Disengaged employees cost the U.S. $450 billion to $550 billion a year in lost productivity. These employees are more likely to steal from their companies, negatively influence their coworkers, miss workdays, and drive customers away. Sounds like a lot, right? The way that companies engage their employees must evolve with the times (and the […]
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Two trends collide: Mobile + Storytelling Introducing: Snapchat Discover. Probably one of the best things to ever happen to Snapchat and one of the coolest things to happen to mobile media in quite some time. This new update released during #Snowpocalypse2015, so I had plenty of time to play around with it and learn about […]
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Looking through the tech blogs over the last couple of weeks, there’s a term that keeps bursting off the pages as I read. And while I’m still not completely clear on what exactly it means, I’m fairly certain it’s important for every entrepreneur to know about. The Internet of Things, or IoT, is […]
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Making Working Remotely Work When I first entered the workforce, most of the job postings I saw that allowed you to work from home were either technology related or some type of pyramid scheme. Nowadays, however, faster connection speeds, better technology, a desire for more work/life balance, and proven productivity increases have made working […]
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If you’ve not heard of Bitcoin, I think it could still be classified as ‘Okay’. But give it another few months, and you’ll be left in the dust. In fact, it’s already recognized as a real word in the Apple operating system (get it together, Microsoft). Bitcoin, in short, is a decentralized digital currency. […]
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I don’t normally write opinion pieces, but I felt it necessary to do so after the last couple weeks of unrest in my city. I read an article in the New York Times on a flight this past weekend titled “Is it Bad Enough Yet?”. There’s a reason it was one of the Top Emailed […]
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Key Details to Market Your Next Event My friends and I are all very frequent event goers. We typically try to have at least one weekday outing per week. In New York, there are so many options: store openings, book signings, concerts, networking events at some fancy venue, charity happy hours, and volunteer fairs, just […]
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#GivingTuesday-and every day! If you haven’t come up with your Giving Tuesday strategy yet, it might be a little bit too late. It’s Giving Tuesday time and many nonprofits have upped their promotional efforts, their donation sites, and their thank you letters. Some have even come up with creative ways to launch a social giving strategy […]
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I subscribe to a lot of email listservs (and sometimes I don’t really remember actually subscribing to them). But last week, I got a reminder to sign up for a webcast of Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Markets’ Social Media: Own Your Brand or Someone Else Will. The event was held Friday, November 14, […]
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Look out for the Third Sector Today and Top Nonprofits Writers, coming to an event near (or with!) you. From charity fundraising events to volunteer events, book launches to board meetings, tech conferences to financial conferences, Third Sector Today and Top Nonprofits is going behind the scenes to give you the scoop on great events […]
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