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Tips To Make Online Meetings Less Exhausting

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If you want to look better on camera, you can raise the level of the laptop or use a light close to you! Interactive Meeting Techniques. Effective Brainstorming Techniques by Beth Kanter. And it can be exhausting staring at a screen most of the day. Use Zoom backgrounds if you want to hide your messy house. List of Energizers.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes.

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The Networked NGO in India

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It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S.

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Does This Deserve My Attention?

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Rheingold’s low-tech technique, a post-it note on your computer monitor, is a simple and elegant way to help train your attention. During the workshop in New Zealand, we discussed different methods for being mindful and what might apply to our practice. .” ” (Note: I created a list.ly with some useful Zen Apps).

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

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I’ve trained myself with the 18 minutes technique to avoid temptation of looking at friends’ dog photos that way while I am working.). Train Your Attention with Your iPhone Timer: I would never have been able to write my book, if I hadn’t read Peter Bregman’s 18 Minutes A Day.

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Healthy and Productive Nonprofit Meetings: What Does the Research Say?

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The Buffer Blog recently published a post, “ Nine Science-Backed Methods for Happier, Productive Meetings ,” that summarized new research and actionable tips for better meetings, including some tips that were new and different – and very useful: Don’t Take Notes with Your Laptop. A Table Stack for Cell Phones.

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Walking While Working

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The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. It’s not a luxury. ” Senior Leaders Get on Their Walking Shoes. 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.

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