Gleaned this from one of the elists I follow; CreativeMornings and thought initially ” I am so not gonna like this.. ” well as with more things I initial dismiss. It was well worth the view and sharing the space to post it!
“Ask yourself: am I preserving my life, or am I creating a life preserve?”
Amy Willis, a self-employed management consultant and a mother of three boys, shares her recipe for creating a life worth preserving. In this talk, she encourages us to embrace our “boiling pot moments,” define our values and to rebuild ourselves with intention.
ed.note.. a little sappy but very cute and lots to consider as a take away from it.
Thanks to mobile technology, people can communicate faster than ever, and business can get far more done. But it takes more than just having smartphones for businesses to stay up to speed. You need to find all kinds of ways that your business can use this amazing technology. These are some ways your business’ success with mobile technology can be maximized.
Mobile Banking
If you’re old enough, you should remember a time when the vast majority of your banking had to be done inside an actual bank. This could be a real pain, especially if banking hours overlapped with your work hours. Sophistication in online banking has led to brilliant online banking apps. This has proven to be a boon for business owners as they can deposit checks, review financial data, and analyze spending history, all from their smartphone.
Make Your Website Responsive
When people are checking out your website, they’re probably doing it from their smartphone. Half of all traffic to top websites in the United States comes from mobile users. You need to have your website properly configured for mobile devices. It should be designed with all important sections immediately accessible from the homepage and optimized for maximum speed by compressing images and not using Flash. When customers can use your mobile website without any problems, they’ll be delighted to come back.
Texts for Customers
Communicating with your customers is important, but people tend to find calls from businesses bothersome. Emails can work, but they’re also at risk of getting lost in a pile. Sending out texts about offers and other important developments is simple, will be easily seen by your customers, and isn’t a nuisance. Give your customers a choice about whether or not they’ll receive texts and make it easy to opt out. You should also send out texts only when it’s information you reckon is worth sharing.
Mobile Office Computing
Even if you’re out of the office, you can still run the show. Mobile office computing has evolved so much that business owners can host meetings remotely, track inventory, and much more. While your leadership can’t be replaced by a device, it can be much easier to manage tasks this way. You and other leaders should have your smartphones well supplied with useful apps. For your business to use mobile technology well, you need to know about every possibility of each technology and how it’ll be able to serve your business. There could be opportunities that you’re squandering because you’re unaware of how mobile technology can fix them. Although these devices might be small and sleek, their abilities are more than meets the eye.
This one was held down in lovely Half Moon Bay, in it’s incredibly accessible and high tech new library. For two days, 10 of us, with the help of some incredible folks from the Storycenter.org and the staff of the library mapped out and created our own stories to share.
It was a diverse group of people with a wide range of experiences, genders, orientations, and ethnicities. I knew it was going to be one of those rare opportunities for me to take a risk. Not only by learning some new techniques but by modeling my own place in society.
We spent the first part of the morning discussing the storytelling process. For those of you that read Engage, you know I am a huge fan of the role that stories play as a place of change, healing, growth, and remembrance. We then had time to draft out and share our story draft within the group for feedback.
So what prequel story was I going to tell?
As I have said in the past “sometimes you have to risk sharing who you were, to be who you are“; I decided to tell some of the backstories to my growing up gay as it related to my Summer 2018 TEDxProvincetown talk as my training tool. So with 2019’s Pride Season about to kick off, I thought it was fitting to use it as my celebration to share. Hence my calling it “What You See, Isn’t Always What You Know”my prequel to TEDxPtown’s “What The Bear Could Teach Goldilocks“.
For those of you who think I do this easily or without fear – think again. Even those of us with an external facade of competence, self-reliance, and self-belief get nervous. It’s wasn’t always easy, nor is it without its problems sharing who we are. But making a place for yourself in a world you don’t see yourself reflected in, is better than waiting for others to do it for you.
The TEDx talk was that initial moment for me. You can read more about the talk itself in its Engage post.
