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I'm an editor and researcher for the Foundations for Laity Renewal in the Texas hill country. Our programs include http://thehighcalling.org, http://highcallingblogs.com, and http://laitylodge.org

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MakeUseOf.com - Productivity Guide on 2009-11-06
- In this free twenty-paged PDF, Stefan Neagu will show you the most common productivity mistakes, as well as a number of applications to improve your touch typing, your time organization, and your global workflow.
Post Resources : Campusministry.com!! on 2009-11-06
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  This site strives to be an interactive space for ideas, connection and collaboration. In order for this to happen, we need people like you to post your thoughts and ideas. Thanks!
Share Your CCO Experience : CCO Campus Ministry on 2009-11-06
- Home / Alumni / Students / Share Your CCO Experience
The Changing Mobile Social Ad Space - eMarketer on 2009-11-06
- over the past couple of years, the ad rates—the CPMs that advertisers are willing to pay on mobile—have, generally speaking, come down pretty significantly.
- in late 2006 through the first half of 2007 it wasn’t that uncommon to see campaigns come on board with CPMs that were well north of $20 and sometimes as high as $40 or $50. Now, granted they weren’t necessarily huge campaigns that were filling 100% of publishers’ inventories, but they were significant in terms of their pricing and in terms of the size of those campaigns.
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- - the CPM rates themselves have come down to level closer to $5 to $10. And that trend looks to be continuing.
Love in Action at Work and in the World | SERVICE - Bible Reflection on 2009-11-05
- what does it mean to “lay down our lives for others”?
- God calls us to open our hearts to the needs of people around us. This involves practical, concrete acts of love in the ordinary matters of everyday life.
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- - Love is something we do, not simply something we believe. It’s not pious talk, but committed action.
  - one of the main barriers to turning knowledge into action is the tendency to assume that talking about something is equivalent to actually doing it. How true I think this is of love in the Christian life. We talk about it all the time, but talk can easily become a substitute for action.
  - What are the needs of people around you at work? How can you address those needs with more than words?
  - What would it mean for you to reach out to someone in your workplace with an act of love?
Overview | Pew Internet & American Life Project on 2009-11-05
- Are Americans more socially isolated?
- Is internet or mobile phone use related to smaller or less diverse core networks?
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- - Whereas only 45% of Americans discuss important matters with someone who is not a family member, internet users are 55% more likely to have a non-kin discussion partners.
  - Is internet use leading to less face-to-face contact with our closest social ties or with local social ties?
  - internet technologies are used as much for local contact as they are for distant communication.
  - Email, social networking services, and instant messaging promote “glocalization” – that is, they are used as frequently to maintain nearby core social ties as they are used to maintain ties at a distance.
  - Are core network members also our “friends” on social networking services such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn?
  - Is internet use related to less interaction with neighbors or lower levels of participation in local voluntary associations?
  - most internet activities are associated with higher levels of local activity.
  - Users of social networking services are 30% less likely to know at least some neighbors.
  - When the internet is used as a medium for neighborhood social contact, such as a neighborhood email list or community forum (e.g., i-neighbors.org), participants tend to have very high levels of local engagement.
  - Compared to those who do not use the internet, internet users are 42% more likely to visit a public park or plaza and 45% more likely to visit a coffee shop or café.
    Bloggers are 61% more likely to visit a public park than internet users who do not maintain a blog, or about 2.3 times more likely than non-internet users.
  - Are internet and mobile phone use associated with more or less diverse personal networks?
Executive Summary | Pew Internet & American Life Project on 2009-11-05
- Our key findings challenge previous research and commonplace fears about the harmful social impact of new technology:
Social Isolation and New Technology | Pew Internet & American Life Project on 2009-11-05
- People who use modern information and communication technologies have larger and more diverse social networks, according to new national survey findings
- on average, the size of people’s discussion networks – those with whom people discuss important matters– is 12% larger amongst mobile phone users, 9% larger for those who share photos online, and 9% bigger for those who use instant messaging.
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- - The diversity of people’s core networks – their closest and most significant confidants – tends to be 25% larger for mobile phone users, 15% larger for basic internet users, and even larger for frequent internet users, those who use instant messaging, and those who share digital photos online.
  - Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported and social isolation has hardly changed since 1985.
  - ownership of a mobile phone and participation in a variety of internet activities are associated with larger and more diverse core discussion networks.
  - “This is the first research that actually explores the connection between technology use and social isolation and we find the opposite. It turns out that those who use the internet and mobile phones have notable social advantages. People use the technology to stay in touch and share information in ways that keep them socially active and connected to their communities.”
  - most internet activities have little or a positive relationship to local activity.
  - Cell phone users, those who use the internet frequently at work, and bloggers are more likely to belong to a local voluntary association, such as a youth group or a charitable organization.
  - many internet technologies are used as much for local contact as they are for distant communication.
  - Internet use does not pull people away from public places
  - Social media activities are associated with several beneficial social activities, including having discussion networks that are more likely to contain people from different backgrounds. For instance, frequent internet users, and those who maintain a blog are much more likely to confide in someone who is of another race.
  - internet use, and specifically use of social networking services like Facebook, are also associated with knowing more people from a wider variety of backgrounds.
  - It is a mistake to believe that internet use and mobile phones plunge people into a spiral of isolation.”
JSTOR: American Sociological Review, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Aug., 1991), pp. 494-508 on 2009-11-04
Findings - Ethnographic Study Looks at Gossip in the Workplace - NYTimes.com on 2009-11-04
- this time enthnographers have returned from the field with footage of a truly savage native ritual: teachers at an elementary school in the Midwest dishing about their principal behind her back.
- One side, the functionalist school, sees gossip as a useful tool for enforcing social rules and maintaining group solidarity. The other school sees gossip more as a hostile endeavor by individuals selfishly trying to advance their own interests.
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- - once someone made a negative comment about a person who wasn’t there, the conversation would get meaner unless someone immediately defended the target.
  - gossip in the workplace also tended to be overwhelmingly negative, but the insults were more subtle and the conversations less predictable
  - “Office gossip can be a form of reputational warfare,” Dr. Hallett says. “It’s like informal gossip, but it’s richer and more elaborate. There are more layers to it because people practice indirectness and avoidance. People are more cautious because they know they can lose not just a friendship but a job.”
  - “The gossip did serve to reinforce the teachers’ group solidarity, but in this case it was also a form of warfare that brought everyone down,” Dr. Hallett says. “It was reminiscent of the old saying that gossip is a three-pronged tongue: it can hurt the speaker and the listener, as well as the target.”
  - Some bosses have tried turning the office into a “no-gossip zone,” but Dr. Hallett says it is more realistic to try managing it.
  - If, say, an office rival seems poised to trash one of your absent allies, Dr. Hallett suggests you make a “pre-emptive positive evaluation.” A quick “Isn’t she doing a great job?” might be enough to stop the attack.
    If your rival tries persisting with indirect sarcasm — “Oh, real great job” — you can force the issue by calmly asking what that means. That simple question, a dare made in a pleasant voice, often silenced the sarcastic gossips observed by Dr. Hallett.