1. What are the Strategy Forums?
2. How are the Strategy Forums Organized?
3. What is DinarStandard?
4. What are the benefits of participating in the Strategy Forums?
5. Does it cost anything to join the Forums?
6. Does it cost anything to attend the Strategy Forums?
7. What do the Strategy Forum groups do?
8. How often do local Strategy Forum groups meet?
9. What is Dinar Standard's role in organizing the Strategy Forum's?
10. What is the role of a Strategy Forum Coordinator?
11. How do I setup a Strategy Forum in my city?
12. What does Dinar Standard expect of Strategy Forum Coordinators?
13. What can the Strategy Forum Coordinators expect from Dinar Standard?
14. Disclaimer

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What are the Strategy Forums?

Strategy Forums are Dinar Standard's readers' network in individual cities across the world.

Its purpose is to facilitate live and online interaction for like-minded professionals to sharpen their professional corporate skills, participate in strategic discussions relevant to their corporate environment, and connect with professionals in building new business relationships.

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How are the Strategy Forums Organized?

Strategy Forums are global city by city, self-organizing groups of business leaders and innovators who are from the Muslim World or who have an interest in it. 

Strategy Forums are supported by and structured around the research and stories covered by DinarStandard which hosts an online discussion blog for each city. DinarStandard also provides facilitation tools to the forum coordinators.  Coordinator (s) for each city's Strategy Forum may be affiliated with a partner professional organization.

DinarStandard Strategy Forums are run independently by Coordinators on a voluntary basis to foster community interaction and professional growth.

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What is DinarStandard?

DinarStandard is an online publication addressing business strategies for the Muslim World. Its DS100 T ranking has been covered by The Economist, Arab News, Malaysian Star and many other prominent media outlets. Topics and research covered by the online publication include management, innovation, marketing, finance, current challenges, Islamic business model, and the Muslim Lifestyle MarketT

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What are the benefits of participating in the Strategy Forums?

Among the numerous benefits you will have are:

• connect with like-minded business people and leaders
• participate in focused networking activities and events
• engage in thought provoking discussion about business issues in the Muslim World as well as leading-edge business ideas and practices
• search for other city Forum events with notification of upcoming events and activities

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Does it cost anything to join the Forums?

No. Membership in the Strategy Forums is free. Our goal is to bring like minded business professionals interested in the business environment of the Muslim World together who are actively involved and participate in the activities and experiences of other members.

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Does it cost anything to attend the Strategy Forums?

Depending on how your Strategy Forum group works and where they decide to have their meetings, their may be a small charge to attend these sessions to support organizing costs.

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What do the Strategy Forum groups do?

Strategy Forums are city specific face-to-face discussion groups and an online blog.

Strategy Forum coordinators schedule gatherings to discuss current issues related to the business environment in the Muslim World, update each other on current business activity, discuss common challenges, develop personal and professional skills, and leverage resources and tools within the group. 

These gatherings are usually panel discussions that include community business leaders or Strategy Forum members. Topics covered are on themes and research addressed in recent issues of Dinar Standard.

Members also communicate via email and online blog pages.  Local Strategy Forum Coordinators organize events, build relationships with local business leaders, maintain calendars of local events and activities, as well as an archive of agendas, minutes, and reports from past activities, discussions, and events.

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How often do local Strategy Forum groups meet?

This aspect of the organization of the Strategy Forum is left completely to the local organizing team.

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What is Dinar Standard's role in organizing the Strategy Forum's?

DinarStandard Strategy Forums is a readers' network and as such is run independently by Coordinators on a voluntary basis to foster community interaction and professional growth.

Dinar Standard provides Coordinators with:

• topic materials and organizing tools.(Presentations, organization checklists etc to use for the organization).
• A free setup of the individual city online blog with publishing access.
• Forum email setup and newsletter support.

As independent group's, each forum chooses how frequently it meets, the format of the meeting, the topic to discuss (based on a DS story or area of coverage of course), etc.

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What is the role of a Strategy Forum Coordinator?

Strategy Forum coordinators are the leaders of your local Strategy Forums group. They set the vision of the local group as well as help guide it in its operations as new Strategy Forum sessions are organized. 

They also coordinate with the Dinar Standard team as well as build relationships with the local business community to identify and invite topical experts.

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How do I setup a Strategy Forum in my city?

Strategy Forums are led independently and voluntarily by Coordinators (One lead Coordinator and multiple Co Coordinators). Coordinators may be individual business professionals, a non-profit professional organization, an industry group, or a corporation. We are looking for strong partners within each city who have relationships with the local business community, are inspired by Dinar Standard's purpose and objectives, and seek to foster interaction and professional growth within their community.

Just contact us at -- info[at]dinarstandard.com and indicate your professional background or affiliation, and your interest in starting a Strategy Forum in your area. We'll contact you about the next steps. We will possibly have a short conference call to discuss your leadership of the Strategy Forum group in your area.

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What does Dinar Standard expect of Strategy Forum Coordinators?

• Organize at least 3-4 events annually
• Update their Strategy Forum blog with event information before and after the event.
• Update their Strategy Forum blog with city related entrepreneur news and information
• Update their Strategy Forum blog with feedback on the magazine's articles and research
• The Strategy Forum blog to be used for only the above mentioned purposes (Political discussions or any in-appropriate discussions are prohibited. Dinar Standard retains the rights to remove any post at its sole discretion)
• Keep an open stream of communication with Dinar Standard's editorial team
• Maintain the highest standards of professionalism in interactions with the Strategy Forum member group and with invited speakers. (Adhering to Dinar Standard's Privacy Policy relating to emails or contact information sharing is critical)    
• Dinar Standard will retain the rights to terminate Coordinator(s) at its own discretion

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What can the Strategy Forum Coordinators expect from Dinar Standard?

Overall, Coordinator(s) can expect a professional growth experience that will help build their leadership skills, help build relationships with community business leaders, and when applicable, help promote their affiliated organization's role in supporting the community's professional growth. Also, specifically DS will:

• Provide Coordinators an online blog to publish event updates, City specific entrepreneurial/ business stories, as well as comments on DS articles and research
• Help promote each city's Strategy Forum group meetings by providing announcement on the main Dinar Standard site and its newsletter.
• Provide membership management support (email, newsletters, etc.)
• Provide event preparation and presentation tools (event planning best practice checklist, communication templates , panel invitation guidelines, as well as Topic specific presentations and information give-aways)
• Provide professional communication and suggestions to help coordinate their local events  

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Disclaimer: Any comments expressed on DinarStandard Strategy Forums do not necessarily reflect the views of DinarStandard or any of its official agents.  Please read the DinarStandard Terms of Service . In addition, any comments made during Strategy Forum events or on the respective Strategy Forum sites by the panelists or the Forum Coordinators are their personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of their associated organizations.

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