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Feb24
Decreased Employee Productivity Due to Social Networking: How to Deal Part II

This is the second installment of the Tips to Battle Social Network Addiction at Work

For those who are still oblivious to the fact that social network sites can indeed impede the productivity of workers, Web Worker Daily extracted these survey results from ClearSwift, a content security company:

  • 43% of office workers access social media sites from their work computers several times a day
  • 51% spend an hour or more a week on the sites; 13% spend five hours or more
  • 46% have discussed work-related issues on social media sites
  • 46% regularly access Wikipedia during work hours
  • 50% believe they have a right to use work computers for personal internet access

So aside from aggregating your dozens of social networks, how else can a FaceBook-addict employee prevent social network sites from overtaking his/her career?

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Feb23
Get Inspired to Get Organized: Small Corner Office of an Illustrator-Animator
Wondering what the workplace of an artist like an animator/illustrator looks like? Check out this nice, little nook of an office in the studio of Elisa Chavarri, an illustrator and animator, whose lovely artwork I enjoy a lot.  ... Continue Reading
Feb18
How to be Productive on Mondays Two Boring + 1 Intriguing Tip
If you think that employees consider Monday as the most productive day of the week, think again.AccounTemps surveyed executives and according to more than 57% of them, Tuesday is the most productive day of the week. So why is that Monday... Continue Reading
Feb17
Fun To Do List Tattoo, Software Programs and a Contest
There's just too many to-do list products on my to blog list right now that I just can't help but do this roundup. TaskTop for Task Management with Email IntegrationTaskTop is a to-do list software for both Eclipse and Windows... Continue Reading
Feb14
Where to Find Free Ecards
Are you still doing some last-minute Valentine's day date idea second-thoughts? What about not celebrating it at all? Ok, I don't want to be the Valentine's day equivalent of the Grinch and be the cause of you and your boyfriend/girlfriend's... Continue Reading
Feb13
One Question Interview: Sean T. Kelly
"I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, quality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn... Continue Reading
Feb11
BlackBerry Email Outage: How Mobile Workers Can Cope with Wireless Email Problems
Research in Motion's (RIM) email service via BlackBerry smartphones experience outage last Monday. This has affected all the subscribers from USA and Canada. The RIM outage was acknowledged through an email from RIM'S Bryan Simpson.Crackberry users were definitely given a... Continue Reading
Decreased Employee Productivity Due to Social Networking: How to Deal Part I
Social networking can decrease employee productivity.A Goldman Sachs trader in the U.K. was spending four work hours a day on Facebook. When he was told to stop, he posted the warning e-mail and wrote, "It's a measure of how warped... Continue Reading
Feb10
Gardening Stress Relief Tips
Gardening is definitely one stress relieving activity for many. But gardening can also induce stress if you do it improperly and you use the wrong tools. So why not learn about the appropriate tools to maximize the stress relief effect... Continue Reading
Feb 6
Weird Tool for Workaholics
If you're scared that your boss might not find you productive enough while using the computer, would you ever consider using this tool?What exactly is this contraption? Before clicking "continue reading", guess what this tool is for.a. A computer-activated duct... Continue Reading
Feb 5
MeasureProductivity Software: Not Just for Employers Who Need to Measure Staff Productivity
Surviving recession is not only the reason that makes it logical now more than ever for employers to find a way to discover how get the most out their resources. Maximizing resources should always be one of the top priorities... Continue Reading
Feb 4
What are Your Goals for February?
January's over! How fast time flies. And while the calendar page for February's still fresh, why not list down your February goals?What? You're asking me? Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get myself a new scanner for my paperless office plan, which... Continue Reading
Feb 2
One Question Interview: Lea Woodward
Another Productivity Goal feature that I'd love to continue doing here is the One Question Interview.  For my first interview post I present to you one of the nicest, easiest-to-work-with persons I've ever known- Lea Woodward, a Location Independent Professional... Continue Reading
Feb 1
Productivity Gadget: Belkin N1 Wireless Router
Who would hate a gadget that won't require you to perform so many complicated configurations, downloading and migraine-inducing following of vague too technical instructions? Maybe only the techie ones.I'm for everything simple and user-friendly (now that doesn't sound good, does... Continue Reading

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