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5 Methods for Avoiding Procrastination for Nonprofits

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I found this wonderful comic on Mashable “ The Field Guide to Procrastination ” that identifies 12 different methods for work avoidance or procrastination, defined in Wikipedia as “ putting off tasks for a later date.” Capacity Reflection' ” We all do it. How do you procrastinate?

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

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Or do these opening lines just reflect your own process of writing your way to the thing you really wanted to say? This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article. But writing an irresistible lede is hard, and sometimes the very first thing you write isn’t the most powerful thing for your audience to read first.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

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We began the session by filing out of the conference room to the parking lot outside for an interactive exercise called " The Dance Floor and the Balcony." The instructions for the exercise are: Get in a circle. Repeat the exercise, this time with the goal of moving one person to the opposite side of the room.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

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The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) Draw your network After the presentation on Network Basics (materials here ), there were two exercises. Network maps are "talking documents" or prompts for reflection and strategizing. These use tools like crayons and paper and process exercises. .

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New Name, Everything's OK, Photo, Soul Food, Ordinary Joy, Achieve, Defining Moment: More Reverb 10

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The year is winding down, and so is Reverb 10 , an annual event and online initiative to reflect on the past year and the year ahead. Elizabeth has so many possible nicknames (95 according to Wikipedia). Below are my quick answers to the prompts for December 23-29. Feel free to share your answers in the comments.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Discovery Exercise (from 23 things ). Discovery Exercise. Discover Exercise. Your first blog could even document your learnings and reflections about Web.20! Professional development - reflect and learn about your work. It's messy.

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