Do you constantly feel like you're running on low energy — exhausted at the end of the day, even if you didn't have that much going on? When you think of your job, is it with a lot of cynicism or negativity? Do you feel like you're not as productive as you used to be? [...]
In order to successfully deliver on your nonprofit's mission, you need to develop a sound outreach strategy. What is your organization's involvement in your community? Who have you chosen to work with? How are you communicating your mission to ensure you're seeing the activity that will help your nonprofit grow? Communication plans are key to [...]
Experts are calling this era "The Age of the Customer." Instead of companies exclusively driving business decisions, they're letting customers into the decision-making process as well. As such, it's even more important for brands to understand how to leverage technology to better understand their target audiences. More specifically, it's critical that companies tap into big [...]
The world is digitizing at a rapid pace. Some are calling this a technological revolution, and that's not just an endearing term to apply to all the incredible innovations we're witnessing come alive before our very eyes. It's truly the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And it's already here. I'm not sure why anyone would want to, [...]
Virtual reality immerses us into worlds vastly different from our own. In the process, it can help us understand other places and each other better than ever before. VR videos have an amazing power to communicate personal experiences and, steadily, charities are increasing their use of the emerging technology to drive engagement and donation campaigns. [...]
Civic engagement is the key to a functioning democracy. As we acclimate to a digital climate, we’ll have to find more efficient ways to safeguard democratic processes, especially as even some of the biggest tech conglomerates in the world have problems with privacy breaches, disinformation and political bias. Why and how is civic engagement for [...]
Thriving cities all have one thing in common: a skilled workforce. The world’s most competitive cities invest in human capital, both for working age employees as well as for students. Nurturing talent to create a growing and diverse workforce provides a valuable edge to competitive cities. Most cities already know this, and yet all but [...]
With so many innovative tech tools on the market in recent years, it’s almost hard to keep up with how they transform our daily work and environments. Millennials and Gen Z, especially, rely on emerging technologies to meet the needs of today’s workforce, communicating with coworkers and clients to adjust for trends like remote work [...]
New York City might not be the city with the most startups in the world, but it’s one of the best markets for innovation and entrepreneurship in the world. In 2015, Startup Genome ranked NYC as the fifth largest startup ecosystem across the globe. There are so many exciting entrepreneurial opportunities and activities in NYC. [...]
Many people are worried AI will become the big brother of our lives, watching our every move. However, AI has the power to be a benevolent one; a protector of sorts. When it comes to big businesses, AI could be a moral watchdog. In my article on the subject for Thrive Global, I explore how [...]