I've heard of this type of brainstorming several times, and I'm wondering if it works. I understand it has some advantages like the speed and the possibility a lot of people can contribute. But I want to know more on it.
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just make a list of all the people you want to be involved.  send out an email to all, inviting their ideas on a certain subject.  \n\nyou could make a Yahoo! group, to help with the administration.
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Not my current one but I have in the past. It can definitely be hard with some people. I always encourage people to try if they can because it can really open up the amazing possibilities.
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After reading the Wikipaedia article, it certainly sounds as if some genius had a brainstorm when designing it.\nStay cool.....Be Happy.
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It makes it easier, if you have MADE UP your mind to do it, no matter what. I don't have a problem doing things, I have a problem making up my mind to do it! Once I make up my mind to do it,then it's just a matter of carrying out the plan. I struggle with decisions, sometimes too long, but once the decision is made, I can carry it out with ease. Could this be what your problem is? You have trouble making up your mind to do, whatever, so it's easy to chicken out then.......think about it. Hope this helps, and Good Luck!!
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Yes, actually you may be surprised at the turnout that you actually get. this is a issue that occurs on a daily basis, just advertise with flyers and the newspaper and radio. get the word out and yes it can be done in a positive way because it is about survival and to overcome something like this is a great accomplishment. good luck with it, and I applaud you for such a project.
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Yes. It worked for me also. A couple of my friends tried out in our hostel days and it gave correct answers for some know facts which the person moving the coin did not knew. It also scared the life out of a guy for whom it predicted that, he will not have any children. thats when we stopped the game and never ever tried it again.
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How effective this will be depends a great deal on the nature of the product or service. I've been in several "plans" and my dad was in Amway, always having meetings. I've still got a firm belief that there are GREAT benefits to this type of structure and that it is not necessarily a "scheme". For example, isn't it better to reward distributors instead of giving millions of dollars to advertising companies? I'd rather see the "underdog" rewarded for loyalty to a brand or product, than billions going to the next thing about to interrupt my favorite TV program.\n\nThe key, and the greatest potential flaw, is that the distributors/affiliates have proper training, especially in what sales techniques to avoid. For example, a potential downfall to an online business would be your website becoming a well-known source of SPAM as money-hungry affiates start promoting the product in all the most inappropriate, off-topic places.\n\nThis is true in the real world too. How many people have gone to Amway or Tupperware parties just to support their friend, and then avoid future contact because you know it will end in some sort of sales pitch? Word of mouth is great, but not if it turns distributors into some sort of social paria. I've actually seen Amway leaders telling new distributors that if their friend isn't interested in a better life through their business opportunity, then they shouldn't waste time with that friend anymore. Sounds more like a cult than a business to me.\n\nSo on to some actual TIPS...\n\nMake sure that, after all the commissions and multi-level rewards, you still have a product that, at the stated retail price, is something viable that a consumer would buy even if they were not interested in "joining the business". Because this is one area where many MLM plans have a bad reputation.\n\nThen there's the promise of income. People join because they see this neat structure where they tell 5 friends and THEY tell five friends and they tell THEIR five friends, then wow! That's 5 x 5 x 5 or 125 customers already! When THEY tell 5 friends that makes 625. Pretty soon if you go down deep enough in the structure you're getting commissions on millions of sales.\n\nThere is only one problem with that economic model... pretty soon you will run out of people, because (thankfully) we don't breed that fast.\n\nOne solution to this, which I plan on implementing in an affiliate system (I'm a web programmer) is a way to turn the structure on it's head. Have release dates for new products, and when a new product comes out, the LAST people to join are given the FIRST opportunity to sign on to the new product. In effect, each product has it's own unique MLM plan attached. I'm not sure how workable this will be, but the complexity should not be too much to handle when the whole thing is computer-automated.\n\nSo to sum up (for now), it seems that the ideal product for this would be one that had an extremely low production and distribution cost (downloadable online software or web access for example), something that could generate REPEAT as opposed to ONE-TIME sales, and that could still be sold at a competitive, even bargain, price, such that closing a sale would be almost a no-brainer.\n\nI'd love to expand on this already somewhat-lengthy answer with anyone who has an interest. See my Yahoo Group, MLM Strategies...
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your question betrays you - \n-it leads to another:  Are you qualified by education and experience to start such an organization?  \n-and another: Do you plan to run this organization?\n\nYou may have had a course on grant and proposal writing when you were in school - if not, return to your university: that may be a good starting place.
