HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Happy Holidays to all our friends out there. Please click below for a further message.

NOTE: This will be the last DISPATCHES of the 2012 year. We will resume publication soon after the new year begins. Have a wonderful holiday season!

The Staff of BDN International

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The DISPATCHES^TM for December 17, 2012 can be found here:
http://www.bdn-intl.com/Xmas2011.php

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THE BEAUTY OF THE BUCKET

Throughout our business and marketing careers, we have always sought out (and sometimes created) formats and tools that aid our thinking. More specifically, we have valued those tools that make the complex simple, that enable us to better practice not so much what to think as how to think - to include how to better organize our options. One such tool that has never let us down is the Bucket - our subject this week.

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The DISPATCHES^TM for December 10, 2012 can be found here:
http://www.bdn-intl.com/BeautyOfTheBucket.php

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MORE INNOVATION, LESS RISK

"More Innovation, Less Risk" sounds like an oxymoron. (But it is not, if managed appropriately.) We've been taught to think "More Innovation, More Risk." However, in today's rapidly changing, highly dynamic marketplace, where competition can come from anywhere, and the power of the customer is growing, a more apropos assertion is "Less Innovation, More Risk." To read the article click below:

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To view this article in its entirety directly from our website, please click on the appropriate link below. We have also provided both a handheld device and a pdf link for you.  Note:  Depending upon the configuration of your particular computer, it may be necessary for you to copy and paste the address into your address bar.

Should you experience any problem in opening any of these links, please contact Lori Vandervoort at lorivan@bdn-intl.com or call 800-255-9831 (620-431-0780).

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The DISPATCHES^TM for December 3, 2012 can be found here:
http://www.bdn-intl.com/MoreInnovationLessRisk.php

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It is also available in PDF here:
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