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Comment on Do You Equate Boring with Serious? by johncriswell

johncriswell — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:40:31 +0000

Connection between boring and serious? I guess the more serious a topic, the more likely it is to be presented in a boring manner, because the presenter may feel an obligation to be both precise and accurate. This is a challenge since non-profits often deal with long-term, challenging issues hard to boil down into catch phrases.

However, I agree, we need to become more adept at developing simple messaging to not come off overly wonky. This simple messaging should(?) explicitly link to one or more in depth, detailed issue descriptions to be used when and if a new stakeholder “graduates” to higher involvement with the organization. With these explicit links, it would seem the simple messaging would then be authentic as opposed to merely “spin”. Does this make sense?

Comment on Prerequisite to Innovation, Creativity and Change by Be Vulnerable with Yourself | Low Hanging Fruit Communications

Be Vulnerable with Yourself | Low Hanging Fruit Communications — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:23:54 +0000

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Comment on How Do You Spend Your Cognitive Surplus? by Discovering Your Cognitive Surplus | Low Hanging Fruit Communications

Discovering Your Cognitive Surplus | Low Hanging Fruit Communications — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:13:16 +0000

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Comment on How Do You Spend Your Cognitive Surplus? by Sally

Sally — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:37:45 +0000

You are so gracious, Maureen

Comment on How Do You Spend Your Cognitive Surplus? by Maureen Carruthers

Maureen Carruthers — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:21:20 +0000

Thanks Sally! I hope you will participate again this year. If you want some help finding an angle for your submission, let me know. It would be a pleasure to talk to you about all your amazing work.

Comment on How Do You Spend Your Cognitive Surplus? by Sally

Sally — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:15:51 +0000

Great project, Maureen! I’m looking forward to reading posts from the showcase this summer.

Comment on How to Compile Your Brain by Maureen Carruthers

Maureen Carruthers — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:14:48 +0000

We’ve visited local courses and ordered our discs from Amazon. we hope to start playing very soon. I’ll pass on the bridge message.

Comment on How to Compile Your Brain by Evil Bekka

Evil Bekka — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:08:21 +0000

Do you really play disc golf now?! We are brainstorming building a bridge over that muddy creek so you can finish that course with us… Tell J. it’s A Project and he should come supervise…

Comment on How to Compile Your Brain by daryk

daryk — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:56:38 +0000

Sadly, just facbook. I suck at slacking.

Comment on The Myth of Wasted Time by In the Nonprofit HR World, Wasted Time’s Not Such a Waste - Nonprofit Hub

In the Nonprofit HR World, Wasted Time’s Not Such a Waste - Nonprofit Hub — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:16:13 +0000

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Comment on The Myth of Wasted Time by Maureen Carruthers

Maureen Carruthers — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:13:29 +0000

Now to figure out how to make the most of those morning hours!

That is the tricky part isn’t it! Such a delicate balance between discipline which helps and beating yourself up which most definitely does not.

Comment on The Myth of Wasted Time by niannone

niannone — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:07:19 +0000

Thank you for giving me permission to enjoy my time wasters After working from home for several years, I realized I too am only good for high focus or creative projects about 4 hours in the morning. Afternoons are fine for routine tasks but anything requiring though takes much longer. In the evening Netflix and computer games are very relaxing and I enjoy them. Now to figure out how to make the most of those morning hours!

Comment on Prerequisite to Innovation, Creativity and Change by Maureen Carruthers

Maureen Carruthers — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:25:36 +0000

That’s a tough one Greg–and I’m afraid I don’t have any “actionable” advice. That having been said, cultures change when the people inside them change, or when what used to work stops working.

It’s also worth noting that the military is not alone–decoupling vulnerability from innovation, creativity and change seems to be the alchemy of our day. I’m not sure figuring it out would be a good thing, but it’s certainly tempting to wide swaths of people.

Comment on Prerequisite to Innovation, Creativity and Change by greg

greg — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:46:37 +0000

My biggest issue is trying to assimilate the military culture which does not tolerate vulnerability (seen as weakness) and shame, while at the same time claims to desire innovation, creativity, and change. How does one change the organizational culture?

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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:13:34 +0000

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