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i like it because its intresting thoughts and questions and ideas. ones person i read intregued me the other made me laugh, other i think is a moron. its fun with no risk or cost, IM here for a while!
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thoughts, concepts, brainstorms, inspirations, inventions, memes.\n\nThe ancient Greeks believed that ideas came from one or another Muse; a group of demigoddesses who acted as patrons of the arts and were responsible for inspiration.\n\nThese days, the more prevalent belief is that ideas arise from the subconscious.  Your brain is constantly busy collating and cross-referencing information, looking for patterns and relationships.  Every now and then, a "hit" is made that's exciting enough to get the attention of your conscious mind.\n\nCreative people recommend that when you're trying to find a solution to a problem, gather all the pertinent information you can get, study it and think about it in as much detail as you can; then drop it for a while.  Let your mind roam free and play around.  You can even "sleep on it," and often when you wake up your mind will have found a solution to the problem.\n\nRichard Dawkins invented the word "meme" to describe how ideas often act just like living organisms; how they are born, reproduce, run their lifespan and/or mutate.\n\nA couple of good films on ideas, if you can find them:  "Why Man Creates" and "The Creative Spirit."  The latter was on PBS a few years ago, so it may be possible to find it on video.
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Great question. It's a study in human behavior, and the Yahoo executives are being briefed in their offices probably as we debate the subject. One aspect is being able to discuss any topic anonymously. You may wonder how the public at large thinks about things and your willing to give information as you learn new things. So it's sort of like a free Ebay where thoughts, ideas and information are being traded rather than goods and services. It can certainly be addictive since you want to know things and you think you know things other people don't. I think it's just another example of how the Internet can benefit society, and congratulations to Yahoo for providing this open forum for us to communicate in.
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It is not possible to protect ideas but rather the representation of that idea.\n\nAssociations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.\n\nI posted some relevant links in the source box.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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It works, in a limited way.\nActually it has more than 1 point of view.\nPsyhodinamically, it is said that when our conscious mind is resting, sub- & un-conscious mind are still active. And they have the capacity to store memories (long-term memories) so we can bypass our conscious mind by memorizing things (including vocabs) right into the subconscious mind. \nWhen is this window opened, it is while we asleep / through hypnosis.\n\nCognitive-psychology would see it from the brain working style. While we FALL asleep, our brain's waves turns from Alpha (wake / alert pattern) to Delta (sleeping pattern). It goes slowly (or quickly, depends on our mental state / how sleepy we are, etc) through Beta pattern first.\nWell, beta brain waves is known to be the most effective for brain to function. (That's one of the reason why people are suggested to listen to 60 beats instrumental music while studying, because it helps stimulate brain waves into this condition)\nWhen we are in this state, the brain will absorb the information exposed.\n\nOff course there are 2 obvious drawbacks.\n1. the phase / length of time when brain will 'learn' is raher limited. So it is not wise to depend on this method to learn new languages. It is most effective (I think) to use this method only to get used to the language itself and the pronounciation.\n2. brain can only takes vocabs / sound / pronounciation, and not grammar, since grammar / other language rules need thinking / understanding, and so need the conscious mind to be active.\n\nI am indonesian, and I speak mandarin, fujian, and french (apart from english), so I had had first hand experiences about these stuffs.\n\nThese methods help, but not in themselves sufficient to learn a language. Good luck!
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Pretty good, actually. But isn't it more exciting if one 'participates' more actively in the 'exit' process:\n\nThese guys seem to be having more fun!\n\nhttp://www.darwinawards.com/
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I have tried it, nothing bad, but I didn't really ever use it.  I don't think it's really worth time time unless you really need the extra organization.
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Brainstorm.  Don't throw out any ideas, no matter how outrageous they sound.  Eventually, one solution will solve your problem.
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That's interesting. Really.\nI didn't look through the whole site.  So government funding advertising and campaign, with no private donations or little if using a match system.  It may work, but there are possible problems.  \nHow much money\nCould any candidate qualify with signatures, I'm not trying to be totally exclusive, but I also don't want any moron with a few signatures using taxpayers money to run a stupid campaign that endorses some stupid agenda, like wicans or something.\nAnd there's an extra commission or committee every year to determine equity in the funding.\nAnd it is kind of socialist.  Just kind of, don't get mad.\nI'm not trying to be negative, just thinking of pitfalls.\n\nIt is something to think about.