We welcome contributions from I Can Still do That Advisors about key issues and events in their professional and personal lives.
This Week:
- Dr. Maria Nemeth’s “Coach’s Corner”
- A Thank You from Dan Schneider
- Latest Advisor Announcements
Coach’s Corner
ThE TrouBle with Multi-tAsking
Maria Nemeth, PhD, MCC
Right! The title says it all. Mistakes. Sometimes costly. And some meetings that last way longer than they need to. The human brain was not designed to parallel process. It is virtually impossible to pay attention to two things at the same time. Tibetan Buddhist monks can do it after years of meditation, but not us. Every time we switch from one task to another, the brain has to disengage from the first and then re-boot for the second.
It happens in a micro-second, but each time it happens we’re using just a bit more energy than we imagine. The results? Fatigue. Errors. Not fully understanding what a member of your
virtual work group is talking about as you simultaneously answer your email. That’s because your brain is switching back and forth hundreds of times a minute. Try this: at a meeting or while talking on your Blackberry, refrain from surfing the net or answering your email. Just focus on the conversation. Do it for three days. Notice the effects on your energy and ability to retain information. I bet you’ll be surprised!
Dear Advisory Board,
Thanks to all of you who helped make our July 13th First Mondays a great success!
Our speakers were wonderful and will be posting their power point presentations and webinars on the website by early August. Here is their information, in the hopes we can all reciprocate:
Jonathan Swerdloff, Esq. is a recent graduate of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program with over 12 years experience in blogging, social networking and social media. Jonathan is available to help you make yourself visible online. He specializes in the analysis of individual and corporate online presence via individual consultation, group seminars and “leverage yourself online” bootcamp workshops. He can be reached at jonathan@swerdloff.com
Dr. Sharna Striar has appeared on national radio and television as an expert in the area of sexuality, romance and relationships. She has a private practice in the midtown area of Manhattan and is a consultant to numerous individuals and organizations on sexuality, communication and conflict resolution. Presently, she is researching the comparison between the “free love” of the sixties and the “hooking up” of today, and is looking for individuals from those generations to interview. If anyone is interested in talking further with Dr. Striar, please feel free to contact her at 212-532-3945 or email her at drstriar@gmail.com
|
Please come out and support one of our newest Advisors, Marcy J. Gordon, Esq., as she begins her transition from corporate attorney to comedienne. Go Marcy!!
Marcy’s Comedy Showcase for The Daily Show Writers
Monday, July 20th
8:30 PM at Broadway Comedy Club
318 W. 53rd Street (between 8th & 9th Ave.)
(212) 629 – 1781
Call now for a reservation!
Our community supports Ms. J’Na, who helped co-write and sing the I Can Still do That theme song, as she headlines the West Penn Minority Junior Golf Association’s Sixth Annual Academy Awards of Golf.
The event is a Black Tie Scholarship Gala benefiting the WPMJGA’s own scholorship fund.
Details are as follows:
August 22, 2009
Oakmont Country Club
1233 Hulton Rd- Oakmont, PA
VIP Reception: 6:00pm
Gala: 7:00pm
Ms. J’Na will perform during the event’s VIP reception from 6-7 PM
For more information on the charity, please visit http://www.wpmjga.org – or Black Tie 2009 for event consideration and support.
Thanks to Advisor Kendo Aytch for the tip!
Our next NYC First Mondays event will be in September (date
and venue uncertain)
We are forming 3 committees:
1) Events
2) Finance
3) Planning
Anyone who wishes to be on a committee, please contact us by August 1st.
We will be launching a Washington, DC First Mondays on October 5th from 6-9 PM at B. Smith’s in Union Station. We are looking for contacts in DC who we can invite and who may want to join our local Advisory Board there. Please send us any leads.
We are looking for grant opportunities, particularly from private
foundations and other non-profits, as well as potential corporate
sponsors. If you have any ideas or
leads, please send them in.
Our Silent auction items from July 13th are still available
(Dinner with Chef Maria and real Giorgio Armani sunglasses thanks to Chef Maria Sivori and Richard Chavis, www.thewizardofeyes.com, respectively for the donations). Anyone interested in bidding, please email us.
We will be soon forwarding an updated compilation of our Advisory Board to date. Please let us know if you want to edit your profile or change your contact info. (Also, please advise us if you wish to keep your contact info private or would like it published to other advisors.)
|
Thanks to all our volunteers. You were beyond great!
A special thank you to Lisa Gold of Actors Connection and her new company, Act Outside the Box (contact lisa@actousidethebox.com)
as well as Bruce MacPherson, our resident sound maven. Bruce, who helped write the music for our theme song, recently returned from playing keyboards for the Canadian tour of Fleetwood Mac. He is also an
amazing engineer and the owner of Sounds Extraordinaire, one of the finest and full featured private studios in the world (contact macmon1@aol.com).
Finally, we welcome all advice, donations, suggestions, criticism, leads, introductions, etc.
We are very excited about the new digital assets being developed for the website, which should be up by early August, along with our new website!
Until then,
Keep swinging,
|
Please remember to get us your news by Thursday of each week!
|
|
|
|
