sxsw: reboot yourself: get a grip on your technology
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Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman Co-‐ Authors, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout
Photo Source: Eric Pickersgill
SXSW 2016 Workshop
Go Reboot Yourself: Get a Grip on Your Tech
#RebootYou
Aliza Story: Insert Slide
Aliza
The time I started dropping things…
Beth
Beth Kanter: Trainer, Author, Speaker and Nonprofit Thought Leader
@kanterwww.bethkanter.org
Aliza Sherman: Web Pioneer, Author, Speaker, Tech Wellness Advocate
Think, Write, Share
• What is your burning question about technology wellness?
• What do you want to learn today?
• Greater awareness of tech wellness
• Identify one technology wellness habit to build and practice after SXSW
Topics OUTCOMES
•Interactive•Try out techniques•Sacred Space
FRAMING
Why Get A Grip on Your Tech
Assessment: Is your tech use healthy or toxic?
Your Tech Wellness Roadmap
Reflection, Q/A, Raffle
Agenda
Resource Materials: http://bethkanter.wikispaces.com/SXSW-‐2016
Sacred Space
You Can Draw!
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You Can Draw!
Think and Draw
Think about a time when your technology use made you feel stressed or overwhelmed or distracted or even sick?
What was the situation? What does it look like?
Draw It!
The Bigger Picture: The Problem
And it has changed our brains.
Our technology has changed our informationconsumption habits
We have no downtime.52% of smartphone owners check their phones a
few times an hour or more.
We are losing our ability to focusand remember.
“Google Effect on Memory”-‐-‐ Daniel Wegner, a professor of psychology at Harvard University
What is the average human attention span
online?
Attention Spans Online …
Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information, US National Library of MedicineFlickr photo: Josullivan59
Attention Span Statistics Data
The average human attention span in 2000. 12 seconds
The average human attention span in 2013. 8 seconds
9 seconds
We are drowning in a sea of messaging.
And some of us have SMAD.*
*Social Media Anxiety Disorder-‐-‐ Neil Mehta, MD
• Always at your fingertips.• Always scrolling news feed.• Always manipulated by filters.• The adrenaline rush of “Like.”
Syndrome
Mindless Consumption
*Brandon T. McDaniel, doctoral candidate in human development and family studies at Penn State
“Technoference*”
Email Apnea
Are you holding your breath when you check email?
You may have “Email Apnea*.”
*coined by writer Linda Stone
Body effects
Text Neck*, Eye Strain**, Disturbed Sleep***
*Kenneth K. Hansraj, chief of spine surgery at New York Spine Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine**American Optometric Association: Computer Vision Syndrome or Digital Eye Strain
***Studies out of Harvard and University of Toronto
Distracted Walking
The Perils of Distraction in the Workplace
“Technoference”
We are not saying ditch your mobile phone or never use the Internet again
We are saying Tech Wellness skills are essential 21st century survival skills!
Tech WellnessAssessment Questions
Is Your Technology Use Healthy?
Information Overload
What’s Your Tech Wellness Score?1. Is the only time you take a break from your tech when you’re sleeping?2. Do you check your phone before you go to bed or right when you wake up?3. Do you have problems recalling information and resort to searching on
Google?4. Do you feel that you often have a hard time paying attention or focusing on
a single task?5. Do you experience frustration at the amount of online information you
need to process every day?6. Do you frequently or constantly check your email, Twitter, Facebook or
other online services?7. Do you sometimes check your mobile phone for messages while in the
bathroom?8. Do you find yourself reaching for your phone even when you’re with
others?9. Do you sit at your computer at work or home for longer than 30 minutes at
a time without getting up to take a break?10.Do you ever check your mobile phone while walking outside?
Add up all the questions you answered “YES” to for your score
0…1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10Source: Lulumonathletica
Healthy…………………………………………………………………………Unhealthy
What’s Your Technology Wellness Score?
The Road to Technology Wellness: A Few Tips
Energy Depleted
Mindless
Mindful
Being Mindful means pausing, paying attention, being aware.
“
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Exercise: Experience Mindfulness
Mindful Tech
Monitoring Tech
How To Be Mindful At Home
Set up a charging station.
Movement and Stretching
“Boga”
Turn Off the Damn Computer and Go for A Walk
Beverly Trayner-‐Wenger
List of Standing Desk Resourceshttp://bethkanter.wikispaces.com/walk
Stand Up At Work: Standing Desk Hack
Manage Your Energy
Manage Your Attention: 18 Minutes A Day
Creative Activities
Another Way To Improve Attention: Coloring
http://www.bethkanter.org/adult-‐coloring-‐books/
Zentangle: Yoga for Your Brain
Zentangle: Show You
Zentangle: Show You
Zentangle: Show You
Zentangle: Show You
Your Turn
Your Technology Wellness Road Map
Takeaways: Share Pairs •What’s one tip or technique that you can put into practice to improve your tech wellness?• Put on index card with your name/email for raffle for a prize
