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Elaine Talbert
Australia pet@zeta.org.au
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Wake-up, Brain ... it's Monday again!
>
> How often have you returned from a conference brimming
> over with new ideas only to get caught up in day-to-day
> stuff and, gradually, the conference becomes just
> another binder gathering dust on your shelf?
>
> It doesn't have to be that way ... Convergence 96
> will feature the world-wide premier of Conference Magic ...
> a way to turn conference enthusiasm into bottomline
> results and lasting change. For more info:
> staff@thinksmart.com
>
>
> "A great many people will think they're thinking
> when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
> -- William James
>
> If we take "prejudice" out of the context of racial,
> ethnic or gender discrimination and think of it more
> as our "pre-judgments," it's a useful way to stimulate
> thinking. By identifying our pre-judgments, we can
> put them aside, do a mindshift and think of new ideas.
>
> What are your "prejudices" in these areas (there are a
> few seeded just to get you started) -- we'll do a summary
> (without names) of all the pre-judgments identified.
>
> Common Prejudices:
>
> School -- schools should have classrooms, teachers,
> regular schedules, summer vacations, 6-hour days,
> blackboards, books, students, etc.
>
> Business -- business should make a profit every quarter,
> employees are different from owners, employees need to be
> managed, customers want more than they pay for, business
> is bad for the environment, business is greedy
>
> Government -- government is inefficient, government workers
> can't be fired, government has to have rules, policies,
> procedures, government has to be the same to everyone
>
> Church -- Preachers should preach, children should go to
> Sunday School, church should tell us what's right and
> wrong
>
> Communities -- communities should take care of roads,
> sewers, etc., communities should elect people to take
> care of stuff, people should live in houses, organizations
> should live in buildings
>
>
> What are your pre-judgments about these subjects (or
> any others that might be of interest). Send them to
> staff@thinksmart subject: PREJUDICE.
>
>
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>Innovative Thinking Network ...
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> ** Innovative Thinking Convergence 96:
> Innovation -- the Next Leap
> February 25-29, 1996, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
> For more info: info@thinksmart.com
> Message: GET convergence
> or http://www.thinksmart.com/itn/
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And... for Thought for the Day...
The listserv address is: LISTSERV@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU
So I suppose the instructions are send to LISTSERV@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU
subscribe TFTD-L first name last name
Only the sign off message was on the info they sent back. You might have
to try it.
Elaine
-- pet@zeta.org.au (Paul & Elaine Talbert)