#ThirstyThursday Issue #157

📖 10 ways storytelling at work can transform your team and improve communication.

🪶 Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with resources from the Smithsonian.

🌐 Tips on planning your intranet for better workplace connectivity.

😂 Funny Hinge prompts might help you find your other half.

Takeaways:

• This is the future of visual content design. With just a few words or sentences this AI tool will create a powerful visualization to represent that.
• Napkin saves you tons of time and brings skills that normally take years to develop allowing you to create beautiful visual content design.
• It offers lots of variations, and allows you to easily export into various formats like png, PDF, and even copy and paste directly into other platforms.

See the LinkedIn post.

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Takeaways:

• Eliminate weak passwords. That means stop using the same password for everything and instead use a password generator like 1Password or LastPass.
• Use multifactor authentication (MFA) when offered. That usually looks like using a code or both a password and a fingerprint. This prevents 99.9% of cyber attacks!
• Delete inactive accounts to keep a hacker from using it without your knowledge.
• With the holidays coming up, now’s a perfect time to learn about the top holiday scams.

Watch the TikTok.

Takeaways:

• If you feel like you can’t get anything done at work because your slack is literally pinging you 24/7, you need to create some healthy boundaries at work.
• You don’t need less notifications, you need to respect your time more.
• Block out focus hours during your day. Update your team on your new policy and let them know you’ll respond after focus hours.

Check out the IG carousel.

When I handled company swag in my previous job, there was one item that we always ran out of quickly—SOCKS. Employees, clients, and prospects always requested them. I would actually hide from people at work just so that I wouldn’t get harassed for socks 😂.

I personally never cared to buy cool socks before, but I understood the appeal (and now I’m all about it):

• Universal Fit: Socks are a one-size-fits-most item that everyone can enjoy.
• Creative Freedom: Endless possibilities to design something unique and fun.
• Easy to Pack: Perfect for conferences and events where space is a premium.
• Practicality: Who couldn’t use another pair of socks??

The most time consuming part about creating your own branded socks is the design aspect. That’s why I decided to look at what Sock Club offers—and I’m super impressed with my experience with their platform.

Sock Club has an in house design team that’ll create sock designs for you (for free!) and share them with you within 24 hours. Check out the cute sock designs I received above ☝️.

Tip: Be as detailed as you can in your prompt for design so they can nail your vision. You can upload multiple images, so be sure to upload your design inspiration. Share a link to your brand kit, list out your brand colors, etc.

You can ask for as many revisions as you want, so don’t hold back on feedback! Once you’re happy with the design, you can place the order right then and there.

Get your free sock designs here.

Joanna (TA Co-Founder)

P.S. 🎥 Check out my Sock Club experience on Loom.

Takeaways:

• If you’re not the DIY gift basket type, this is the best gift you can give a mom—whether she’s a new mom or on her 3rd child.
• Pampers developed DiaperStash as a fund you can setup for the mom and she can get diapers in all the right sizes. It’s like a virtual stockpile of them!
• You send out a link and then family and friends can “add” money to the fund and contribute as much as they feel comfortable gifting.

Check out the full video.

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