tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15818472620967189102024-03-05T00:26:39.345-08:00New Generation VisionNew Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-52089691844922264352011-03-01T06:27:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:27:03.486-08:00The Right Way to Get Your Ideas HeardThe crossing light is already flashing red, reminding you to speed it up. You're in the middle of rush hour, fighting swarms of people, while simultaneously tapping out a message to wrap up that urgent issue back at the office. All around you — hustling and bustling — are people headed to the grocery store, to the gym, to... somewhere.<br />
Nearby, you hear this voice, asking... "Do you have two minutes to...?"<br />
Will you stop to listen? Not very likely, is it?<br />
Work looks a lot like that busy street corner. Hustling to keep up, our colleagues are taking on more and working harder. Even strategic issues are getting shorted; we spend less than two percent of our time discussing strategic issues. Given this context, new ideas have a tough time being heard. It's no wonder that our colleagues resort to some aggressive approaches to get theirs on our radar screens. Here are some that I've seen recently:<br />
<strong>Rapid-fire ideas.</strong> Don't pause to see if any of them are catching on — just keep going, guns a-blazin'. This is the Rambo approach, akin to Sylvester Stallone armed with the biggest-gun-you-ever-saw delivering a one-man barrage of shock and awe. Carried into work, it suggests that if you just fire off enough ideas, at least one will hit the mark. <br />
<strong>Be super-friendly.</strong> Recognizing that trust and camaraderie can help get your ideas a moment of consideration, you work the relationships. This is the Sally Field approach (You like me! You really like me!). The problem is that the focus is on the personal relationship, rather than the merit of the idea. <br />
<strong>Hijack the discussion.</strong> Just as someone else is putting forth an idea, use a contradictory word or phrase, such as "but," "no", or "I disagree." to interject. You could even do it more insidiously by saying "Great idea. We could also try..." As attention swivels in your direction, direct the conversation to your own idea under the guise of adding commentary. While you're at it, affectionately mention some of your previous ideas. This contrarian and dismissive approach — best exemplified for me by the movie critic Roger Ebert — is unfortunately commonplace. While acceptable with professional critics, it's just plain annoying at work. <br />
As much as we'd like to deny we do this, we can at least admit to being tempted to use techniques like these to give our ideas a chance to be heard. Add (in the comments section) your own pet peeves from your work setting, and we'll have good collection of how not to do it. While any of these methods might be successful in the short run, they typically only result in surfacing the idea, which rarely influences others or gets acted upon. <br />
And that is really is the point. Remember that the goal of offering a new idea is to move the organization forward. We want to serve the needed role of protagonist: someone who helps organizations become more competitive because of their ability to name issues, point to new horizons and create solutions. The goal then is to not only speak up but to <em>be heard</em>. <br />
To be heard implies speaking up in such a way that the idea is given a chance to influence the organization and be acted upon. To be effectively heard, you need to recognize the context, plan your approach, and adjust your style to communicate ideas that, with any luck, will connect with the needs of the business.<br />
Let me offer six better techniques to getting your ideas heard:<br />
<ol><li><strong>Be an anthropologist. </strong>There are so many tools for learning about people — what topics they track, what they value, how they approach their work, their opinions. Figure out what your colleagues care about. If they blog, read 'em. If they tweet, follow 'em. Their LinkedIn.com endorsements also tell a story. Observe, learn what makes them tick, andshape your idea to the receiver's perspective. </li>
<li><strong>Have a perspective.</strong> Many people show up at meetings unable to offer a well-considered opinion. If you don't have an informed perspective, then you risk being labeled a Doer, someone ill-suited to being a protagonist. Doers don't need seats at the table; no, they can be told what to do via email. When we are working on tough problems — whether it is a new direction or a product or program — we will seek out the folks who are co-thinkers, to become co-creators of our destiny. If you want that role, then come ready to meetings, with a point of view. Sometimes offering a perspective can be as simple as knowing what questions you want to ask. </li>
<li><strong>Create relevance.</strong> Every argument can benefit from relevant quantitative data. Figure out which facts matter and get 'em. Even in early markets where the data is still fuzzy, you can figure out if something is the size of a breadbox or a Humvee. Real customer stories and anecdotes are great; backing those up with facts is even better. </li>
<li><strong>Choose your medium.</strong> If these are people who value numbers, use an Excel spreadsheet. If they value good graphics, invest there. Better yet, tell a story that weaves together facts of importance in ways people can get lost in. Facts go in and go out, but ideas that stick always have stories that create meaning and resonance. </li>
<li><strong>Answer the question of "why not."</strong> When we can understand the risks, flaws and options more fully, we go from being just an advocate of one idea to being an advocate for the organization. Complex issues deserve each of us thinking about them robustly. </li>
<li><strong>Be passionate. </strong>Our point of view is based on our experiences and observations; your idea may not be something that the rest of the group is thinking about yet. This means you're going to need to explain it to them. If you do it in a way that is about you being in love with the idea rather than about you being right, someone else just might fall in love with that idea, too. Being passionate does not mean having an outburst, but being clear-minded about your approach. A commentator on a recent post, wrote that the the best words are spoken with the most honest, curious (not challenging), and genuine voice. This speaks to a kind of ego-less-ness that is passionate about doing the right thing for the business. </li>
</ol>There is a scarily fine line between being perceived as a self-serving scene-stealer vs. someone with valid ideas that need to be considered for the good of the organization. To be a protagonist, you've got to not only speak up and be heard, but to do it in a way that advances the organization's goals. That's the difference between street corner chaos and actually being heard.New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-46944254775976715742011-03-01T06:20:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:20:20.191-08:00Transparency and Mergers<div aptureproxy="12" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="merger" class="single-post-thm alignright border wp-post-image" height="150" src="http://blog.eonetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/merger-175x150.jpg" title="merger" width="175" /></div><br />
<div aptureproxy="12">When it comes to business growth, I have learned that communication is tantamount to internal and external success, especially when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. A merger or acquisition is a<br />
sensitive process for all parties involved. Misinformation can abound, egos can be bruised and business relationships can be damaged.<span id="more-2366"></span></div>In my experience, implementing a transparent communications program ensures that employees and the marketplace understand exactly how the deal will affect them. Without transparency, employees and stakeholders can lose confidence in the company. A flawless response time and communication routes are just as crucial when it comes to easing the concerns of employees, investors, vendors, customers and even the media. Here are some other lessons I learned:<br />
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<strong>Quick, Precise Response</strong><br />
When it comes to mergers, I make it a point to anticipate and respond to rumors as soon as a deal seems imminent. I do this by immediately identifying “key messages” that contain useful and comprehensive information. Initiating a proactive strategy—which includes face-to-face meetings with those most affected by the deal—a schedule of updates and a plan for eleventh-hour changes is<br />
also essential when it comes to creating a smooth transition process.<br />
To ensure the transition is unaffected by exigent circumstances, I identify communication vehicles that will effectively reach my target audiences. More importantly, I establish a plan for which communication routes should be employed first. Nothing is worse than having employees find out about a major change in the company from acquaintances. These concerns should be addressed long before the rumor mill kicks into action.<br />
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<strong>Internal Communications</strong><br />
When announcing a merger or acquisition, I try my best to provide accurate information and avoid making promises I can’t keep. Falsely assuring employees that jobs will not be lost is detrimental to the mergers and acquisitions process, as well as overall operations, employee morale and business. If time is taken to discuss the deal’s benefits and drawbacks, employees are more likely to respond positively instead of resisting change.<br />
Over the years, I have found that employees expect straightforward and honest information; that’s no different when it comes to mergers or acquisitions. I try to anticipate questions that may arise and have a solid answer prepared for each. What’s more, I do my best to ensure that regular updates are communicated through management, Q&A sessions, staff meetings, company newsletters and e-mails.<br />
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<strong>External Communications</strong><br />
Alerting employees is not the end of my responsibilities. Stakeholders, customers, vendors, community members and other key audiences hold specific interests in a company. Utilizing media relations throughout the mergers and acquisition process can help me reach out to these groups. Furthermore, communicating with key media outlets offers a means for publicizing a name change, reducing customer loss and launching new market and/or services announcements. Fostering this relationship also allows me to better control the message that is being communicated about the company.<br />
All in all, I’ve found that the perfect mix of internal and external communication plans involves implementing communications quickly, using all available communication routes and delivering clear and accurate messages. Companies that make communications plans a priority during a merger or acquisition will emerge from the process as an organization that stakeholders, employees and the media can trust. And trust is what good business is all about.New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-33424553705534550902011-03-01T06:16:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:16:23.572-08:00Tips for Writing a Compelling Job Description<img alt="job_bullseye" class="single-post-thm alignright border wp-post-image" height="150" src="http://blog.eonetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/job_bullseye-175x150.jpg" title="job_bullseye" width="175" /><br />
