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Blog Action Day 2008

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

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Beyond the Music: DJ Steve Aoki Taps Into Tech and Brain Advocacy Through the Aoki Foundation

Success

Aoki’s face lit up when he told me this story over a Zoom call during his European tour. According to the organization’s 2022 Form 990, they also funded six grants to organizations that include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the University of California, San Francisco Foundation and the Harvard Medical School Foundation.

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

Ideas.Ted

Late one night in December of 2008, Amy received a message from a mutual friend that Deepa’s health had taken a serious downward turn. A few years after Deepa died, Amy learned that another childhood friend had been diagnosed with cancer. We maintained a connection up until she died,” Amy told me. “It Amy called her frequently.

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Biophilic design has a long history and an even bigger future

Workplace Insight

It also confirms something we have learned about biophilic design; that natural forms can improve our wellbeing almost as much as actual nature. Researchers led by Vrije University Medical Centre in the Netherlands recently explored how looking at images of natural scenes and forms could improve feelings of wellbeing.

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Everyone Pays When Companies Don’t Live up to Their Organizational Purpose

Energage

Medical research fascinates you, not only because of the scientific process, but because it’s your chance to make a positive impact on people’s lives. So you join a small medical device company whose organizational purpose appears to align with your own aspirations. All’s going to plan. Your heart sinks. You feel betrayed.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

Success

Scientists have debated the precise ratio, but almost all research shows that up to 50 percent of a person’s well-being is genetically determined. The three components add up to make “H,” overall happiness. With a formula in hand, it should be easy to add it all up and be happy, right? Common sense suggests the same. “We

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Will the New Artisan Economy Save the Middle Class?

Small Business Labs

 Last year we discussed The Make-up of the Artisan Economy  that ended with this: New artisans are an increasingly important segment of the U.S.  For more on this topic, see our Artisan Economy category or the 2008 research report The New Artisan Economy. Artisan Economy'

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