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Conscious Computing: 7 Apps and Tips That Help You Focus, Reduce Stress, and Get Work Done

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” ” But what if there was a way to use online tools, mobile apps, and software that helped lengthen our attention spans and replace information overload with a sense of mindfulness?

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I will sometimes take notes on my laptop during a conference session or webinar if I am planning to do a write up. I prefer these tools when I’m capturing a discussion from a meeting that focused on a designing a program or a reflective conversation. I also wonder if there is an impact on being creative?

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3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

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This reflects my own journey, and many also in attendance at the event, as my experience with DevOps has slowly matured alongside the emerging technology. 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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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop. I use pen and a note book to take notes!

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Wisdom 2.0: Living Consciously In A Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry.

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. Communicating the results. Test and tweak.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

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Ben, isn’t the popcorn thing blowing your mind? You get yourself some kind of together and you kind of meander and find your way to your laptop. And then laptop because, you know, work, right? So when I think about back to work as a manager, these are some of the things that comes to mind for me. Absolutely.