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How to Get Busy People to Take Action When You Send an Email

Both Sides of the Table

'We all get a lot of email. And we send off scores of them, too. For important emails we hope for replies or action. If you do the math on the number of inbound emails you get multiplied by the time it would take to read them all and respond to those that expect a reply you would be astounded. It is simply unmanageable. Yet some simple techniques can help massively improve your ability to get people to take action on your important emails.

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[Review] Work Women Want

YoungUpstarts

'The world is seeing a new generation of ambitious women who are determined to find that delicate balance between having a fulfilling and rewarding career yet being able to spend enough time and attention on building their families. If you’re a woman who intends exactly that, Jennifer Forest, author of “ Work Women Want: Work at Home or Go Part-Time ” says unequivocally that you can, and in her book, outlines exactly how to do that.

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6 Acts to Keep the Focus on Urgency vs Emergency

Startup Professionals Musings

'In business and startups, a “sense of urgency” is a good thing. Yet many entrepreneurs confuse this with a “sense of emergency,” which insidiously saps the life from their business. Urgency comes from a greater purpose focused outward, to make good things happen, while handling emergencies is a reactionary inward approach to saving ourselves from the daily crisis.

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How To Build A Tribe

Mike Michalowicz

'Have you ever watched a PBS episode that features a tribe deep in the jungle? I admit, I am addicted to those programs. Once you watch just a few, you will notice that the tribe leader is ultimately the most extreme representation of the tribe. He looks like them, but more. He acts like them, but more. He just like them, but more. Way more. If you intend to build a tribe, a team, a community, a forum, a family, a network, a company, a business, any business, you need to be the ultimate represen

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Fracking Your Customer Base

crowdSPRING Blog

'I have been reading lately about the energy industry, specifically the efforts over the last 10 years or so to develop the technique know as Hydraulic fracking or, simply, “fracking.” Fracking has allowed the oil and gas companies to extract valuable oil and gas from fields that had been considered tapped out by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into the earth at a high pressure to induce the rock to fracture and allow liquids such as oil to migrate more easily to th

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Scribbles from Startup Grind

Start Up Blog

'I was recently at the Melbourne Startup Grind event down at Depo8. Another great example of people who are prepared to get off the couch in the evening to learn something and meet like minds. The event had technology stalwart and all round good guy Alan Noble from Google in the house. Alan is the Head of Engineering for Google Aust / NZ and has been in and around computers since the early 1980′s.

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7 Insights in 7 Minutes by Dave Logan

Life Beyond Code

'I have been friends with Dave Logan for years and he is one of the most insightful thought leaders when it comes to building a high-performing company culture. His books are a treat to anyone. In this Gloopt series, Dave talks about a number of topics. I have picked seven to share. Dave has written several books and my favorites are: 1. Three Laws of Performance and. 2.

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The fastest way to reveal your true intentions

Life Beyond Code

'Trust speeds everything. Not being able to read your true intentions slows down the prices of building trust. If so, what is the fastest way to reveal your true intentions? What can you say that will make it clear to the other person that you have their best interest in your heart. Since they can’t read your mind, you might want to explicitly state your true intentions?

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