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Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workplaces: How To Kick the Sit Out It

Beth Kanter

Kick The Sit Out of It: This is a healthy workplace initiative in Canada called “ Sitkicker,” designed to get people standing up at work. Last week, I was honored to do the keynote workshop at the Peel Leadership Center’s TimeOut Conference in Toronto, Canada. Source: Sitkicker. Bringing Movement Into the Workshop.

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Reflections After My First Time Back

Spark Consulting

But I also realized that I’m out of practice at a lot of things that are “normal” at a conference, like sitting and/or standing still for long periods of time, small talk, navigating the spaces, what I need to bring with or have on me (notebook and pen, business cards, badge ribbons).

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7 Tips for Keeping Your Virtual Event Engaging

Blue Sky eLearn

After all, they aren’t sitting in front of you in a conference room, but instead behind a computer at home. Polling can work in a similar way to an icebreaker question – polls can be a great way to kick off a virtual event and get the audience engaged. Here are some ways to keep virtual attendees engaged: . Encourage Questions .

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Virtual Event Engagement Can Be Low Because the Switching Cost is Nearly Zero

Smooth The Path

Imagine sitting in the middle of a conference room with about 100 other people surrounding you. You jump up, push past the folks sitting in your row, and head for the door. Not too likely, we sit politely and wait until the session is done and leave with the crowd. Your phone gives a little chirp; it’s an incoming tweet.

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The Bad Habits That Might Be Driving Your Fellow Travelers Nuts

Associations Now

Or are you more likely to kick your fellow passenger’s seat or fail to cover when you sneeze? There is a bit of Good Samaritan behavior taking place on trips—42 percent of Americans are willing to change seats just to let a passenger sit with their party, and 48 percent say they assist fellow passengers with putting bags in the overhead bin.

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Don’t Forget the Debrief!

Spark Consulting

Not that all that stuff isn’t great, of course, but I think maybe the most helpful thing I do for clients is get them to sit down for an hour or two after we finish whatever the main focus of the engagement was, discuss what we learned, talk about what we’d do differently the next time, and document the whole thing.

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Giving Tuesday Thoughts

Spark Consulting

It doesn’t really kick off the holiday giving season – trust me, they’ve been laying the ground work for their holiday campaigns since before Labor Day – but it does often give a big boost to their efforts. Have some outgrown coats sitting around? There’s always somebody worse off than you. Do you knit?