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Today’s Organizations Are Outward Bound

Leading Blog

Partnering to venture jointly Here the borders blur further, as independent organizations partner to design, develop, and/or market particular products and services. Thus, the businesses in a city — hotels, restaurants, theatres — might affiliate to promote local tourism. His latest book is Understanding Organizations…Finally!

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Would Regionalism Work for the Church?

Ron Edmondson

This particular gathering was a regional leadership development program sponsored by regional economic development groups. We could promote each others activities for tourism. Related posts: Church Marketing Designs that Work and are Affordable: d2designs. Church Marketing Lessons From The Grocery Store. Just wondering.

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What a Year of Job Rejections Taught Me About Pitching Myself

Harvard Business Review

I knew it would be a challenge to restart my career in a new market, especially one that is densely populated with talent, so I expected the process to take a few months. As a marketer, I decided to re-frame the challenge. I released the report on Twitter and copied Airbnb’s founders and leadership team.

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Funders Can Give More than Money

Harvard Business Review

With the leadership of Opportunity's Geralyn Sheehan , a CED specialist, we forged ahead, investing resources to build programs in four areas: agriculture financing, training, and processing; artisan training and product distribution; a rural technical high school and community infrastructure; and leadership development work.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. Collaborative leadership was critical for the revitalization of Central Park in New York City. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

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The Gulf Spill: BP Still Doesn’t Get It

In the CEO Afterlife

More recently, the BP-sponsored Gulf Coast tourism TV campaign has implied that everything is back to normal. Early on, BP ran some print advertising reiterating its responsibility to learn from the spill and share findings to ensure that the tragedy never happens again. No doubt, substantial reparative progress has been made.

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China Needs a New Generation of Dreamers (and New Dreams)

Harvard Business Review

Maybe, even, another Chinese big-dreamer would be Huang Nubo, founder and chairman of Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group, who is both a philanthropist (at Beijing University) and an entrepreneur who tried to buy 300 square kilometers of land in Northwestern Iceland as a site for Chinese tourism and leisure.