Before we interview candidates, we have to get top talent in the marketplace interested and excited enough to apply. We have found that one of the best ways to do this is with a well-crafted job description. Here are some of the things we do to ensure we produce elite hires for our clients.<span id="more-2303"></span><br />
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<strong>Known What You Want (Sharpen Your Focus)</strong>It is important that we focus our job description on capturing a prospective employees’ attention and interest, and that we have a clear vision of the type of person we want to hire. For example, we may be looking for a marketing guru to help us take our business to the next level. In this case, we would look for someone who understands the potential of the various marketing levers available and knows, or is interested in learning, how to use them. We would cater to this type of person when writing our job description, as this is quite often the only opportunity to “market” a role to a target audience.<br />
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<strong>Know What THEY Want</strong>Before we can set out to create a job description that will attract top talent, it’s important for us to understand the things our client’s target demographic view as important. Job traits like frequent travel might seem great to young professionals who aren’t tied down, but they could be a deterrent to senior executives who value spending time at home with the family. We figure out what it is the target candidates value, and then we highlight the ones that our client offers.<br />
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<strong>Answer The “Why” (Benefits vs. Features)</strong>Many job descriptions simply list the duties and responsibilities of the position, followed by a list of skills or experiences the role requires. Since the opportunity we are describing also offers unique benefits to job seekers—like a chance to work with the agency’s most famous clients or get in on the ground floor of a new client/agency relationship—we ensure the job description communicates them. When a person asks themselves “Why do I want to work here?”, we give them the answer to that question.<br />
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<strong>Sell Your Company</strong>Whatever position we are recruiting for probably exists in other companies. While it’s important to communicate specifics about the role itself, it’s also critical to convey information about our client’s company. A great candidate is not just applying for an opportunity; they’re joining what they hope is an innovative team. There are a lot of great things about our clients that employees value, and we do our best to explain how the job will help the candidate achieve their objectives and fast-track their marketing career.<br />
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<strong>Make It Inspirational</strong>Job descriptions shouldn’t just be informational… they should be inspirational! When it comes to actually writing the job description, we have found that there are a few important points to consider. Here is what we do to make our job description stand out:<br />
<ul><li>We write job descriptions in a natural voice that conveys some of the personality of our client’s companies.</li>
<li>We avoid clichés and keep the business jargon to a minimum.</li>
<li>We ensure the most appealing aspects of the job are highlighted and stand out.</li>
<li>When we’re done, we read it back to ourselves. We also put ourselves in the reader’s shoes and ask: “Would I be excited about this opportunity?”</li>
</ul>Finding a great hire in today’s viral network can be a daunting task, but with the right preparation and delivery, it can net some fantastic employees.New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-86278817527996678272011-03-01T06:09:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:09:24.023-08:00What Are Your Social Media Goals?You log into twitter and facebook everyday, you read tweets, you comment on your friends facebook wall, you retweet blog post, at the end of the day, what are your <strong>social media goals</strong>? What are you trying to achieve from social media?<br />
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A tweet caught my attention recently. It mentioned that if we post 20 tweets a day we should blog and pay ourselves first. It got me thinking about the amount of time that we spent on social networking daily and whether it is influencing our productivity time.New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-86813131101120977692011-02-03T20:47:00.000-08:002011-02-03T20:49:02.602-08:00Unleashed Your Unique and Special Proposition (USP)<h1><b> </b>Your Unique and Special Proposition (USP)</h1>A few points on the definition:<br />
<ol><li>The USP must be <b>very specific</b>. E.g. “Head & Shoulders will remove your dandruff”, not “Head & Shoulders is an excellent shampoo”.</li>
<li>Your competitors <b>cannot or will not offer it</b>. This is why it’s no good saying “I’m talented, creative and hardworking” on your resume, or “We provide outstanding service” on your website. Chances are your competitors are not writing “I’m clueless, devoid of imagination and lazy” on resumes, or “We never answer the phone” on their websites.</li>
<li>Don’t worry about reaching ‘mass millions’. Rosser was writing in the golden age of mass marketing. These days, according to Kevin Kelly, a creator only needs <b>1,000 true fans</b> to make a living, which is a bit more manageable.</li>
</ol>Now I know a lot of creative people have a hard time with marketing language like ‘brand’ and ‘target market’ and so on. As an introverted poet, I can relate. But sometimes in the course of this course, I’m going to have to call a spade a spade, or in this case a USP a USP. <br />
<h1><b>How do you develop your USP</b></h1><b><span style="color: white;">Here’s how!<br />
</span></b>I’m a fan of Mark McGuiness’s worksheet for developing yours (and his work in general). So I highly recommend you take a look at his great way to break it down. I’ll delve into my answers below.<br />
Mark suggests getting at least two answers to all of the questions below.<br />
Firstly, answer them yourself. Secondly, get someone who knows you and your work well to answer them –your customers, colleagues or friends. <b>That’s where you come in.</b><br />
This is because a USP is about <i>other people’s perceptions of you</i>. What makes you remarkable in their eyes may not be obvious to you. I’m going to keep my answers purposefully short because yours are more important.<br />
<h2><b>1. What are you better at than anyone else?</b></h2>Being open to change and learning new things. I like to think I’m someone who lives a life of adventure, constantly challenging myself. My friends say I’m a motivating type and a connector.<br />
<h2><b>2. What do you enjoy doing the most?</b></h2>The art of entrepreneurship, travelling the world, meeting new friends who I inspire or am inspired by, and playing Ultimate Frisbee (and sports in general).<br />
<h2><b>3. What do (or could) you provide that no one else is providing?</b></h2>Show you how to run your business, if you choose to, from anywhere in the world by using efficient systems, online tools and social media to streamline your work and free up time to do other fun things.<br />
<h2><b>4. What annoys people the most about your industry?</b></h2>A lot of people talking the talk but not walking the walk of a life of personal freedom. Tim Ferris does not work a 4 hour work week nor would he want to. I’m not interested in never working. I love what I do.<br />
If I won the lottery tomorrow it would not make me happier because I am doing exactly what I want to be doing. That’s where I want to help other people. To get to their ultimate place of happiness and personal freedom.<br />
<h2><b>5. What is remarkable about you?</b></h2>I believe I’m remarkable for having an eternally optimistic love of life that sees me through.<br />
(<i>You can read what others say about me on the ‘Testimonials Wall’, it reminds me why I do what I do to touch the lives of others – and gives them a shout out too. Thank you all).</i><br />
<h2><b> 6. Do you have an unusual combination of elements?</b></h2>I’m an integrated marketer who loves new technology and sharing how to use it effectively with others. I am a free spirit with a strategic business mind.<br />
<h2><b>7. Do you have a big personality?</b></h2>I’m not Gary Vaynerchuk. But I have a big sense of adventure, a Kiwi accent, a cheeky sense of humour and the ability to laugh at myself. I just wish I could project my voice more!<b> </b><br />
<h2><b>8. Write a USP statement</b></h2>This acts reminder of what makes you distinctive and here’s the format to follow:<br />
I am unique and different because I provide <b>[USP] </b>which no one else in my field provides. No one else can or will provide this because <b>[insert reason]</b>.<br />
So. This is where <b>YOU</b> get to step up and tell me what you think my <b>USP</b> is. Go ahead don’t be shy. Please someone…;)New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-23121412987128564582011-01-01T08:46:00.000-08:002011-01-01T08:47:33.824-08:0031 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSu-oE5bTzivK2lPWYcN30B37CJ4jBYwltIH2ZyWrfX6XzOcucDa0JrTbcc2Q" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><img border="0" height="238" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSu-oE5bTzivK2lPWYcN30B37CJ4jBYwltIH2ZyWrfX6XzOcucDa0JrTbcc2Q" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></div><ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How do you define innovation?</strong> Something different that has impact.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What are different types of innovation?</strong> Innovation is more than whiz-bang technology; consider different strategic intents (e.g., create a new category, extend current business) or innovation mechanisms (e.g., new product, distribution channel, marketing approach).</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How do I spot opportunities for innovation?</strong> Go to the source: the customer you hope to target.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Which customers should I target?</strong> Look beyond your best customers to those who face a constraint that inhibits their ability to solve the problems they face in their life.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What should I look for?</strong> As Drucker said, "the customer rarely buys what the business thinks it sells him;" look for a job-to-be-done, an important problem that is not adequately solved by current solutions.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How should I look?</strong> Start with deep ethnographic research; avoid focus groups!</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How do I come up with an idea?</strong> Remember the Picasso line "good artists copy, great artists steal;" seek to borrow ideas from other industries or geographies.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What is disruptive innovation?