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The Culture Map

Eric Jacobsen Blog

"The way we are conditioned to see the world in our own culture seems so completely obvious and commonplace that it is difficult to imagine that another culture might do things differently, "says author Erin Meyer. "It And, that's why Meyer wrote her book, The Culture Map.

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How To Understand Cultural Differences To Drive Business Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

"The way we are conditioned to see the world in our own culture seems so completely obvious and commonplace that it is difficult to imagine that another culture might do things differently, "says author Erin Meyer. "It And, that''s why Meyer wrote her new book, The Culture Map.

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Austria conference on access technology

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I gave the opening keynote, on my main new theme, Raising the Floor. I met a professor from Portugal who had a student who developed EasyVoice , software that makes it possible for someone who cannot speak to use Voice over IP via Skype to talk to people using a voice synthesizer. It was fun to hear students and fresh Ph.Ds

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Call for Papers: Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

KM4D Journal) is an open access, peer-reviewed, community-based journal on knowledge management in development ??? Bev Trayner is an independent consultant from Portugal. Author revision completed and final version of paper submitted 31 May 2007. (e)-publication Knowledge Management for Development Journal???

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[VIDEO] Keeping Your Donor Database Healthy, Wealth, and Wise

Bloomerang

How many of you went into your database when you first open it up and went, “Was that last year’s calendar year-end appeal? So annual appeals, don’t lose your donors before they open the envelope. And you know what the average open rate is? Amy, thank you, 23%, only a quarter are actually even opening it.