It is uncertain exactly when we will be able to work together in our offices, although it is clear that our work will involve primarily digital connections with others for a while longer While the cloud of the global health and financial crisis are weighing on us, the technology we are using as our life line is prompting a new ailment - exhaustion. Now more than ever we must create a robust workplace culture and stronger relationships to retain our humanness. Why Remote Work Is … [Read more...]
Ways To Use Zoom Breakout Rooms To Increase Meeting Engagement
We are only about one month into the world's largest work from home experiment. This means spending a big part of our day sitting in front of a screen that looks like the Brady Brunch. It has surfaced a new technology affliction: Zoom Overload. There are number of reasons we feel exhausted from zoom meetings as Jeremy Bailenson, Virtual Human Interaction Lab points out. It isn’t just the huge uptick in back-to-back virtual meetings we are hosting or attending, many times … [Read more...]
The Screen Time Genie: A Bot That's Help With Your Tech Addiction
Mobile phones and screen can be distracting and overwhelming. Even worse they can be addictive. Not all technology is bad. There are apps and other technology tools that can help you create a new habit, healthier habits. The ScreenTime Genie, a clever chat bot designed by the BJ Fogg's Behavioral Science Lab at Stanford can help grant your wish for reduced screen time. Just answer a few questions about your goals and motivation levels, the Genie will offer up some … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Professionals: Don't Let Email Spoil Your Summer Vacation
Mobile phones and 24/7 connectivity blur the lines between personal and work time, especially during summer break or vacation. And according to recent polls, some 62% of people check their work email while on vacation. And that can ruin your time at the beach and more importantly prevent you from reaping the full benefits of taking break. In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, Aliza Sherman and I did a deep dive into the research literature about the proven links … [Read more...]
Break Your Mobile Phone Addiction: There's An App for That and More
Having trouble getting that mobile phone out of your hands and checking it when you need to focus on work? There's an app that can help you break your mobile phone addiction and it makes it fun. The app is called Forest that turns putting down your phone into a game. Here's how it works. You open the app, you plant a digital tree and it will thrive for as long as you stay in the app. Once you start tapping other apps, the tree start to die. The longer you get the mobile phone out of your hands … [Read more...]
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