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Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones - Innovating Innovation

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Power and the Doctor

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Peter_Tate] Peter Tate Patients expect and often want powerful doctors; that is a doctor who has reassuring authority, who is apparently capable and whose pronouncements can reduce anxiety. One definition of medical or ‘Aesculapean’ authority divides it into three parts: Sapiential, Moral and Charismatic. These words are somewhat off putting at first meeting but bear with me. Sapiential authority This can be defined as the right to be heard based on knowledge or expertise, and means doctors must know or at least appear to know more about medicine than their patients. This can only be one part of the doctor’s authority, however, as a biochemist may know more about a particular branch of medicine, but it is to a physician that a patient turns when in need. Moral authority This is the right to significantly control and direct patients, based on doing what society expects of them as doctors. To keep their moral authority, doctors must always act with the good of the patient as their paramount concern. This is derived from the Hippocratic credo. In addition, societies generally revere doctors, meaning that their behaviour is seen as socially right as well as individually good. This is a powerful combination. Charismatic authority This is the most difficult of the three concepts, and is similar to the anthropological definition of magic. It stems from the original unity between medicine and religion. In Western culture it related to the possibility of death, and the magnitude of the issues with which the doctor deals. Many of us want doctors to be a little magical. It is true too that for many of us there is a need to supplement sapiential and moral authority with an ineffable factor, which might just hold out hope against the odds. Many doctors go out of their way to cultivate this. They develop a priestly mien, use complicated and obscure rituals, and act more like bishops than physicians. The three forms of authority are present in all doctors: though some doctors go out of their way to develop particular sapiential, moral and charismatic elements in their behaviour with patients and others. Think about some of the powerful doctors you have met and the nature of their power. Here is an example. A partially patient centred doctor has the same moral authority as her doctor centred colleague, but she may reduce some of her sapiential authority by sharing more information with her patients. This highlights a fundamental truth: Controlling information by the doctor increases their power and restricts our involvement in decisions about our health. Many doctors become very uneasy with knowledgeable inquisitive patients; such patients lessen the doctor’s control. The partially patient centred doctor will also be more likely to attempt to demystify the nature of medical diagnosis and treatment, reducing her charismatic authority and so her power to control the interview. This requires a degree of bravery in the doctor particularly when first trying such strategies. Most doctors, and perhaps especially when training, are afraid of losing control, of exposing too much of their patient’s pain and fear. They find themselves not asking the important question in case of opening an emotional Pandora’s Box and being overwhelmed. They use their power over their patient to keep the box shut and emotions at a non-threatening level. This style of behaviour can then become fixed and persist throughout a doctors career. Doctors can increase their charismatic power, should they wish, in many ways. The trappings of power are the most obvious, white coats, impressive mysterious gadgetry, attached (subservient) staff, large desks with the big chair firmly behind it. They surround themselves with grandiose looking certificates on the wall, and have computers with unintelligible displays or pointing away from us patients. They can communicate by cryptic oracle like pronouncements, shrouded in medico speak. This can then be wrapped up with dire warnings of the fearsome effects of not following the treatment properly, in order to complete the effect. Powerful rituals such as examining and prescribing are more charismatic in the absence of adequate explanations. The problem with these contrived exercises of medical authority is that the overwhelming evidence suggests they are not very effective. It quite obviously does not increase our understanding because that is not what is motivating the doctor. 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Successful Event & Meeting Planning: How to Boost Attendance

