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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

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Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 Dr. Dan Siegel , a brain researcher, gave a riveting talk about interpersonal neurobiology – and what goes on in our brains and how it impacts our offline researches when we spend too much time connecting online. Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. The Sun Sets on 2014.

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If the Ancient Greeks Had iPhone Separation Anxiety: Fitbippides

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As my work as a trainer pivots more towards leadership development in a networked world, I’ve been doing more and more training on the topic of mindfulness at work techniques. Some call it FOMO— Fear of Missing Out—or nomophobia—Fear of being out of mobile phone contact or FOBO—Fear of Being Offline.

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Nonprofit Blog Carnival: Personal Productivity Tips for Nonprofits

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He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Another excellent variation of the Pomoro Technique. Personal Productivity in Practice. .”

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

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In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months.

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Wisdom 2.0: Living Consciously In A Connected World

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As a trainer or doing shoulder-to-shoulder coaching, I'd hear people complain about information overload, anxiety, etc and started to incorporate techniques for reducing it. . He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. I've been looking for ways to reduce techno stress. The new framing for this familiar issue is one of balance.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

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What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? They’re convening Barcamp-like unconferences called PubCamps all over the country, allowing local techies and citizen journalists to forge collaborative projects with NPR and PBS stations, both online and offline. What are they good for?

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