While sustainability may initially bring thoughts of green energy and recycling to mind, it’s also about supporting your local community. Times being as they are, lending a hand to fellow members of your community is as important as it has ever been. You can start by donating your unwanted items to reputable charities and services, [...]
In our last post on this issue, we discussed sustainability, which is about providing the best for people and the environment—now and for the indefinite future. Several organizations in the Fox Valley have put forth a commitment to sustainability by implementing such practices in their operations or by offering sustainable products to their customers. Recently, many [...]
The StreetBall Tournament hosted in the City of Neenah, Wisconsin – officially titled StreetBall 3-on-3 (www.streetball3on3.org) – is now 20 years old. It was the brainchild of then Future Neenah Executive Director Randy Stadtmueller and is carried on today by the current Executive Director Amy Barker with her excellent staff. What does an event like [...]
While you may think the phrase “Think Global, Act Local” is about the environment, it really goes beyond that. At its core, it is about sustainability, which is defined as providing the best for people and the environment—now and for the indefinite future. For most of us, putting sustainability into action in practical terms will [...]
In a prior post, we took a look at the five types of toxic coworkers. Here, we’ll discuss different ways in which you can cope with them. You may have some immediate, fantasy-related ideas for what you would like to do when dealing with these coworkers, but cooler heads must prevail. In general, when coping [...]
We’re all just trying to make a living and it helps to have friends who all get along – but some people are particularly adept at making it worse than it has to be by turning the workplace into a toxic mess – either consciously or unconsciously. We’ve all worked with him — the coworker [...]
On a recent evening this week I watched “old fashioned” television, which includes commercials. What struck me as I watched was not just the number of commercials, but the wall-to-wall political commercials that exuded cheap-shots, mudslinging and shear vitriol from both political parties.
In Parts I & II of this series, The Social Media of Gaming: Part I – Grabbing a Slice and The Social Media of Gaming: Part II – Games Within Social Media, Greg Kellerman posed two questions:
An idea has been getting passed around our little circle for quite a while about how a Social Network might contribute to solving a world crisis:
What if the Farmville model wasn’t a waste of time and actually did some good?
First, let’s have a little backstory behind the idea. What ‘world crisis’ are we talking about?
We all have some amount of clutter around the house and office whether it be the infamous “junk drawer” or that stack of papers that won’t go away. When clutter becomes impossible to get rid of-this is sometimes called hoarding-it can become a serious problem. Even if your clutter is minimal, have you ever wondered how it can affect your health and well being?
As health care costs continue to rise and evidence supporting health conscious programs grows, it’s time to implement corporate health and wellness strategies.