</strong> An innovation that transforms a market or creates a new one through simplicity, convenience, affordability or accessibility.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What is the best way to disrupt a market?</strong> Embrace the power of trade offs. Seek to be just "good enough" along historical performance dimensions but introduce new benefits related to simplicity or affordability.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What does "good enough" mean?</strong> Performance above a minimum threshold to adequately solve a customer's job to be done; sacrificing performance along traditional dimensions can open up new avenues to innovate.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What is a business model (and how do I innovate one)?</strong> How a company creates, captures, and delivers value; codifying the current business model is the critical first step of business model innovation.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How can I "love the low end"?</strong> Build a business model designed around the low-end customer's job-to-be-done.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How do I know if my idea is good?</strong> Let patterns guide and actions decide; remember Scott Cook's advice that "for every failure we had we had spreadsheets that looked awesome."</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How can I learn more about my idea?</strong> Design and execute "high return on investment" experiments to address critical unknowns.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How can I get other people behind my idea?</strong> Bring the idea to life through visuals and customer testimonials.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How long does it take new businesses to scale?</strong> Almost always longer than initial projections; be patient for growth and impatient for profits.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Why is innovation so important?</strong> The "new normal" of constant change requires mastering perpetual transformation.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Why is innovation so hard?</strong> Most organizations are designed to execute, not to innovate.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Who are your influences?</strong> Academics like Clayton Christensen and Vijay Govindarajan, leading-edge innovative companies like Procter & Gamble and Cisco Systems, and thoughtful writers like Michael Mauboussin and Bill James.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How do I encourage innovation in my organization?</strong> Stop punishing anything that smells like failure, recognizing that failure is often a critical part of the innovation process.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What is "the sucking sound of the core?"</strong> The pull of the core business and business model that subtly influences new ideas so they resemble what the organization has done before.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What is an innovation "safe space"?</strong> An organizational mechanism that protects innovators from the sucking sounds of the core.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How should I form and manage innovation teams?</strong> Keep deadlines tight and decision makers focused.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What is in a good innovation strategy?</strong> Overall goals, a target portfolio for innovation efforts, a mechanism to allocate resources to achieve that portfolio, and clearly defined goals and boundaries for innovation.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What is the best way to manage an innovation portfolio?</strong> Make sure you correctly capture current activities and measure and manage different kinds of innovations in different ways.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What does 'prudent pruning' mean?</strong> Recognizing that destruction is often a critical component of creation.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What role should senior executives play in innovation?</strong> A big one.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How can I personally become a better innovator?</strong> Practice - innovation is a skill that can be mastered.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How can I find more resources for innovation?</strong> Shut down "zombie projects" that are a drain on corporate resources.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">How can I more quickly turn good ideas into good businesses?</strong> Remember what Edison said - genius is "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration;" get ready to sweat.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Has anyone built the ability to innovate at scale?</strong> An increasing number of companies, such as Google, Apple, Procter & Gamble, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Godrej & Boyce and General Electric.</li>
</ol>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-44911237708980807902011-01-01T08:37:00.000-08:002011-01-01T08:37:12.382-08:00Six Social Media Trends for 2011<div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It was a banner year for social media growth and adoption. We witnessed <a href="http://www.pamorama.net/2010/03/16/facebook-becomes-most-popular-u-s-web-site/" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">Facebook overtake Google</a> in most weekly site traffic, while some surveys reported nearly 95% of companies using LinkedIn to help in recruiting efforts. In <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/11/six_social_media_trends.html" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">my outlook for last year</a>, I cited that mobile would become a lifeline to those looking for their social media fixes, and indeed the use of social media through mobile devices <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/03/03/comscore-mobile-stats/" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">increased in the triple digits</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I also outlined how "social media would look less social" or more accurately exclusive, and indeed, we've seen the re-launch of Facebook groups, which focus on niche interactivity, and more recently, the emergence of Path, billed as "the social network for intimate friends" which limits your network to only 50 people. The past year also saw some brands go full throttle on Foursquare's game-like geo-location platform, attempting to reward mayors and creating custom badges for the network's power users.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In other areas, such as social media policy, I was less accurate. Conversations around the topic did begin to take place, But a global survey indicated that only 29 percent of companies even have a social media policy. That's not as high as I expected.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">So what could we see happening in 2011? I'll take a stab at six trends again. In no particular order:</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">It's The Integration Economy, Stupid. </strong>From Ford, to Dell, to Starbucks (client), to Jet Blue, and a host of other companies who have pioneered early uses of social media for business, 2011 will be the year these companies take a serious look at integrating social media, not only regionally but globally. Don't be surprised if the same companies that piloted programs such as Ford's "Fiesta Movement" and Starbuck's Foursquare programs also become the first companies to take on the huge challenge of integrating social media into all facets of business from global marketing to crisis management and beyond.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Tablet & Mobile Wars Create Ubiquitous Social Computing. </strong>As competition heats up in the form of cheaper, smarter phones and an assortment of tablets that may hit the market (<a href="http://www.callingallgeeks.org/india-35-tablet-coming-in-january-2011/" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">a $35 Tablet in India?</a>), technology consumers will come one step closer to being connected 24/7, and in more powerful ways than previously possible. Social networking will be on the go, out of the house, and out of the office. More competition, variety, power, and affordability in devices will fuel the increase of ubiquitous social computing.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Facebook Interrupts Location-Based Networking. </strong>If 2010 belonged to Foursquare and its playful, competitive and sometimes addicting ecosystem of badges, mayorships and specials, it's likely that Facebook will rain on Foursquare's parade in 2011. With tons of data and the architecture behind Facebook's response to Foursquare <a href="http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/39349/Facebook-Deals-global-rollout-set-for-early-2011" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">about to be rolled out globally</a>, Facebook is well positioned to actually make location based services useful to business.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Average Participants Experience Social Media Schizophrenia. </strong>While social media schizophrenia (the overload of multiple social profiles) is nothing new to tech mavens, it will become something that more and more "average" users experience as they tweet, Facebook, G-mail, chat, Skype, BBM, SMS, and Tumble their way across the social web. While many mavens have adopted ways to manage and cope, average users may find themselves at the beginning of the curve in need of a 12-step social identity program. This may lead to increased demand from typical participants to have a more integrated and simplified social graph and an opportunity for platforms and companies alike to meet this demand.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Google Doesn't Beat Them, They Join Them. </strong>In 2010, Wired told us that <a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/google-fears-facebook/2/" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">Facebook could beat Google</a> to win the net. But even at the end of 2010 after failed attempts to create their own networks such as Buzz, Google could prove that the best way to beat Facebook, Twitter, and the rest is to do what Google does best: Index them to pieces. Indeed, I've already noticed Google's algorithm has become smarter about Twitter data. I only have to type in a few words to locate old tweets. It's possible that by sticking to what Google does best, they may be able to take advantage of the social web by indexing any and all social data they can get their hands on. Expect the Googleplex to "strike back" in 2011, and perhaps demonstrate that they may figure out their role and relevancy on the social Web.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: inherit !important; font-weight: bold !important;">Social Functionality Makes Websites Fashionable Again. </strong>After several years of being told to "fish where the fish are," businesses realize that users expect social integration to existing Websites. Sites such as <a href="http://www.openforum.com/" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">AMEX Open</a> forum serve as a model for how networks such as Twitter can integrate with the Web experience. Websites will increasingly serve as "digital hubs" that integrate social activity from many platforms. For example, Apple's music social network, named Ping, recently integrated Twitter. While the integration has kinks, it demonstrates that even the most iconic of brands realizes that they do not exist in their own walled garden. They must integrate to be relevant in a socially connected world.</div>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-56634161763355080512010-12-16T08:56:00.001-08:002010-12-16T08:58:32.076-08:00Hidden Meanings of gestures<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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A simple hand gesture could land you in a world of trouble. Here the thumbs up sign means "good going! " But in Bangladesh it's a taunt, and in other Islamic countries, it's the equivalent of an upraised middle finger.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Finger Beckoning. </span><br />
