+EXCITEMENT
By Elena Blume
How can you stir “excitement”?
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PLANT EARLY SEEDS
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Learn about New Trends and Topic Interests
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Make Contacts in Advance
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Get the Word Out
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Visualize and Design Plan
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Reserve Necessities
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COMMUNICATE
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Let people know Changes and Updates early and often
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Idea Exchange
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Decorate with Theme a bit early
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Encourage participation
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“Variety is the Spice of Life”1 with Communication Modes
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Engage SENSES
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IMPLEMENT
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Select Best People for Roles
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Make it Fun!
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Create Great Teams
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Plan and Communicate Layout and/or Program
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Be Available
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Foresee and Preempt any grievance where possible.
1 ELIZABETH KNOWLES. “variety is the spice of life.” The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2011 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-varietyisthespiceoflife.html
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