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Community, Social Media and Risk Perceptions

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The book spoke truths to her about The Well and its mission: All community happens in small groups. Slovic pioneered the concept of affect heuristic – a theory that a person’s “affect” (feelings, emotions) influences decision-making. The reverse is also true where a negative affect influences a decision in a similar way.

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Top Five Takeaways from Open Community

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This post originally appeared on Thanks For Playing as part of our Open Community virtual book tour; in it, we were asked by Elizabeth Engel to do a “Monday top five&# post. In the book we identify the hurdles as: Finding your organization. What are your takeaways from the book? Number 5: Fail smart and forget perfect.

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Weekend Reading: Words Make Worlds

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They entrust you with the responsibility to use their money well, listen to their concerns, represent their interests with integrity and resist the influence from corporate sponsors who may attempt to buy their way into your decision making process. Buy the book. Already have the book? They elected you. Thank you!

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