffing is Stifling Progress

Idea Architects

Despite ample research indicating that many volunteers prefer short-term project work versus long-term committee or board positions, too many organizations still use under an older mental operating software about individual motivation and loyalty. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Rethinking 80-20

Idea Architects

So the next time you lament and accept the lack of participation in a program or the small corp of volunteers doing the heavy lifting on a project, look to see what principles or practices youve put into place that might be leading to those very results. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2).