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9/3/2008 • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Eastern time

Survival Tips for Our Multitasking, Sound-Bite Driven World

Today, we all have vast oceans of information at our fingertips, yet we obtain knowledge with only brief glimpses at online headlines or from short sound bites.

We are more networked than ever, yet we communicate even with our most intimate friends and family via instant messaging, e-mail, and fleeting face-to-face moments that are punctuated with electronic interruptions and a lack of focus.

In this new world, something crucial is missing—attention.

Attention is the key to recapturing our ability to reconnect, reflect, and relax—the secret to coping with a mobile, multitasking, virtual world that isn't going to slow down or get simpler.

Attention can keep us grounded and focused—not diffused and fragmented.

This Webcast is a wake-up call. Attend and you'll hear how scattered attention spans and societal ADD could ultimately lead us into cultural decline. In addition, Maggie Jackson will explore cutting-edge solutions needed to cure—not just live with—this epidemic of inattention.

This enlightening discussion will be followed by an interactive session—where we will address specific questions asked by members of the audience!

About the Presenter:

Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author and journalist who writes the popular "Balancing Acts" column in the Boston Globe. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times and on National Public Radio, among other national publications. She is the author of Distracted and What's Happening to Home: Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age, which examines the loss of home as a refuge.

Event details:

Date of Event: 9/3/2008
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Eastern time