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Transactions without conflict

Seth Godin Blog

It’s only been 140 years since the price tag first appeared. The seller tried to win by charging more, the buyer by paying less. It’s possible to negotiate a substantial contract in a few minutes by email—if both sides care more about forward motion than they care about the last decimal point. This idea is spreading.

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Interim Executive Director Cost Savings Question

The Nonprofit Consultant

I love it when I get a good question in my email that results in a good blog post. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know that one of the main things I do as a nonprofit consultant is serve organizations as an Interim Executive Director (IED). Tags: interim Nonprofit executive director management.

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"What do I owe you?"

Seth Godin Blog

One of the little-remembered innovations of the industrial economy was the price tag. Both price tags and pre-agreed wages are pretty new ideas, ideas that fundamentally changed our culture. or "Is it okay to blog if you don't get paid for it?" Sometimes, we don't pay because we have to, we pay because we can. [PS.

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When Incentives Turn into Disincentives

The Nonprofit Consultant

There are those of us (and if you read this blog regularly, you know I'm one) who consistently call on the foundations to grant out more than the minimum, particularly in years, such as this one, when social need for nonprofit services is high and individual donations are low. Tags: Nonprofit legislation taxes 5% payout foundations.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: is it just me.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

I have been participating in one project for several years, and I'm ready to share my secrets at my blog. link] [url=[link] Investment Blog[/url]. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, January 29, 2010. is it just me. or have some of our clients become completely unprofessional? heads are going to ROLL!!!". [u][b]Xrumer[/b][/u]