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Walking While Working

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A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this Ted.com talk , people are sitting 9.3 The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique.

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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

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Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. However, I don’t always have that opportunity because many times nonprofit workshops are hosted at conferences at hotels. Have you ever had to do a room hack?

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3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

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Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’ Chicago 2022 was a brand-new opportunity for the Salesforce DevOps community to connect and share expertise at a designated conference. The session was so engaging and informative that, as soon as the session ended, I logged into my laptop and set up CI jobs in my project to get practice setting up my own pipelines.

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Why I Use Pen and Paper Notebooks AND Digital Tools To Take Notes

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I will sometimes take notes on my laptop during a conference session or webinar if I am planning to do a write up. For example, I like digital note taking tools when I’m capturing the “to dos” from meetings to make decisions and when I’m doing research online for a blog post or prepare curriculum.

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Top 10 Tips for a Fabulous 14NTC

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Login to myNTC , your conference information and connection center. This is your go-to dashboard for all the latest conference details with easy access from your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Check out the full conference agenda and add events to your calendar. Prepare your conference strategy. Grab a pint.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I strongly believe that people should not be left in sitting their seats with their laptops open for a training for more than 30 minutes at a stretch. It puts people to sleep and it isn’t very healthy. When I present content, it is done in an active way – participants get to move around, stand up, walk around, and move.

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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

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Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. Soren welcomed everyone and asked to be totally present and give full attention – which is becoming rarer and rarer at conferences.

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