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Help Shape the 2014 NAPA 401(k) Summit

Ever left an industry conference disappointed that the workshops didn’t fully address the things you really wanted to learn about? Then you’re going to like this — it’s a unique opportunity to help shape next year’s NAPA 401(k) Summit, March 23-25, 2014 in New Orleans.

NAPA has launched an innovative online voting tool to pick the best ideas for session topics at the Summit. Here’s how it works:

• The online tool presents two session ideas. You pick your favorite — or add your own idea for others to vote on.
• The process is then repeated, with two more ideas to choose from and another opportunity to suggest a better one. Every time you suggest an idea, it’s added to the pool of ideas that others vote on.
• You can vote as often has you'd like, and see which topics are in the lead.

Beware: This can be addictive. If it sounds familiar, it’s the same technology used by Frito-Lay earlier this year to choose a new flavor potato chip — dubbed “America’s favorite.” (The winner: Cheesy Garlic Bread.) The voting process is fun and rapid-fire, but the concept and technology behind it are sophisticated and cutting-edge. Think of it as crowdsourcing made easy — thanks to an algorithm developed by a team at the Department of Sociology at Princeton that sorts and ranks the ideas. (For more on the technology, click here.)

To get started, look for the poll box in the right column of any page on NAPA Net; on a mobile device, just scroll down to find the box. The poll will run until sometime in July; we’ll let you know about the winning ideas. Here’s hoping yours is one of them.

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