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DESCRIPTION:Purpleocity – Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage\nPre
 sented by Michael Ford\n\nAbstract: “No two species can coexist that mak
 e their living in the identical way”\, an observation by Professor G.F. 
 Gause\, and this may be analogy to dinosaurs becoming extinct because they
  didn’t adapt. We sometimes forget to apply this important concept to ou
 r professional and personal lives.\nPurpleocity\, which is loosely based o
 n Seth Godin’s Purple Cow theories\, takes a light hearted and interacti
 ve look at the art of determining\, developing and leveraging your core co
 mpetencies and creating a sustainable competitive advantage.\nThis high en
 ergy session promises to get your creative juices flowing and send you hom
 e with dozens of ideas on how to become PURPLE and stand out from the comp
 etition!!!\nThe audience will be engaged in two specific exercises:\n\n- I
 dentifying an example of a leader who motivated people to produce results\
 , and how they did it\n- What competitive factor will they compete on\, i.
 e. how will they be PURPLE.\n\nAttendees are encouraged to wear PURPLE!\n\
 nCo-sponsored by: Binghamton American Society for Quality (ASQ)\n\nSpeaker
 (s): Michael D Ford\, \n\nAgenda: \nJoin us at The Spot (1062 Front St\, B
 inghamton\, NY 13905)\n5:30 social time\, 6:15 dinner\, 7:00 presentation\
 nCost is $25/person ($15/student) with vegetarian\, meat\, and fish based 
 options\n\n1062 Front St \, Binghamton\, New York\, United States\, 13905
LOCATION:1062 Front St \, Binghamton\, New York\, United States\, 13905
ORGANIZER:desniezek@yahoo.com
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:Purpleocity – Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/322109
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 city &ndash\; Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage</strong></span><b
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 >: &ldquo\;No two species can coexist that make their living in the identi
 cal way&rdquo\;\, an observation by Professor G.F. Gause\, and this may be
  analogy to dinosaurs becoming extinct because they didn&rsquo\;t adapt. W
 e sometimes forget to apply this important concept to our professional and
  personal lives.<br /><strong><span style="color: #800080\;">Purpleocity</
 span>\,</strong> which is loosely based on Seth Godin&rsquo\;s <strong><em
 >Purple Cow</em></strong> theories\, takes a light hearted and interactive
  look at the art of determining\, developing and leveraging <strong><em>yo
 ur</em></strong> core competencies and creating a sustainable competitive 
 advantage.<br />This high energy session promises to get <strong><em>your<
 /em></strong> creative juices flowing and send <strong><em>you</em></stron
 g> home with dozens of ideas on how to become <span style="color: #800080\
 ;">PURPLE</span> and stand out from the competition!!!<br />The audience w
 ill be engaged in two specific exercises:</h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Identifying an e
 xample of a leader who motivated people to produce results\, and how they 
 did it</li>\n<li>What competitive factor will they compete on\, i.e. how w
 ill they be <span style="color: #800080\;">PURPLE</span>.</li>\n</ol>\n<h1
  style="display: block\; margin: 0\; padding: 0\; color: #202020\; font-fa
 mily: Helvetica\; font-size: 26px\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: bold
 \; line-height: 125%\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-align: left\;">Attend
 ees are encouraged to wear <span style="color: #800080\;">PURPLE</span>!</
 h1><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><h1 style="display: block\; margin: 0\; paddi
 ng: 0\; color: #202020\; font-family: Helvetica\; font-size: 26px\; font-s
 tyle: normal\; font-weight: bold\; line-height: 125%\; letter-spacing: nor
 mal\; text-align: left\;">Join us at The Spot (1062 Front St\, Binghamton\
 , NY 13905)<br />5:30 social time\, 6:15 dinner\, 7:00 presentation<br />C
 ost is $25/person ($15/student) with vegetarian\, meat\, and fish based op
 tions</h1>
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