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have a look at some of the websites of the german colleagues and you will find plenty of references, so much for that cultural difference.<BR>
I just have a list of all 100 or so events where I facilitated, presumably all of them were excited but who knows (see open space, Liste der Veranstaltungen).<BR>
The old-paradigm question you suggest a German might ask is more on target, I think. <BR>
mmp<BR>
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 10:58:22 +0200, WB-TrainingConsultingDevelopment wrote:<BR>
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>Dear Ralph,<BR>
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>no bad idea, but: quoting remarks of satisfied customers seems to be very US-american style of marketing/propaganda/selling<BR>
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>Not all cultures would appreciate it in the same way.<BR>
><BR>
>It's imaginable that outside of this culture the quotation of satisfied customers produces the question:<BR>
>"Fine, but now I would be interested to know, what your unsatisfied customers are saying!"<BR>
>A more german way of asking would be:<BR>
>"Nice to know, that you have fans, but have you any statistically significant feedback or impact analysis to procure?<BR>
><BR>
>;-)<BR>
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>On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:38:40 -0500, Ralph Copleman wrote:<BR>
>Id add: cite references, if you have them, of satisfied OS<BR>
>customers..<BR>
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