@kanter A walking meeting in progress. Gotta take advantage of these #nyc streets + great weather! cc @ynpnnyc pic.twitter.com/RkZDLoG77T — Christopher Chavez (@mr_tumnus) May 2, 2014 Last week, I wrote a blog post called "Walking for Work" about the benefits of incorporating walking into your work day, not as a break, but to help you do your work. I ended the post with a question, "Does your nonprofit do walking meetings?" The conversation that ensued was great, so I thought I'd share a … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Give Local America: Getting People Excited About Giving Days
Note from Beth: Over the last year, I've been facilitating a peer learning network of community foundations, grantees of the Knight Foundation, that are hosting Giving Days throughout the year. Participants are learning and sharing best practices. Several community foundations will be part of Give Local America, a campaign that encourages and supports local philanthropy and the 100th anniversary of community foundations in the US and the vital role they play. The campaign is organized … [Read more...]
Walking While Working
Last year, when I got may annual physical, my cholesterol numbers were not good. My doctor's advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. 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 hours a day, which is more than we're sleeping, at 7.7 hours. And, all that sitting is not good for your health. I made a … [Read more...]
