In a new Pew Research Center survey, American workers have some mixed feelings about how social media affects their workplace productivity. Fifty-six percent of workers who use social media for work-related purposes said it distracts them from other work they need to...
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University Social Media Ban Pt. 2
This is Maura Thomas from RegainYourTime.com. This is part two of my interview with Charles Palmer, the Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Entertainment & Learning Technologies, of Harrisburg University of Science & Technology. Please click the link...
University Social Media Ban Pt. 1
This is Maura Thomas from RegainYourTime.com. This is part one of my interview with Charles Palmer, the Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Entertainment & Learning Technologies, of Harrisburg University of Science & Technology. Please click the link...
Unleash Your Genius: Conversation with Dr. John Dovidio of Yale, Part 5
(For the introduction to this interview, click here. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 3, click here. For Part 4, click here.)Click to Listen (6 1/2 minutes) MT: This is Maura Thomas from RegainYourTime.com. Thanks for listening to the fifth...
Taming Technology: Conversation with Dr. John Dovidio of Yale, Part 4
(For the introduction to this interview, click here. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 3, click here.) Click to Listen (4 1/2 minutes) MT: This is Maura Thomas from RegainYourTime.com. Thanks for coming back to hear part four of my interview...
Dangers of Multitasking: Conversation with Dr. John Dovidio of Yale, Part 3
(For the introduction to this interview, click here. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here.)Click to Listen (4 minutes) MT: This is Maura Thomas from RegainYourTime.com. Welcome to the third part of my interview with Dr. John Dovidio, psychology professor...
Social Media Efficiency for Newbies, Part 2 of 2
Yesterday I gave some information about differences in social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace, and gave a couple of analogies to help you to keep your use of them in perspective. Something else to consider when evaluating social media is WHY...
Social Media Efficiency for Newbies, Part 1 of 2
Everyone is giving advice about social media, and it’s a topic I get asked about a lot. I’ve shared some information before, in this post and this post. Certainly you can ask 10 different people questions about social media, and get 10 different answers. I don’t think...
Keeping Up with Communication: Convenience vs. Control
How do you keep up with social media? How do you find the time? I get asked some version of these questions every day, and in fact I deliver trainings on the topic. The tools you choose to use have a huge impact on how well you can keep up with the flood of...
3 Tips to Beat Procrastination & Get Important Stuff Done
I saw this in my Tweet stream this morning: and I had way more than 140 characters to say about it, so I was inspired to write a blog post about it today. Thanks @alexismadrigal, I hope this helps! First, I suggest very selective and short-term time-blocking. YOU are...