#ThirstyThursday Issue #141

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Thirsty Thursday #141

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✅ Today’s checklist:

Learn the best time to host a webinar
Become a better active listener
Boost your credit score with this tip
Add a national park to your travel

QUICK LINKS

⏰ Productivity: Seven tiny time management ideas.

🗣️ Communication: Introverts’ guide to speaking up in meetings.

💼 Career: How to write a bereavement leave email.

🤖 Tech: AI chooses a personalized perfume for you.

💄 Beauty: Best hand creams for dry hands.

MARKETING

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Best time to host your webinar & other great stats

Takeaways:

Thursdays and 2pm timeslots yield the highest attendance, and 90 minute webinars attract more registrants.
Webinars with fewer than 100 registrants see higher live attendance, and most registrations occur within 7 days of the event.
46% of registrants watch only the replay and only 79% of hosts integrate the webinar data with their CRM.

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A MUST READ GUIDE

How to plan in-person meetings effectively. Get the free guide.

If you plan in-person meetings, this guide is a must-read

Whether for 5 or 50 meeting attendees—planning to get a dispersed team together in-person takes a lot of time and effort.

We’ve gathered our best tips to help make your next meetup the most successful one yet in the Mastering Meetups: How to Plan In-Person Meetings Effectively guide.

Inside the guide:

Choosing the ideal meeting destination based on your team’s unique needs
How to spend smarter, stay on track, and plan for all scenarios
Managing travel logistics including flights and hotels
Key considerations when building your agenda
….and so much more

Get the guide here for free.

COMMUNICATION

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Active Listening Techniques

Takeaways:

The “trampoline listener” concept involves engaging in two-way communication, where you enhance the speaker’s thoughts with added energy, height, and amplification.
Listening styles include task-oriented, analytical, relational, and critical. Reflecting on your listening approach can offer valuable insights for improvement.
Observing verbal and nonverbal cues can uncover deeper messages from the speaker, and asking the right questions helps reveal those insights.

Watch the YouTube here.

FINANCES

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Boost your credit score

Takeaways:

Open a new credit card account with $0 annual fees and a low interest rate.
Then you’ll charge your Netflix account to it and setup autopayments from your bank account to pay the credit card in full each month.
Freeze your credit card to avoid having to monitor the account for fraudulent charges. Do this for 3 months and watch your credit increase!

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Webinar: Mastering Event Strategy in a Hybrid Workplace.

Mastering Event Strategy in a Hybrid Workplace: Programming, Costs, and ROI

Join us as we discuss company events as integral to distributed workplace strategies and share tactical tips for hosting events, minimizing costs, and measuring ROI.

What you’ll learn in this webinar:

The data and reasons behind the rise of company events as a rising strategy for getting people together
Tactical tips and best practices for event planning, budgeting, and programming
Advice on measuring ROI and the success of company events as part of your workplace strategy

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Time: 9 AM PST/ 12 PM EST
RSVP: Register here for free.

Meet our speakers:

Tom van Veldhuizen, Workplace & Operations Manager, SentinelOne
John Germinario, VP, People, PebblePost
Suman Siva, Co-Founder & CEO, Marco Experiences
Moderated by Liza Mash Levin, CEO of Gable

TRAVEL

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Top 10 National Parks To Visit

Takeaways:

Traveling and visiting national parks is a spectacular way to the see the country and explore nature.
A majority of the parks are located on the West Coast: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Joshua Tree, Bryce Canyon, Crater Lake and Arches.
To fully experience each one, plan a visit individually to each destination as they all have their own marvels.

Get inspired by this video.

STAFF PICKS

Stuff We’re Loving This Week

🦵 Track beyond the scales with the BodyMapp app, which creates a 3D lifelike avatar of your body to see the changes in your fitness journey.

☕ Add 2-3 drops of Vanilla Stevia to your coffee or baking recipes to keep your sugar intake down and enjoy a bit of indulgence in other areas.

👚 This Linen Lounge Set is cozy and light enough for those hot summer nights.

📘 A Guide to Wealth and Happiness provides valuable insights on achieving financial success and personal fulfillment.

JUST FOR FUN

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

🚨 Job Alerts

Arista Recovery is hiring for a Director of Nursing (Paola, KS).
Clinity Talent is hiring for a Clinical Supervisor (New York, NY).
Goldstone Partners, Inc. is hiring for a Brand Marketing Manager (Broomfield, CO).
Amigo Mobility International, Inc. is hiring for a B2B Marketing Manager (Bridgeport, MI).
Alaska Airlines is hiring for a Senior QA Auditor, Audit Programs (Seattle, WA).