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Here we sometimes hail a waiter with index finger slightly raised and thumb loosely extended. In Japan it's rude to beckon a waiter if you motion with the index finger. And in Germany the waiter might well respond by bringing you two more drinks.<br />
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"V" for Victory. </span><br />
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It can mean "victory" or "peace," but in Britain if the palm faces inward, it's a taunt, especially if executed with an upward jerk of the fingers. As the story goes, over 650 years ago, the French disabled the English archers they captured in battle by cutting off their middle and index fingers. After the battles of Agincourt and Crecy, where the French were heavily defeated, the triumphant English gloated over their French prisoners by holding up their hands, first two fingers upright, palm inward, to show both fingers fully intact. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hands in Pockets. </span><br />
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Think you can save yourself a load of trouble by shoving your hands in your pockets? Think again. Keeping one's hands in one's pockets while conversing is impolite in Indonesia, France and Japan. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tapping Forehead With Fore-finger. </span><br />
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It may mean "smart," but in Holland, tapping the centre of the forehead means "he's crazy." <br />
In Argentina our sign for "he's crazy" (circling a forefinger next to the ear) could be confused with their signal for "You have a telephone call." <br />
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Joining the thumb and index finger in a circle is an insult in many Latin American countries. When Richard Nixon was vice president, he is reported to have greeted a crowd south of the U.S. border with a double A-Okay sign. Imagine the reaction! </div><div style="font-family: arial;">A Frenchman reads the A-Okay gesture as meaning "zero" or "worthless."<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></span></b> <br />
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</span></b></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stop Sign. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial;">Extending one hand, palm forward, means "stop!" right? <br />
In Greece it's the moutza, or hand push, which is a common sign of confrontation.<br />
And in West Africa the gesture is even more insulting than the upraised middle finger. </div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
Hook 'Em Horns. </span><br />
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The pinkie and index finger raised up and the two middle fingers folded down is beloved of fans of the University of Texas Longhorns, but in parts of Africa this is a curse. And for millions of Italians it is the cornuto, signalling "Your spouse is being unfaithful." Yet in Hawaii raising the pinkie and thumb means "hang loose."<br />
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<tr> <td class="txt1" height="40" valign="top"><ul><li>In Japan, you nod your head in agreement; your host smiles and thinks you're paying attention.</li>
<li>In Egypt, you shake your head in disagreement; your host frowns and wonders why you don't understand. <br />
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<li>In Mexico, don't call her senora, which can imply aging; call her senorita. <br />
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<li>In Zimbabwe, don't ask, "Is it far?"; out of courtesy people will answer, "Not far." (Be specific and ask, "How long does it take by foot?") <></li>
<li>Beware what you offer your host. Pass up chrysanthemums in Argentina and Balkan (they denote funerals), clocks in China (the written characters resemble those for death) and red pens in South Korea (red ink conveys unfriendliness). <br />
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<li>In Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries, eat and drink with your right hand; the left is considered unclean. <br />
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<li>Your mother was right. Don't point. But if in Singapore you must, use your thumb, not your forefinger, lest it be taken as an insult or obscenity. <br />
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<li>In Malaysia, curling the index finger is considered very rude. Scratching the air would be preferable for calling over a waiter. <br />
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<li>In Russia, don't shake hands across a threshold; it might invite bad luck. <br />
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<li>In Buddhist lands like Burma, don't pat a child on the head; it's the spiritually highest part of the body. </li>
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</tbody></table>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-91805358179416437902010-12-13T02:10:00.000-08:002010-12-13T02:12:45.639-08:00Have you hugged anyone lately?<div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; color: #f3f3f3; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2FPFtHHT9bAwFNk-DibT9K40jWQNeNRQUBmh3BFDpkcFrDBpN2w" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; color: #f3f3f3; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoKMTWXuVOCYlM_Y2Vyf7jnvxSwWr-5cot7Uw7t8eYhXPDx1AzXg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoKMTWXuVOCYlM_Y2Vyf7jnvxSwWr-5cot7Uw7t8eYhXPDx1AzXg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">You may laugh off the predilection of the psychiatry community in the USA for coining names such as dance or walk therapies, which are based, on pure common sense or on practices that have always been around in various cultures. But then you may feel like giving them a hug. For by calling it a therapy, giving it a name, and ardently promoting it, they often manage to create awareness about a healthy and wholesome habit that is endangered by the bustle of modern life. Hug therapy is a typical example. </div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Big deal, you say, when you hear the term for the first time. But try to recollect the last time you hugged somebody or somebody hugged you. In all likelihood, it was too long ago. Worse, the answer may be 'never' if you are the kind who flinches from physical contact. </div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">So what are we missing out on?</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Reaching out and touching someone, and holding him tight—is a way of saying you care. Its effects are immediate: for both, the hugger and the person being hugged, feel good. Touch is an important component of attachment as it creates bonds between two individuals. Hugging is simply a natural expression of showing that you love and care.</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">"Cuddling and caressing make the growing child feel secure and is known to aid in self-esteem," agrees Dr Bhagat, a psychiatrist. The tactile sense is all-important in infants. A baby recognizes its parents initially by touch. Malkani points out cultural variations pertaining to hugging: in the West, hugging a friend of the opposite sex is common, while in the East you see more physical contact between friends of the same sex. </div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Hugging comes naturally to Kajal Basu,a journalist. "It loosens you up and breaks the bonds of body as well as of society. The more ritualistic ways of greeting people, handshakes and <i>namastes</i>, are designed to keep us apart rather than bring us together," he argues.</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">R. Chandran, a reiki master based in Mumbai, India, says that hugging is a tool of transformation. "Hugging brings people closer to each other. If your relationship with somebody is not working, try hugging him 20 times a day and there will be a significant difference," he guarantees. Comparing hugging to reiki , the currently popular touch therapy based on the transfer of energy, he says the area of touch is much larger in the case of hugging and the contact is much more intimate, so the effects are subtler. </div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Touch has come full circle in the West this century. Time was when parents and hospitals were advised to leave a crying baby alone. Today the pediatricians and psychologists tell us to pick up and cuddle our children. Toys, even teddy bears, whose use has been increasing in the recent decades, are a poor substitute for the human contact needed by children.</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; color: #f3f3f3; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/3/29/sundaymetro/ms_02hugs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2009/3/29/sundaymetro/ms_02hugs.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Hugging is being used even as an aid in treating some physical illnesses, following research that it leads to certain positive physiological changes. For example, touch stimulates nerve endings, thereby helping in relieving pain . It is thus not uncommon for a chronic pain patient to be prescribed "Therapeutic touch" which involves placing the hands on or just above the troubled area in the patient's body for half-an-hour (shades of reiki). This pushes up the hemoglobin levels in the blood, increasing the delivery of blood to tissues, a study at the nursing department of New York University showed. Some nurses' associations in the USA have since endorsed therapeutic touch. </div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Any health problem makes the sufferer feel vulnerable, frightened, angry, frustrated and helpless. The patient usually needs to educate himself to make certain life changes. Hugging can give him the positive emotional state necessary to make these changes. In one study, pet ownership was seen to contribute to the survival of heart patients. The inference: the cuddling of pets has a soothing effect that reduces the stress levels in heart attack victims. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; color: #f3f3f3; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2FPFtHHT9bAwFNk-DibT9K40jWQNeNRQUBmh3BFDpkcFrDBpN2w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2FPFtHHT9bAwFNk-DibT9K40jWQNeNRQUBmh3BFDpkcFrDBpN2w" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"> START HUGGING SOMEONE TODAY! =)</div>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-89823222434832812872010-12-02T03:34:00.000-08:002010-12-02T03:40:42.613-08:00Who can you trust? Who do you believe in?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTCUmQ79r5Uh3-8-o6YE6LZCqNQG3Ci1GZPdXR4sfU5gl8o5y7XDOx8-o0T2aVI6GyFs8S5Nh46jrn1fjLERmQGuhi7yV8z3ibKkHdeUT0zKKWPfh5eK8gHM43bp5IypIWE__HuyrNkPV/s1600/Trust+Value.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTCUmQ79r5Uh3-8-o6YE6LZCqNQG3Ci1GZPdXR4sfU5gl8o5y7XDOx8-o0T2aVI6GyFs8S5Nh46jrn1fjLERmQGuhi7yV8z3ibKkHdeUT0zKKWPfh5eK8gHM43bp5IypIWE__HuyrNkPV/s200/Trust+Value.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div align="center">Are the people around you Unreliable? He/she can be your friend, staff or boss.<br />
