On February 12th, I'll be presenting on a FREE Guidestar Webinar on healthy and productive meetings and talking about walking meetings (register here). There is much research out there about why sitting at work is downright dangerous for your health. There is also research about how walking or even standing up at work can increase you and your team's creativity. Yet, many nonprofits are losing productivity and less creative because they are trapped in a culture of sitting. It's time to … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
The Intersection of Systems and Network Leadership
Found when researching systems thinking. Such a friendly visual...telescopes, tents, and teddy bears. #netlead pic.twitter.com/gmb9TYyifz — Rebecca Arno (@rarno) February 3, 2015 I'm facilitating a peer learning course on practical networked leadership skills with a group of community foundation leaders for the Knight Digital Media Center and part of the "practice" is having conversations and sharing thought provoking ideas with our professional networks via social media. Rebecca Arno was … [Read more...]
Healthy and Productive Meetings: Free Guidestar Webinar on Feb. 12th
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 talk, people are sitting 9.3 hours a day, which is more than we're sleeping, at 7.7 hours. All that sitting is not good for your health. I made a commitment to change. I started using a Fitbit to monitor and motivate me to move, but I also sought out some ways to make walking part of work. I have learned a lot - and the results … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Blog Carnival: Personal Productivity Tips for Nonprofits
The first Nonprofit Blog Carnival of 2015 is on the theme is personal productivity. If you’re like most nonprofit folks, you've probably made a few New Year's resolutions, including being more effective at your job. But maintaining productivity, especially online, can be challenging. We are living and working in a world that is connected and where sacred space and deep thinking, essential ingredients to online personal productivity and well-being, is almost becoming extinct. What is … [Read more...]
