Good advice for electronics and for humans. As I write this, I’m enjoying the last few precious days of summer. Does the school kid feeling of the start of a school year ever go away? Friends, enjoy the sunshine, the ice cream, and the last sweet days of summer.
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I’ve been practicing yoga for over 20 years and I have one of the greatest and quirkiest yoga teachers ever. If you’re ever in downtown Brooklyn, take a class with Paulo. He’ll ask you to flower your anus to the ceiling. I digress. He also says in noticing your body that “Tightness means something muscular.
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I recently watched the documentary Free Solo about a climber named Alex Honnold who free soloed El Capitan in Yosemite. That means no rope, no gear, just him and 3200 ft of sheer granite. What I found astonishing about it (aside from everything) is that they did brain scans and found that his amygdala (the
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One of my all-time favorite books is How to Win Friends and Influence People because it hinges on an important human truth: we are the center of our own personal universes. As magnanimous and thoughtful as we might be, we are all still the stars of our own movies. For me to be a raving
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How many times have I seen the idea of junior board rise and then fall like a rock? Join me and Peter Goldwasser, the Founder of the PNG Group, as we talk about his experience of finding the Young Eagles, which is the junior board of the Brooklyn Public Library. Join me and Peter as
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Hey Gen X Leader: confounded by your millennial and Gen Z staffers? At a loss for how to make an organizational change and DEI happen in my conversation with Leslie Short, the President and the Founder of the CAVU group. We discuss managing the generational divide in organizations, acceleration of DEI, the difference, and the
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Ugh, marketing, amirite? As a busy ED, marketing is probably like the millionth thing on your list right after troubleshooting the computers and ordering more toilet paper for the office (am I just projecting again?) Why do we do it? Simply this: good marketing helps to build trust with our audience. The more they trust
A Free Webinar for Board Members Who Want to Support Fundraising—Without Feeling Awkward or Transactional