With these tips, you will never look at people the same way again. </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Stay away from people who have the following characteristics: </div><ol><li> Continually touching his/her mouth unintentionally = liar. </li>
<li> When he/she smiles, his/her mouth becomes uneven = cannot keep promise. </li>
<li> Sharp ear like Peter Pan = wicked hearted. </li>
<li> Sharp pointed nose = calculative and immoral person. </li>
<li> No eyebrow = Man is the only living thing that has eyebrows. If the person is without any eyebrow, he/she is clever but cunning. </li>
<li> Exposed jaw bone underneath the ear = no sense of gratitude. </li>
<li> Normally, people without pearl earlobes are ruthless people. They are unable to agree to you easily. </li>
<li> Protruding bones above the eyebrows = very demanding of themselves and they are very strong opinionated. If the bones are too protruding, the person is very short tempered. </li>
<li> Crooked nose = cunning and dishonest man. </li>
<li> If lips are too thin, he/she loves to tell lie. </li>
<li> Triangular eyes = want to take advantages from others. A lot of criminals have these eyes. </li>
<li> When he/she talks, the movement of his/her hands is significant = short tempered. </li>
<li> When he/she talks, he/she likes to hold his/her hands together and move about = cunning. </li>
<li> Upper part of the body is longer than the bottom part = lazy. </li>
<li> Eyebrows are too thick and too black = arrogant and short tempered. </li>
<li> If the cheeks of your staff are very high, be careful. He/she will overrule you one day. Cheek represents will-power. </li>
<li> Big mouth and cannot close firmly when he/she is not talking = liar. </li>
<li> Small mouth with thin lips = irresponsible man. </li>
<li> Bony face without much meat = immoral. </li>
<li> When he/she talks, you can only see his/her teeth at the bottom = liar. A lot of politicians have this type of mouth. </li>
<li> A lot of gaps in between the teeth = liar. Also, this type of people cannot save much money.</li>
<li> He/she cannot see eye to eye with you when you talk to him/her = liar.</li>
<li> Uneven teeth = liar.</li>
</ol>*It may not be always right, it's just for your reference. <br />
<ol></ol>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-86095149109137608772010-12-01T07:34:00.000-08:002010-12-01T07:39:44.314-08:00Go for Change! Go for Social Entrepreneurship!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4dU2jpZrZZG18Ydj1cDrW-w43TrZM4fmOFWzgSxeCrPHeuKZM" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4dU2jpZrZZG18Ydj1cDrW-w43TrZM4fmOFWzgSxeCrPHeuKZM" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Social entrepreneurship is, fundamentally, about using a market-driven business model to address key social and environmental issues. It is an emerging field with diverse and shifting interpretations.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Today, nonprofits are increasingly finding that </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">social entrepreneurship offers the tools and</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">techniques needed to build capacity and to </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">achieve and maintain long-term financial stability</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">during times where there are changes in the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">economic environment. Social entrepreneurship</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">is a strategic approach that encourages nonprofit </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">corporations to both diversify revenue sources </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">and develop new revenue-generating activities. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Through social entrepreneurship, nonprofits </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">across the country are developing new, innovative </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">strategies for meeting their missions by adopting </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">effective business practices that are the backbone </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">of traditional business principles. Foundations </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">that recognize the value of the trend are offering </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">specialized grant and loan funds targeted at </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">enterprise-oriented activities. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Nonprofits practicing social entrepreneurship </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">use business-sector disciplines and models </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">within the core mission or program of the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">organization. For today’s nonprofit executive, the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">management challenge is to allocate resources </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">strategically and make those resources as </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">productive as possible. Executives find they are </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">able to meet their missions through many </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">different strategies—often using new financial </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">and marketing models—than in the past. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Social entrepreneurship can mean starting </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">new endeavors or bringing new fiscal </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">or managerial disciplines to old endeavors.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Social entrepreneurship helps nonprofits to:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Increase efficiency in all areas</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Conduct rigorous financial planning as </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">a core activity— combining resource </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">development with financial planning </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">strategies</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Develop creative organizational structures </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">and alliances</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Think strategically about competition and </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">collaboration</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Evaluate the need for changes in the nature </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">and skills of internal staff</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Review the need for changes in the nature </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">and skills of the board of directors</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Identify new earned income opportunities </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">that are aligned with mission</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">● Redefine mission in the context of market </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">research</span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5l0FaRDfcH_cAnpKkSdgf4qrotIW-tm5Ty8yCGiocGMOTilPaapgxyu4I" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5l0FaRDfcH_cAnpKkSdgf4qrotIW-tm5Ty8yCGiocGMOTilPaapgxyu4I" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Why Social Enterprise matters? </span></span></div><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Social enterprise matters because it is focused on making positive change at a time when we desperately need it. Social enterprise is one important tool, among many, that is actively and directly making our world a better place.</span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Social enterprise is more responsive. Social enterprise doesn't rely on the shifting priorities of government and major foundations; it gets on with making the change that is needed within a community and (sometimes) grows to affect whole cities, countries, and regions.</span></li>
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</span></div><div></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">That's not some radical preacher or ranting Marxist, that's not even Bob Dylan in his early electric phase -- it's <strong>Gary Hamel</strong>, business consultant and author of "<strong>The Future of Management</strong>,"</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Hamel titled his post <strong>The Hole in the Soul of Business</strong> --and proposed that "<strong>humanizing the language and practice of management is a business imperative (as well as a moral duty)</strong>".</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">What was that all about? I'd say them's fightin' words!</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Apparently, polls Hamel had read suggested that "<strong>only 20% of employees are truly engaged in their work -- heart and soul</strong>", and that depressed him. It depressed him to the point where he thought about it creatively, and came up with a simple experiment.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He took a look at corporate annual reports, mission statements, and CEOs blog posts, and found plenty of talk about "superiority, advantage, leadership, differentiation, value, focus, discipline, accountability, and efficiency" – but not much mention of "beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor". Which he guessed were the values that people like <strong>Michelangelo</strong>, <strong>Galileo</strong>, <strong>Jefferson</strong>, and <strong>Gandhi</strong> were passionate about.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There was a time when <strong>Disney</strong> was in the joy business. … <strong>Apple</strong> is in the beauty business. … There are many within <strong>Google</strong> who believe their company is in the wisdom business.</span></em></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 40px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 40px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">John Mackey, the co-founder of Whole Foods Markets, once remarked that he wanted to build a company based on </span></em><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">love instead of fear.</span></em></strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 40px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 40px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A gut-level commitment to building an organization infused with the spirit of charity is far more radical and weird than it might appear.</span></em></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 40px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 40px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Given all this, why is the language of business so sterile, so uninspiring and so relentlessly banal? Is it because business is the province of engineers and economists rather than artists and theologians? </span></em><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Is it because the emphasis on rationality and pragmatism squashes idealism? I’m not sure. But I know this -- customers, investors, taxpayers and policymakers believe there’s a hole in the soul of </span></em><br />
