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What’s In It For Me? 5 Life-Changing Benefits of Volunteering

Higher Logic

Griep notes that “the activity has to benefit others who are not your core family; for example, helping out a church, a school, a library, a homeless shelter or some sort of charity organization.” The results? "We We found that the people who did volunteer work for at least one hour a week on a regular basis were 2.44

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Seen Elsewhere: Resources for Trend Scanning, Gaming, Productivity

Idea Architects

For a great example of gaming in action, watch this 8-minute video on how the New York Public Library engaged 500 people overnight in writing a book about its collections. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4). Aug 2004 (4). Jul 2004 (2). Jun 2004 (3). May 2004 (5).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

Idea Architects

Its mission, "to provide a free world-class education to anyone anywhere," has received noteworthy grant funding, and the academy is rapidly amassing a video learning library for teachers and students on a variety of subjects, math and science still dominating. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4).

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Google Books Scores Big Legal Victory, Authors Guild Plans Appeal

Associations Now

20M The number of books currently in the Google Books collection, which the company first launched in 2004 with the help of a number of research facilities and public libraries such as Harvard, Oxford, and the New York Public Library. Google was first sued over the collection in 2005.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: I Won't Be Changing the World in.

Idea Architects

Open Clip Art Library: jongo_jingaro. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4). Aug 2004 (4). Jul 2004 (2). Jun 2004 (3). May 2004 (5). Jan 2004 (3). The question posed to me was this: How are you going to change the world in 2012? My answer? I’m not.

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12 Simple Ways to Unleash More Creative Thinking

Idea Architects

For a quick field trip, just visit the periodicals section fo your local library or spend time looking at the covers of the magazines in an airport shop. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4). Aug 2004 (4). Jul 2004 (2). Jun 2004 (3). May 2004 (5). Jan 2004 (3).

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The Dangers of Shifting Your Work Schedule

Associations Now

15M The rough number of people who work full-time jobs with nontraditional work schedules, according to 2004 Bureau of Labor Statistics data supplied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes evening shifts, night shifts, and rotating shifts.

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