How To Be Happy at Work: A Pinterest Experiment
This Saturday, 11th February is World Happy Day when thousands of people will come together to watch screenings of the movie Happy. I am fascinated that World Happy Day is on a Saturday and not on a weekday which reminded me of research I read on the Action for Happiness site that found that in...
Go Niche, Go Global
On Monday night I braved the streets of Belgravia, getting increasing lost as I found (eventually!) my way to The Star Tavern for An Evening with Emma Jones. Organised by Julie Hall from Women Unlimited, the event was a chance to network with other female entrepreneurs and hear business tips from Emma, herself a serial...
What The F**K Is Digital Wellbeing?
As a digital well-being coach and trainer, I often get rather blank looks when I say what I do for a living. “Digital well-being? Sounds interesting, but what does it mean?” To me, digital well-being is the intersection of the things I believe in and that get me out of bed on cold winter days...
Being Resilient and Brilliant
The beginning of the week saw me in Glasgow speaking on a panel at the Independent Street Arts Network biennial conference. The theme of the conference, Resilience and Brilliance reflected the challenges that the outdoor arts sector (performance work that takes place outside traditional theatre spaces) is facing with Arts Council and Local Authority funding...
5 Ways to Use Skype for Business (That You Mightn’t Have Thought Of)
Last Friday, at Harnessing the Power of Technology and Social Media, a free event at the O2 workshop, Ural Cebeci, Product Marketing Manager from Skype highlighted some of the business features of both paid and free Skype accounts. He had me scribbling furiously as I learnt more about Skype in those 45 minutes than in my three years...
Harnessing the Power of Technology and Social Media
Today I am at Harnessing the Power of Technology and Social Media, a free event at the O2 workshop in Tottenham Court Road (where you can work with free wifi and coffee for two hours). This is the final event in a week focussing on how technology can help start up businesses in the UK....