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</span></em></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">If Gary Hamel is right – and reading his piece, I have to say I found myself nodding and grinning a lot – there are really three things we can do.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We can model ourselves on Galileo or Gandhi and get out of the business of business altogether, we can find a business with heart, or we can build one. <strong>Social entrepreneurs</strong>, I imagine, will mostly favor the third option.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">But let's think about this business of language, too. Let's ask some questions. Here are some that Hamel himself proposes:</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><ul style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(http://www.socialedge.org/bullet.gif); list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Why are words like "love", "devotion" and "honor" so seldom heard within the halls of corporate-dom?</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">What values are in the driver’s seat?</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Why are the ideals that matter most to human beings the ones that are most notably absent in managerial discourse?</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Why do you believe the language of beauty, love, justice and service is so notably absent in the corporate realm? And what would you do to remedy that fact?</span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Does social enterprise already offer a business language</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> that's expressive of care and concern?</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Come to that, does the word "<strong>social</strong>" really say what we want it to say?</span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">As <strong>social entrepreneurs</strong>, are we still a minority interest swimming against the tide – or the new tide just coming in, bringing those values back? ..hmm..</span></li>
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">First off, credit due where credit is due. This journal was inspired by something I read in a Writers Digest Magazine. The Author Fred White discussed how to bring out your inner inspirations for writing, and I thought the same could apply to any art form.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The bottom point of his article was:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Writers (Artists as well) don't wait to be inspired. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">It is possible to draw without inspiration. It's also possible to draw without creativity.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">My take:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><b>You can have amazing drawing skills and still not be very creative. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">But where is the fun in that? Face it, creativity and motivation are like chocolate and milk, separated they are neat, but together they make a cup of awesome. So bottom line is, it's worth it to try and be more creative when doing artwork.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><b><u>Chapter 1: Inspiration: Your friend or enemy? </u></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkyDvryEU7TGcfZNgHQV3S54msLHkeUzS-DBYG-yAMnSAwleW_og" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkyDvryEU7TGcfZNgHQV3S54msLHkeUzS-DBYG-yAMnSAwleW_og" style="cursor: move;" width="200" /></a></span>Show of hands, who here got into drawing because of another person’s work? I know I did. Inspiration can be a wonderful, uplifting thing that motivates you to draw. When you lack motivation to draw, turn to your favorite artists! They can give you some amazing focus. What aspects do you like about their work? Their style? Content? Coloring?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">But there can be a down side to that. Too much inspiration will cause you to shadow them. Sure, no one person can own a style, but do you really want to mimic them, or be your own person? Another tip is to talk to the artist you admire. The worst thing they will do is ignore you. I get ignored a lot. But sometimes they talk to me. You can talk to them about where they get inspiration, to try and help get YOU on the right creative path.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQp3dotm17-nJuYM1v6AzC7oNRr2OYECgxQMHWWEfEjFSf16XYEOw" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQp3dotm17-nJuYM1v6AzC7oNRr2OYECgxQMHWWEfEjFSf16XYEOw" style="cursor: move;" width="144" /></a></span>As an artist, the most important sense to you is your sight (at least most of the time). But don’t just get stuck on that one sense! You have four other senses that can help you develop your creativity. Music is probably the next largest inspiration. Anyone else imagine when they listen to music? Anyone else picture their characters in some cheesy music video? In a cartoon? Doing epic things? Yes, music can dance a beautiful waltz with your mind. But don’t ignore those images you see when you listen to music! Write them down, what you see, how you feel, and try to portray them in your pictures. Music is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>drawing</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">those images, thoughts, feelings, from a part of your mind that you can’t access easily without incentive. Movies and books can also be a great inspiration. I bet a few of you watch movies and get some awesome ideas pushing their way into your mind as you watch them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4guzuwF9qEZ6tgFpKkdsfls5M_EL-CC1EKmSUs2cEoq_nm_nW" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4guzuwF9qEZ6tgFpKkdsfls5M_EL-CC1EKmSUs2cEoq_nm_nW" style="cursor: move;" width="200" /></a></span>Do you ever lie in bed at night, and ideas just seem to pop into your head? More so than during the day? Especially if you’ve been drawing/writing? There is a reason for that. You have many different levels of conscious thought. Basically, right now you are thinking of things that you don’t even know you are thinking of. Oh yes! Just like Music also helps release these thoughts, as mentioned above, resting the mind can draw them out as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Meditation:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">freeing your mind from thought helps those dormant creative ideas to break lose. No, meditation doesn’t mean sitting in the middle of the floor cross-legged and chanting. It just means concentrating on something you wouldn’t normally concentrate on. If you push away all the common thoughts: TV, what you have to buy at the store, work, friends, future projects, you clear your mind for thoughts that might not be as pressing. But it’s in those thoughts that you draw out past events or experiences, images or ideas that got pushed into the back of your mind that might inspire you. The way a character looks, an idea for composition.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">What you need to do now is build on those thoughts.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><b>The more creative ideas you get on paper, the more your creativity will grow, making NEW ideas bloom! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSN-_pSmDy-X_zhHrulG11D3khrcr3VD9vidaPt4s-WILt4aubk" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSN-_pSmDy-X_zhHrulG11D3khrcr3VD9vidaPt4s-WILt4aubk" width="200" /></a></span>If you have original characters, I bet you have some kind of special connection to them. Play out their life in your head. Sit down and picture YOU are your character. Where do they live? What hobbies do they have? What conflicts do they share? How would your character react to everyday problems you face? Refer back to Chapter 2, get inside their head, what they smell, feel, see... do they live in a fantasy world? What makes it so different from our world? Scribble all this down. Try looking at things in OUR world and give them a twist.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The world is a beautiful place, you just have to know where to look. With the internet it makes it all the more easy.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">I like fantasy art, so I mostly do fantasy art. It’s good to have variety, but when you’re a growing artist it’s also good to focus on something, to build up one idea enough that creativity comes naturally and your world fits together without feeling awkward. I am still trying to develop worlds, and I find focus is helping, but I have a loooong way to go. I often find myself creatively constipated.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtE9GPy2ohQrTdGBUJ3P4k6-SH8osQ71YhNYpMERxW79fmqvui" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtE9GPy2ohQrTdGBUJ3P4k6-SH8osQ71YhNYpMERxW79fmqvui" width="200" /></a></span>I wanted to add another little section about how you can get those ideas down onto paper. Obviously, the more you practice, the better you’ll be at making the idea you see in your head transfer onto paper. But here are some tips that might help:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Don’t just draw one picture. Do several sketches, and take the picture that best resembles what you see in your mind. Do these sketches quickly: don’t get hung up on detail. Jot down notes while the image is fresh.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Most people are stuck on line art, but that’s only a small part of the picture. When you get an idea for an image, be sure to stop and think about WHY that picture appeals to you. Is it your idea for composition? Is it the colors? The design? The pose? Perspective? Don’t get stuck on just one aspect of the picture.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">When you have those idea, make them GROW. Start some research looked up poses/clothing/ anything that might bring you closer to your goal. There are TONS of online resources to make this possible, many for free.</span>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-30601229098524074242010-11-24T06:42:00.000-08:002010-11-24T06:45:15.027-08:00The Three Key Elements of Irresistible Email Subject Lines<h1 class="entry-title">The Three Key Elements of <br />
Irresistible Email Subject Lines</h1><br />
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Email is back.<br />
Despite repeated proclamations of its extinction, rumors of the death of email marketing have been greatly exaggerated — especially since email and social media are a powerful combination. You might not reach the average college freshman, but for slightly older types (you know, the ones with the money), email is still the way to go in many lucrative mainstream niches.<br />
