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In her talk, Laura Miele emphasizes that while #socialmedia often leads to increased #loneliness due to shallow interactions and constant comparisons, #gaming offers a remedy. #Games provide genuine human #connection, foster collaboration, and combat isolation. By engaging with 3–5 friends, players can build meaningful bonds, making gaming a powerful tool for combating the loneliness epidemic.

▶️ Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7u1n54_yQc

#GamingForGood #MentalHealth #GamersUnite #StopScrolling

When we maximize social connection around relevant content we also maximize the event's value to participants

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/07/the-value-of-maximizing-social-connection-at-events

#meetings #EventDesign #social #connection #ConnectionAroundContent #eventprofs

maximize social connection: a photograph of edACCESS 2014 participants during a break

True freedom isn’t endless self-reflection but stepping beyond the self, as Žižek shows. Weil’s selfless attention and Marcel’s focus on availability, (readiness to respond) teach us authentic selfhood grows through connection, not narcissism. Ancient wisdom calls us to self-denial and love. Moving beyond influencer culture’s hollow mirrors, we find meaning in generosity, presence, and radical openness-a path to true fulfillment. #Presence #Authenticity #Connection
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https://open.substack.com/pub/joelafferty/p/beyond-self-obsession-finding-freedom?r=2h6wpf&utm_medium=ios

Emotional distance creeps in slowly—less communication, fewer shared moments, and the connection starts to fade. But it’s not just external—it’s tied to your inner energy flow. How do you reconnect?
https://goo.su/PUAhFEb
#EmotionalDistance #RelationshipBalance #Connection

Two Arrested in Connection with Double Homicide in Garowe #Somalia #arrested #connection #double #Garowe #Homicide
https://tinyurl.com/2cl8vyrr

@niptoronto: We concluded the Rosedale Heights School of Art Workshops with these enthusiastic youths with beautiful photography, printmaking, film making, and ceramics!

#youth #programs #community #connection #workshops #art #freeworkshop https://t.co/3ycy1ZIFTj

“Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity." ~ Terri Guillemets

#quote #love #connection #FloweringTrees

A green mown lawn with a variety of trees some with spring flowers of white or pink next to a narrow roadway under a gray overcast sky.

Should meetings be efficient? Efficient business meetings make sense, but designing conferences to be efficient is largely counterproductive.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/03/should-meetings-be-efficient

#meetings #EventDesign #learning #connection #eventprofs

Should meetings be efficient: an illustration of an "efficiency meter" with the needle hovering at 100%

A Quiet Reset – day 1

A Quiet Reset Day 18. Share Your Story Reminder: Your story matters. Share a piece of your story today, privately or publicly.Your story can inspire others. #ShareYourStory #Authenticity #Connection #BetterEveryDay #SmallStepsBigChanges #Motivation #AQuietReset #54321

http://itsjamesd.com/2025/04/30/a-quiet-reset-day-1-2/

"In an uncertain economy, resilience isn't built alone. It’s built together." - Futurist Jim Carroll

I've long shared this quote on stage: "If I have an idea and you have an idea, we have two ideas. If we share those ideas, we have a movement."

That's the power of collaboration - something that is one of the most important hidden assets of any organization.

And, you know what I am going to say - in an economic downturn, this becomes more important than ever before. It becomes a battle of collaboration vs. isolation, with a simple reality that while crises make teams turn inward, their outward connection creates resilience.

Organizations that build stronger networks during downturns emerge stronger, faster, and future-ready.

Why is that? Ideas are currency, fuel for recovery, and the more ideas flow, the more collaborative thinking flows. That's why in volatility, connection beats isolation. And yet, economic volatility often triggers a dangerous instinct: retreat. Organizations turn inward, teams break into silos, and collaboration shrinks - and as a result, creativity suffocates and the idea factory slows down or worse, stops.

But if history has shown us anything, it’s this: organizations that lean outward—toward partnerships, extended idea ecosystems, and shared ideas—are the ones that not only survive uncertainty but surge ahead when recovery comes.

The fact is that isolation fractures resilience. Collaboration builds it. So the most important thing you can be doing right now is to build your collaborative spirit.

#Collaboration #Resilience #Innovation #Ideas #Partnership #Networks #Connection #Growth #Adaptation #future

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-in-an-uncertain-economy-resilience-isnt-built-alone-its-built-together/

No Criminal Charges Filed in Connection with UK Ice Hockey Player’s Death #World #charges #connection #criminal #death #filed #Hockey #Ice #players
https://tinyurl.com/22ocruze

An organization fears connecting when its leaders prize control, creating disconnects between members' wants & needs and the form of its meetings

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2024/04/fear-connecting

#leadership #fear #connection #eventprofs #assnchat

Photograph of a small group of people in a sunlit room. Three people are standing, the rest sit gathered around a set of tables pushed together. Several flipcharts are full of writing. People are talking, listening, and taking notes.

Suspect Taken into Custody in Connection with Car Bomb Murder of Russian General #World #bomb #CAR #connection #custody #general #murder #Russian #suspect
https://tinyurl.com/2a2t83gr

As a sort of intersection between Buddhism and polyamory, I used to say I was in love with humanity as a simplistic way of explaining how I felt. Because of certain events, I fell out of love with humanity. Today, I think I took my first steps towards falling back in love. A certain wall fell.
#Buddhism #polyamory #love #humanity #secularhumanism #religion #togetherfeeling #empathy #connection