Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 1, 2014
The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. It’s also boosted by the increasing number of open-space offices , which give even top executives little privacy to speak candidly or have any alone time. It’s not a luxury. Even in the nonprofit sector.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 23, 2014
Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. The flexible classroom is a large open space. It also had a lot of open wall space. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it dampens interaction.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 25, 2012
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.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 21, 2014
The Interaxon Headband is a brain-wave detector that sends real time information on your brain activity to your phone, supposedly so you can improve concentration and composure. It also stops snoring by adjusting the bed to open your airways without waking you up.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 1, 2007
But, the brain fog has started to fade. My first exposure to "unconferences" or Open Space Technology was during a week-long arts and education professional development seminar in 1997. One of the rules of Open Space Technology is "prepared to be surprised" and the people who show up are the right people.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 27, 2012
An important design consideration is the selection of participants. Then each group presents their map as we do a walk around the room. This exercise not only leads to places where peers can share knowledge, but since it is an organizational lens – it also opens the door for ideas for networked approaches.
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