By Marian Calvin Consider the fact that the annual meeting is the single largest source of non-dues revenue for most associations. Also consider the fact that most exhibitors view a sizable base of interested, qualified buyers as the linchpin of a successful trade show. Consequently, its in the best fiscal interest of your organization to ensure that as many delegates as possible turn out for your event. Meeting planning should include promotion which is the key to increasing attendance figures, provided that the rest of the Four Ps product, price, and place have been properly developed. Planning a Meeting? Do Your Homework Before drafting the marketing plan for your next meeting, ask yourself the following questions: Are you certain that youre offering the best educational program to your audience? Do you ask your attendees and members (including those who do not attend) what they need to know and learn to prosper professionally and personally? Are you responding to their needs? 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Keep in mind that many activities are competing with your conference for a share of a potential attendees time and discretionary funds these days. Less personal time; shrinking educational budgets; and an increasing number of educational opportunities available locally, regionally, and on the Internet are forcing meeting planning managers to create a more sophisticated, quantifiable approach to marketing than ever before. Do the Math According to the Professional Convention Management Associations Ninth Annual Meetings Market Survey, marketing and promotion account for 11.1 percent of event expenses. Compare this figure to the amount that you are spending to promote your event. Are you spending enough? Too much? Lets calculate. Assume your attendance goal is 1,500 an increase of 5 percent over the previous year and your registration fee is $500. If you achieve your goal, you would generate $750,000 in gross revenue. 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By Thomas Morva Business-to-business or B2B is a transaction or interaction that takes place between two or more businesses. B2B transactions usually involve automated processes between the trading partners. They are performed in much higher volumes than business-to-consumer or B2C transactions. A company that makes aircraft engines would sell their products to an aircraft manufacturer, which is another business entity. In contrast, when a company sells consumer goods such as health care products to customers, the ensuing transaction would be termed as a B2C transaction. B2B transactions also include marketing activities between businesses and not just the final result from marketing efforts. The term B2B is also used to identify sales transactions between businesses. Business to business marketing is defined as ‘the process of planning and executing the pricing, promotion and distribution of goods, ideas and services to create exchanges by one business, usually a professional marketing agency, to satisfy organizational goals of another business’. The goal of a business agency engaged in B2B Marketing is to establish, maintain and enhance long-term customer relationships with other businesses at a profit, so that the objectives of all the concerned parties are met. The actual marketing generally involves the processes of market research, product development, product life cycle management, pricing, channel management as well as product promotion. However, marketing is not a direct decision maker in these processes. It ensures that products and services are developed according to market requirements and are profitable. Many businesses produce sophisticated high value products requiring huge financial and time investments. They need accurate information and feedback regarding the product feasibility, desirability, price band, consumer response to their product and similar products in the market. Such businesses prefer to entrust product marketing and related tasks to professional marketing agencies. Many B2B marketing agencies conduct their own marketing on the Internet. Business To Business Marketing provides detailed information on Business To Business Marketing, Business To Business Email Marketing, Business To Business Marketing Strategies, Business To Business Internet Marketing and more. Business To Business Marketing is affiliated with Network Marketing Opportunities. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Thomas_Morva http://EzineArticles.com/?Business-To-Business-Marketing-Agencies&id=407949 tramadol no prescription needed 100 tramadol fedx overnight no prescription buy ultram cheap tramadol ultram buy tramadol buy ultram
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Monday, November 26, 2007

7 Ways to Avoid Marketing Collateral Damage

By Trish Lambert The marketing function in any business has a high expense profile. This is due in large part to the need for an array of marketing materialsknown in “marketing speak” as collaterals. The purpose of collateralsbrochures, white papers, newsletters, web sites, and other printed or electronic informationis to increase awareness, recognition, and interest about a company (or particular product or service) in its target market. Service firms must rely almost wholly upon collaterals to attract and interest customers. With no tangible product to see, touch, or try out before buying, these companies need to convey their quality, reliability, and value by proxyand collaterals play a major role here. Collaterals are “service samples” for potential customers. They represent their companies symbolically through the quality and value of their content, the appeal of their graphic design and color schemes, and even, in the case of printed materials, their texture. 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Sexual Magnetism: Pheromones - The Scent of Sex

