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Thanks For Playing: She Tells Two Friends.And They Tell Two.

Thanks For Playing

Remember that old Faberge shampoo commercial, where the hook was that the shampoo was SO amazing that a woman told two friends about it, and then they each told two friends, etc., For associations, the customer service we offer our members is a huge source of word of mouth, positive and negative. Fourth, ask your members.

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Thanks For Playing: "Done is the engine of more."

Thanks For Playing

What we really fear is criticism - from our colleagues and bosses, sure, but even more so from our members and boards. We get so caught up in the "everything has to be PERFECT" mindset that we shut out our members and their ideas and opinions, and make them passive consumers rather than active partners. 01 December 2011.

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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. But this needs to be more than the old 90-day free trial. Jul 2011 (10).

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

Idea Architects

being a good board member, leader, community advocate, leadership educator, parent, etc.). being a good board member, leader, community advocate, leadership educator, parent, etc.). In this way you begin to think together— not simply report out old thoughts. Belief Systems as Bridge-Builders, Not Barriers. How and why?

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: The Importance of Being Part of the.

Idea Architects

We’ve got fancier words and concepts for it nowadays, focusing in associations on member and volunteer engagement , in the workplace on employee engagement according to Gallup, and in higher education institutions on student involvement. He also teaches presentation design and facilitation to subject matter experts.

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

Idea Architects

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. Brain Pickings. ChangeThis.

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Association Subculture: Sad Cat Not Sad - Visions That Matter

Association Subculture

Now THAT is a future worth fighting for. That is a future worth fighting for. If you can't say it in a sentence that a five-year-old can understand, keep editing! Well, OK, maybe an EIGHT-year-old.). February 14, 2012 10:59 AM. I just got back from facilitating a board retreat with a client of mine in Florida.

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