Are You Ready to #RAK17?! – Random Acts of Kindness Day is Coming Soon!
Imagine walking up to a vending machine, desperate for a chocolate bar, and lo and behold – there are 4 quarters taped to the glass! There’s also a note that says – You’ve been RAKed! Enjoy your next snack on me. #RAK17. Wouldn’t that feel amazing? Even more amazing – you could be the person […]
5 Lessons About Time Management – #50MeetUps
The journey to #50MeetUps continues on a stop to a workshop about time management by Barbara, a Certified Professional Coach. It is always interesting to see to the different approaches people take to common topics, such as this one. The techniques offered were things I have heard before, but the discussions in between the techniques were […]
7 Successful Women Who Started on Campus
So often, when we talk about successful people, we forget to wonder what they were doing before anyone was paying attention to them. But as we all know, what you do in college greatly affects your development as a leader and individual. So for Women’s History Month, I wanted to dig into what was going […]
3 Ways to Foster Learning and Comfort in Your Group #50Meetups
Sometimes, when I visit a meetup for our #50Meetups project, I feel a little like a spy. To get a real feel for how the group functions, I have to act as a participant, not a researcher. No, I do not knit, or do origami. But I DO care about why your group members keep […]
Quotes about Community from our First 5 Presidents
Happy President’s Day! The United States has always striven to be a country of the people, knowing that the people, not the government, makes a country great. I pulled quotes from our first 5 presidents about what it takes to be a great community member. While they were speaking in terms of the citizens of a […]
Are You Actually a Community? – Team Awesome #50Meetups
The name of the Meetup alone, Team Awesome, got me excited about the potential of meeting some really cool people. With 67 people RSVPed, I was ready to mix and mingle with NYC’s most awesome. The location of the Meetup, Barcade, was just the icing on the cake. When I arrived at Barcade, the place […]
Networking at The Product Group – #50Meetups
I signed in at the door and was told to wait for a security guard to escort me to the elevator. In the elevator, there was a woman there to push the button for us. Was I entering some sort of high security zone? The elevator operator told us to enjoy, and we got off […]
Yes And…Using Improv for Team Success
Last week, I went to the zoo… Suzie: Yes, and when I arrived, I could understand all the animals’ languages… Johnny: Yes, and I heard the giraffes talking smack about the turtles… Fred: Yes, and I found out that it was because the turtles played a prank on the giraffes… See where I’m going with this? Nope? […]
[Video!] Swift Kick in Disney World (Not really)
Melissa and I are incredibly excited to share another video where we embarrass ourselves for your entertainment. Okay, actually, I am the only one embarrassing myself. Moving on… This time, we [pretended] to go to Disney World. We spent way too much time researching fun facts about Disney. Then, we chose our top three to […]
The Value of a Community Door Greeter #50Meetups
The whole point of a community is to have a shared affinity around a passion or topic. I knew I was going to like the Meetup F*ckup Nights NYC** because the topic of failed entrepreneurial moments is right up my alley. The Meetup took place at the top floor of a co-working space in Brooklyn. After I […]