By Al Link All this time you thought it was sculpted muscles, dazzling smiles and fast cars that were surefire babe magnets. Well have we got news for you. What really drives women wild are naturally occurring body chemicals called pheromones. Actually they work the same way to drive men wild, but the male and female pheromones are chemically different. The name pheromone comes from two Greek words pheran (to transfer) and horman (to excite). According to Dr. Winnifred Cutler, pheromones are substances excreted by an animal that affect the reproductive behavior of another same-species animal acting at a distance. Since 1870 when the French naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre discovered male moths flying from miles away to visit a female moth caged in his lab, scientists have known about and documented the effects of pheromones on mating in insect and animal species. For example male cockroaches go wild when exposed to a glass rod covered with female cockroach pheromones, and attempt to mate with it! A randy boar opens his mouth and puffs out a breath laden with pheromones that freeze a sow in heat, ready for mounting. It wasnt until 1986, however that Dr. Cutler, director of Pennsylvanias Athena Intstitute, proved the existence of human pheromones and began to document their effects. In humans, pheromones are activated at puberty. Both men and women produce varying amounts of male pheromones: androstenone and androstenol, only women secrete the female pheromone copulins. Produced by the apocrine glands in the armpit and around the genitals pheromones send signals that are picked up by the vemeronasal organ (VNO), just inside the nose. The VNO passes these messages on to the limbic part of the brain which governs the most basic human sensations, like joy, anger, love, hate and sexual arousal. While we arent consciously aware of another persons pheromones, we cant smell them in the traditional sense, they do have a major impact on us. They ignite the sex drive, increase fertility and help regulate womens menstrual cycles. For her early studies Dr. Cutler gathered sweat from the armpits of healthy women and men in their 20s, removed the bacteria and odor and used the extract. Because its much too costly to collect and process human pheromones for sale, she and her team have produced laboratory equivalents. Since then controlled studies by Dr. Cutler and other organizations around the world have shown some amazing results. In a double blind experiment with young women 36 percent of those exposed to pheromones had sex weekly during the first three weeks of the study. Of those receiving a placebo only 11 percent had weekly sex. By the end of the study, 14 weeks, 73 percent of the pheromone users were having sex every week, while those on the placebo stayed at 11 percent. In another of Dr. Cutlers control groups 38 men were given either a pheromone-alcohol solution to add to their regular cologne or a straight alcohol solution. None knew which they had been given. After 8 weeks of wearing the cologne 47% of the pheromone users reported that they had more sexual intercourse, compared with only 9.5% of those with the placebo. There have been a few unusual tests illustrating the effects of the male pheromone androstenone on women. For one study, a single chair in a dentist’s reception area was sprayed with androstenone, all the others were left untouched. It was observed that women most often sat in the chair treated with the pheromone. Another test involved three attached pay telephone booths. Again one of the three phones was sprayed with androstenone and more women used the treated phone than the other two. The Australian organization, Bennett Research, conducted a survey of 306 men using pheromones. Ninety percent of them claimed that the product had increased their attractiveness to women. Increased response from women was measured by: Making conversation 61% Starting up a conversation 52% Expressing an interest in the man 43% Being responsive to him 40% Paying unsolicited compliments 36% Overt flirting 34% A significant measure was a big increase in physical response by women brushing against the pheromone wearers (31%), touching them (30%), becoming sexually excited (18%), expressing a desire for sex (17%), and actually having sex with them (16%). One survey participant described his experience: One night in a bar a woman walked past me and looked at me. The second time she walked past she came straight to me, said hello, started talking to me and I was very surprised when she grabbed hold of my hands and gave me a kiss on the lips Its not just sexual attraction that appears to be boosted by wearing pheromones. Users of pheromone products report that people generally pay more attention to them, listen more when they speak, and are friendlier in social situations. Pheromones seem to affect peoples general impressions and assessments. In one clinical study participants wearing surgical masks were shown photographs of buildings, trees, animals, women and men. Their task was to assess each according to impressions of