You must first, of course, get your emails read. And it all starts with the subject line.<br />
<span id="more-10124"></span>Email subject lines are a form of headline. They perform the same function as a headline by attracting attention and getting your email content a chance to be read.<br />
So, headline fundamentals still apply. But the context is different, with the email space having its own funky little quirks that need to be accounted for.<br />
Here’s the good news — email also implies a special relationship with the reader; a relationship that will get more of your messages read, even with subject lines that wouldn’t work in other headline contexts. Let’s take a look back at headline fundamentals, the specifics that apply to subject lines, and the “secret sauce” that makes email your top conversion channel.<br />
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<h3>1. The Fundamentals:</h3>When you’re writing your next subject line, run it through this checklist, based on the Four “U” Approach to headline writing:<br />
<ul><li><b>Useful</b>: Is the promised message valuable to the reader?</li>
<li><b>Ultra-specific</b>: Does the reader know what’s being promised?</li>
<li><b>Unique</b>: Is the promised message compelling and remarkable?</li>
<li><b>Urgent</b>: Does the reader feel the need to read now?</li>
</ul>When you’re trying to get someone to take valuable time and invest it in your message, a subject line that properly incorporates all four of these elements can’t miss. And yet, execution in the email context can be tricky, so let’s drill down into subject-line specifics for greater clarity.<br />
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<h3>2. The Specifics:</h3>Beyond headline fundamentals, these are the things to specifically focus on with email subject lines:<br />
<ul><li><b>Identify yourself</b>: Over time, the most compelling thing about an email message should be that it’s from <i>you</i>. Even before then, your recipient needs to know at a glance that you’re a trusted source. Either make it crystal clear by smart use of your “From” field, or start every subject line with the same identifier. </li>
<li><b>Useful and specific first</b>: Of the four “U” fundamentals, focus on useful and ultra-specific, even if you have to ignore unique and urgent. There are plenty of others who work at unique and urgent with every subject line — we call them spammers. Don’t cross the line into subject lines that are perceived as garbage. But <i>do</i> throw in a bit of a tease.</li>
<li><b>Urgent when it’s useful</b>: When every message from you is urgent, none is. Use urgency when it’s actually useful, such as when there’s a real deadline or compelling reason to act now. If you’re running your email marketing based on value and great offers, people don’t want to miss out and need to know how much time they have.</li>
<li><b>Rely on spam checking software</b>: We all know that certain words trigger spam filters, but there’s a lot of confusion out there about which words are the problem. Is it okay to use the word “free” in a subject line? Actually, yes. All reputable email services provide spam checking software as part of the service or as an add-on. Craft your messages with compelling language, let the software do its job, and adjust when you have to.</li>
<li><b>Shorter is better</b>: Subject line real estate is valuable, so the more compact your subject line, the better. Don’t forget useful and ultra-specific, but try to compress the fundamentals into the most powerful promise possible.</li>
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<h3>3. The Secret Sauce:</h3>Getting someone to trust you with their email address is not easy.<br />
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But if you do gain that initial trust, and more importantly, <i>confirm and grow it</i>, you can write pretty lame subject lines and people will still read your messages. Just as with that ditzy friend from high school who nonetheless always has something interesting to say, trust and substance matter most.<br />
Don’t get me wrong, writing great subject lines combined with the more intimate relationship email represents is much more effective. And you have to get your initial messages read to establish the relationship in the first place. Regardless, your open rates will improve based on the quality of your subject line.<br />
But there’s something special in this jaded digital age about being invited into someone’s email inbox. You just have to over-deliver on the value to ensure you’re a treasured guest who gets invited back.<br />
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The inbox can be a stressful place. How do you make it brighter?New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-62755445525817579872010-11-22T01:38:00.001-08:002010-11-22T01:38:58.251-08:00<strong> Y4RYT86E29NV</strong>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-83707855009733401062010-11-21T09:43:00.000-08:002010-11-21T09:44:03.949-08:00Older but Not Wiser? The Psychology Behind Seniors' Susceptibility to Scams<div id="articleDek" style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">New studies help explain why, despite having more experience, senior citizens often make unprofitable financial choices.</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img class="rg_hi" data-height="157" data-width="237" height="157" id="rg_hi" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQylhwiMdIlWKSUmnMLWNYT34_wjEi9oy6-Nub6EXjsqIla1f37PJyyR_-Mg" style="height: 157px; width: 237px;" width="237" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: white;">The invitations come in the mail, covered in large print: "Investment Workshop—Free Gourmet Lunch!" "Avoid the Biggest Financial Mistakes Seniors Make!" "Protect Your Financial Security!"<br />
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At the lunch, the salmon is accompanied by an investment pitch, with reminders that "there's a high rate of return," and "only a few opportunities are left."<br />
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Many of these free lunch seminars are scams aimed at retirees. Nearly six million seniors have attended such seminars in the past three years, the senior advocacy group </span><a href="http://www.aarp.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">AARP</span></a><span style="color: white;"> estimates—although conventional wisdom says that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Despite their years of experience, however, older people are more likely to err in their financial decisions by overemphasizing potential benefits and downplaying potential risks. Now insights from psychology, economics and neuroscience may help us understand why and how those errors occur.<br />
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Older adults aren't as upset by possible financial losses as young people are, psychological research has shown, and Stanford University researchers found in a recent brain-imaging study that seniors' brains don't anticipate a loss as much as younger ones do. That might be leading them to make less rational—and therefore less profitable—choices. But the news isn't all bad; a better understanding of why these mistakes happen may make it easier to prevent them.<br />
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<strong>How aging affects financial choices</strong><img class="rg_hi" data-height="183" data-width="275" height="133" id="rg_hi" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEhCt86NbH14SiQaT79mG45ngQsR3pfcNRy5RNUEXdOxtS5zpv5A" style="height: 183px; width: 275px;" width="200" /><br />
Economists have studied how aging impacts real-life financial behavior. Harvard University economist </span><a href="http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/laibson" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">David Laibson</span></a><span style="color: white;"> and his colleagues looked at a variety of choices people make about loans and credit cards, in a study in 2009. They found that people on the younger and older ends of the age spectrum ended up making more mistakes—that is, decisions that cost them money—than did middle-aged people. For home equity loans, for instance, 25-year-olds and 80-year-olds had loans with annual percentage rates of about 6 percent; 50-year-olds had rates of 5.5 percent. On average, across the different types of choices, people made the fewest mistakes at age 53.<br />
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Good financial choices require both strategy and execution, an understanding of how financial systems work, and the mental acuity to find and choose the best option. Strategy becomes easier with age, Laibson suggests, but the execution gets harder. "Experience brings improvement," he says, "but after a point, that accumulation of experience starts to get overwhelmed by decline of cognitive function."<br />
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This hypothesis matches up with what psychologists know about cognitive aging. "There's a pretty straightforward story," says </span><a href="http://www.mind.duke.edu/faculty/huettel/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">Scott Huettel</span></a><span style="color: white;">, a cognitive neuroscientist who studies decision-making and aging at Duke University's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. "More or less all of our cognitive abilities decline throughout the life span." A large body of research has shown that a wide variety of skills, including memory, analytical reasoning and processing speed, decrease as we age. The one thing that stays constant or even increases, Huettel says, is crystallized intelligence, a person's accrued knowledge about the world—in other words, experience.<br />
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But it's not just memory and reasoning that matter. "We use our gut feelings and our emotions to guide us to make decisions," says </span><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/faculty/Mather/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">Mara Mather</span></a><span style="color: white;">, a psychologist who studies aging, emotion and memory at the University of Southern California School of Gerontology. Contrary to stereotype, older people generally feel more optimistic than young people do, and are more likely to focus on the potential upsides of a situation. As people age and begin to feel that their time is limited, some researchers suggest, they seek out emotional fulfillment. This tendency to focus on the positive changes the decisions older people make.<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">The Stanford team of psychologists and neuroscientists, meanwhile, are studying how those cognitive and emotional effects of aging play out in the brain during financial decision-making. Functional brain imaging can be notoriously difficult to interpret on its own, but combined with behavioral research, it may help researchers answer the question: As people age, what changes in the brain are tied to less change in the bank?<br />
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It's important to note that increased activity in a particular brain area doesn't mean that area is making people think or feel a certain way. Brain imaging lets neuroscientists associate a mental activity—like a thought or a feeling—and a brain region. The data do not inform on causation, but when brain scans are matched up with behavioral results, they can help scientists suss out which brain areas play a role in that thought process or emotion.<br />
