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Walking While Working

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this Ted.com talk , people are sitting 9.3 I try to walk between 15K steps a day using my fitbit to measure it. I have gotten good at taking notes while I walk.

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Walk the Talk: A Walking Keynote About Walking As Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, I’m hearing from more and more nonprofit folks about doing walking meetings. Last week, during a convening at the Gates Foundation, they made up buddy up with another participant and go for a 20 minute walk to discuss one of the challenges identified by group. Have you incorporated walking into your work life?

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Take A Walk! Work Smarter and Live Longer

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” Two years ago I got put on a fitbit and started walking, and haven’t stopped. After a session at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference, Lisa Colton, set up the “ Take A Walk ” group on Facebook for nonprofit folks who are sharing their walks and tips. Hack a standing desk.

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Reflections from #15ntc Session Walking As Work and 20/8/2 Rule

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year I designed and facilitated a highly interactive session called “ Walking is Work: Don’t Call It A Break ” with Ritu Sharma. I also lead a conference networking walk following the session. This post summarizes some thoughts and reflections. Photo by Jim Nickerson.

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Meet Dr. James A. Levine: The 1st “You can walk and work!”Evangelist

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He has published more than 100 scientific papers and worked on dozens of corporate programs to bring movement into work. He was the first and most distinguished expert and evangelist for “you can walk and work!” hours of activity into our work day. Walking around equaled “goofing off.”

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Walking the Tight Rope: Finding Work-Life Balance in the Nonprofit Sector

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There are people who think of work-life balance in a Utopian way — where work and life responsibilities are lines in the Zen garden of life. When those same people realize how fictionalized that image is, they often give up on the daydream and get back into the thick of their work. Want to learn more about work-life balance?

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#Fakecommute: A Ritual for Work-Life Balance When You #WFH

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But work from home (if we are lucky enough to have a job) will probably continue well into 2021. If we learned anything during 2020, work-life balance is much harder when working from home. Our sense of time is distorted, making it easier than ever to work (or think about work) all the time.

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