friendly/unfriendly, aggressive/passive, attractive/unattractive and so on. The purpose of the test, they were told, was to examine how stress related to wearing a surgical mask affected decision-making. Participants were tested twice, with a two-week interval between sessions. For one of the tests small quantities of pheromones were sprayed on the mask, without the participants knowledge. With the added pheromone there was no noticeable difference in the study groups impressions of trees and buildings. Animals were considered slightly more aggressive. Most stunning however was the difference in assessments of people, both women and men were considered to be more friendly, sensitive, intelligent, attractive, confident and good. Its no wonder then that people are trying pheromone products not simply for sexual attraction, but to give themselves a competitive edge. Salespersons are wearing them to boost their sales, job applicants are using them to create a favourable impression and social butterflies are spraying them on to increase their party invites. As you can well imagine a whole crop of pheromone products has hit the market with differing formulas for both men and women. Most are made of laboratory synthesized versions of male and female hormones, and as is the case with most anything you get what you pay for. It appears that the more pheromones contained in the product the more money youll pay. Some of the top selling brands are more than $100 for a sixth of an ounce, but the concentration of pheromones is such that that sixth of an ounce will last you a long time. There are scented and unscented versions. Unscented can be added to your regular cologne or aftershave. You may want to experiment with applying pheromones to your clothes as well as to your skin. Both methods have different effects. Due to body heat pheromones sprayed on skin evaporate quickly putting them into action right away, the instant attractor. The downside is that the active ingredients are used up just as fast. Sweat and surface bacteria also tend to break down and wash away pheromones on the skin. Spraying unscented products on clothing gives a slower acting but much longer lasting effect. It may in fact last longer than you want, requiring dry cleaning or several launderings to remove, and some delicate fabrics may not take kindly to a spray-on product at all. Some folks go for the double whammy with a combo of scented pheromone on the skin and unscented on the clothes. By now, you may be wondering how you can get your hands on some of this liquid sexual magnet. We have links to many of these products on our Pheromones web page: http://www.tantra-sex.com/ep6.html#lure It is not likely you will find any of these products in retail stores, not yet. You will have to order them on the Internet and have them delivered by mail. At our web site, you will also find additional scientific studies about pheromones in case you need more convincing that they work. By the way, both Al and Pala have used pheromones and they work for us. Al added the unscented variety to one of his musk colognes. Right after that Pala not only started hugging and kissing him more frequently, but she started telling everyone how much she loved that cologneshe had never mentioned it before! Heres a look at a few of the pheromone products available: Androstenone Pheromone Concentrate, for men an androstenone only oil-based formula. Scented. Athena 10X for men and Athena 10:13 for women by none other than Dr. Cutler herself. The formula is a closely guarded secret DateMate 2000 for men with androstenone and androstenol. DateMate FM for women with androstenone, androstenol and copulins. Unscented 15 ml. spray. Primal Instinct for men only, contains 5 mg of androstenone per 10 ml bottle. This baby will last you a long time! Scented. Realm, mens and womens formulas. Scented. Contains .05% androstenone by volume. Xcite wipes, foil wrapped moist towlettes impregnanted with pheromones, easy to carry and quick to spread on the body. Scented. Everyday new pheromone products are being touted on the market. How do you know youre going to get the real thing and not just an ineffective cologne with a lot of hype and no results ? Well, when buying a pheromone product you should ask yourself these questions: 1. Is there a money back guarantee? Most of the reputable brands offer this. 2. Does the product information clearly indicate that pheromones are present, what type they are and in what quantity? There are different mixtures, but generally look for androstenone, androstenol, and for women - copulins 3. Do the results promised sound absolutely too good to be true? They probably are. There is one similarity with regular perfume, it seems that various pheromone formulas can react differently with each individual. So you may want to experiment with a few types. You can find out more about pheromone productsbrands, what they do and how to get them - at this website: http://www.tantra-sex.com/pheromones.html Al Link and Pala Copeland own and operate 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra. They regularly host Tantra Sacred Loving weekends near Ottawa Canada, and weeklong retreats in exotic locations around the planet. 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