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RSS Reading Habits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michele Martin wrote a post summarizing a paper titled How Knowledge Workers Use the Web and pulls out some the classifications referenced in the paper. My RSS reading is mostly information gathering or browsing. Information gathering ???Less s broader-based than simply getting a specific piece of information.

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Aspiring, Thriving, or Struggling Changemaker? Join us for MuseumCamp 2016.

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The MuseumCamp website has more information about this year's camp and how to apply. It also has testimonials from past campers and information on past years to help you get a sense of the experience. For knowledge workers. We will accept applications through March 25 and inform people of selections in early April.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Most of this information could be better captured in a dashboard, project document or an email update. Is your team emailing after hours? Rethink having status update meetings.

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Reduce Travel by Telecommuting

Tech Soup

The most basic tools of telecommuting have been phone and email, but new information and communication technologies (ICT) are available that make telecommuting much more effective. US workers alone commute an average of 10,000 miles per year each and consume 67 billion gallons of gasoline.

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Join Us at MuseumCamp 2015 to Explore Making Space for Self and Others

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For knowledge workers. We will accept applications through February 28 and inform people of selections in early March. For designers. For people on the front lines. For managers. For creative types. For anyone seeking to make positive change in your community.

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Tagging and Communities of Practice - Reflections from KM

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Can anyone use this tag or do we want to create a special feed/account to provide filtered information? (BK: How do we create an environment where people are eager to participate or do you focus on providing a high quality resource of information? Doesn't tagging create information overload? Why not just use search?"

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Is Your Nonprofit Using Data to Boost Productivity?

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But when information is needed to develop a sound strategy, is the data readily available? billion knowledge workers, equaling a trillion hours per year. Is the technology meant to improve efficiency serving as a barrier to strategy development? That’s 800 hours times 1.25 This is true for frontline fundraisers, too.

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