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Why Your Organization Needs Telecommuting – When the Commuter Train Shuts Down

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Business and commutes were at a standstill in the San Francisco Bay Area yesterday after an extreme fire in West Oakland put the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) commuter train system completely out of service between San Francisco and cities in the East Bay. The future of work requires this shift in managerial mindset.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Research shows that staff often resist using multiple services, often because they don’t want to open one more window on their computer or launch one more app on their mobile device.

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Is Your Nonprofit Using Data to Boost Productivity?

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Bureau of Labor Statistics , productivity is a measure of economic performance that compares the amount of goods and services produced (output) with the amount of inputs used to produce those goods and services. billion knowledge workers, equaling a trillion hours per year. According to the U.S. Is everyone excited now?

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