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The researchers found that younger and older adults felt equally good when expecting a gain, and they showed the same increase in activity in the nucleus accumbens, a part of the brain important in anticipating rewards.<br />
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When expecting a loss, however, younger and older adults responded differently. Younger adults reported being more upset and showed higher blood flow in the insula, a part of the brain implicated in negative emotions. As the amount of money at stake increased, so did negative feelings and insula activation. The older adults, on the other hand, didn't feel as bad as younger adults did, and showed less activation in the insula.This doesn't mean that older people don't care if they lose money.Rather, it shows their bias toward the positive at work in their brains.They weren't getting as anxious about the prospect of losing money as the younger adults were.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Whereas looking on the bright side is emotionally beneficial, it has drawbacks in financial decision-making, when it's important to consider possible losses. Think of the "high rate of return" promised at the lunch seminar. Sounds great, but big returns usually require big risks. If they're not worrying about those risks, the seniors at that seminar might be more likely to sign up, even if the investment isn't a good one overall. The same could be true for a range of financial decisions. Seniors might shrug off a credit card's high interest rates, for instance, if they're focused on a program that offers great rewards.</span></div><strong style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img class="rg_hi" data-height="168" data-width="180" height="298" id="rg_hi" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcBcHhCW0ta7cIvEucom5PDceW0zuePc1d1zX4cjmUefux-4-bCg" style="height: 168px; width: 180px;" width="320" /></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: white;"><strong>The risks of random choices</strong><br />
In a more recent study, published in <em>The Journal of Neuroscience</em> in January 2010, Samanez-Larkin and the other researchers asked younger and older adults to participate in an investment game, again while in an MRI machine. On each turn, people could choose among two types of stock, randomly deemed either "good" or "bad" by a computer, and a bond, which always yielded $1. The participants, however, were not informed which stocks the computer labeled bad or good. Whereas the good stock yielded a $10 gain half the time, 25 percent of the time it would yield nothing, and in the remaining percentage, a $10 loss. For the bad stock, the probabilities of gain and loss were reversed, with a loss occurring half the time, etcetera. People weren't told the outcomes of each stock after each turn, but deduced them as the game went on—much the way people pick stocks to invest in based on past performance.<br />
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The researchers found that older people were just as skilled as younger people at balancing the safe bonds with the riskier stocks. In other words, they didn't make many mistakes because they acted in a risk-averse manner, as is often assumed of older people.<br />
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But when it came to choosing between the good and bad stocks, older people were significantly more likely to choose the bad one than younger people were. Before making a risky decision, all subjects showed increased activation in the nucleus accumbens, the same region that was activated by expecting a gain in the previous study. Now they were expecting the reward of a risky, but ultimately profitable, choice. But in older adults this pre-risk activity in the nucleus accumbens was much noisier, with more variability in its strength and timing.<br />
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This variability in nucleus accumbens activity could be linked to difficulty in picking the right stock, says </span><a href="http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~knutson/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">Brian Knutson</span></a><span style="color: white;">, a Stanford neuroscientist working on the study who researches emotion and decision-making. Older people "might be choosing more randomly when they take risks," due to fuzzier signals in the nucleus accumbens that don't clearly differentiate the good stock from the bad.<br />
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Anyone who invests in the stock market takes on some risk, but they generally do it expecting to make a profit. This study suggests it can be particularly hard for older people to differentiate profitable risks from unprofitable ones. Even if their current, more conservative portfolios will probably earn more than the new investment being touted at the lunch seminar, older people might be more ready to risk them after being misinformed by scammers because they are too optimistic about the chances of profitable returns on risky investments.<br />
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But a clearer understanding of the obstacles to good financial decision-making that older people face suggests some ways to clear the path. Providing clear information about the average payout of a stock—which many investment companies do—can help older people tell goods risks from bad, Knutson says. If older people know they're prone to focus on the upside of their financial decisions, taking the time to think carefully about possible losses might help them avoid costly choices. And since they're more likely to err, older people can benefit from listening to a trusted advisor before making big financial decisions—and, perhaps, by throwing out any free lunch invitations that come in the mail, or at least attending and ignoring the scammers' pitch while eating lunch on their dime.</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div>New Generation Vision ™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02835730000272444017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581847262096718910.post-84355380213687172932010-11-20T03:17:00.000-08:002010-11-20T03:22:47.607-08:00What "The Social Network" have to do with us?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuBB_4rciYjYBqDddDcAB8BOgzEb2Umz81GYgGha0-ss-AdbBuK31t_WcARNTmz2YmTmew1BmjEd6OP8I56YEUEzIiexBTkGJDIRSO75paX0UIIQ1Ts5MiYVv_KEqjBQbUdvJectrRybM/s1600/Social+Network+movie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuBB_4rciYjYBqDddDcAB8BOgzEb2Umz81GYgGha0-ss-AdbBuK31t_WcARNTmz2YmTmew1BmjEd6OP8I56YEUEzIiexBTkGJDIRSO75paX0UIIQ1Ts5MiYVv_KEqjBQbUdvJectrRybM/s320/Social+Network+movie.png" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Looks familiar? The movie <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4">The Social Network</a>, the massive social networking site Facebook gets the big-screen treatment with this Columbia Pictures production scripted by The West Wing's Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher ("The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"). The film focuses on Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg's (Jesse Eisenberg) ladder to the top after creating one of the biggest Internet sensations. Justin Timberlake co-stars as Napster co-creator Sean Parker, with Andrew Garfield filling the role of ousted Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What does this movie relates to us? It relates about our public private lives.</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In Malaysia, some topics, childbirth included, are still socially baulked at but if you log onto any of the social networks, you will see that Malaysians are no passive wallflowers. From political views and religious beliefs to who they are dating and what they had for lunch, many Malaysian are eager to share their personal information. Malaysians, it revealed, spent the most time--nine hours weekly on social networking sites compared with other nationals worldwide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Just have a look at your own Facebook homepage, look at how some people post, you will get worried, "don't they realise that everyone can read this?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Facebook Founder<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg"> Mark Zuckerberg</a> quoted saying. "People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people. The social norm of the past generation have evolved rapidly overtime, now it's the new norm.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The revolution of Social Media- "NEW NORM"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Acts of divulging excessive personal information on the internet or "over-sharing" as it is defined by Webster's New World Dictionary -is hardly a new phenomenon. Everyone wants to be out there on the internet. The new cyber-social behaviour works on the conceit that everyone in a person's social circle not only wants to know, but needs to know, what the person is having for lunch. But really, do people need to know in detail what you are doing every minute of the day and where?</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em><strong>The implications of social network to us? Is there any?</strong></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Social network is creating a thin line between the personal and public and coupled with the cultural and global shift, people are struggling to find the balance. Compare the past generation and now, people used to have an anonymous or a secret identity online to post explicit stuff about themselves. Now everyone keeps their real identity when they go online but they still post their secrets or intimate and explicit information about themselves online. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's normal for a person to want to share his or her personal information with others. Exposing oneself and sharing personal details are rooted in basic psychological needs. However, if these needs are not met within family and warm blooded relationships, then it will begin in cyberspace where it is pretty cold but gives a false hope of warmth. From an observation, oversharing may also be a trend because we are living in a world where "people want friends and don't have any". Either they are stuck behind their PCs at work or they spend so many hours in the office and behind a screen that being part of social networks is important. So, they begin to share more and more about themselves until they expose themselves without realizing it or understanding the consequences.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's important to know your friends on Facebook, you need to ask yourself who they are. Either you are befriending people whom you don't know or those whom you should not be friends with. Or it just means your real life sucks, you have to improve your social skills. With the right knowledge, people can control their tendencies to overshare. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Think twice when you want to post something in the future, remember when you post anything on the internet, it will be available basically to the whole world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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