TA Tuesday (May 8, 2018)

Tools and Resources

Need to share a generate a share-this-on Twitter/Facebook/Google+ link? Try Share Link Generator and SEO Century's Share Link Generator which can generate links for LinkedIn and Pinterst, too. Code Beautify's generator creates links for even more platforms (see image to the right).
Did you know there are a bunch of ways to embed Tweets? Check out Twitter Publish.
If you need to sign people up to volunteer or perform various tasks, try out VolunteerSignup and TimeToSignUp.
TED Topics is a useful way to navigate this massive site. Scroll through the alphabetically arranged topics until you find one you like.
The Business Case for Racial Equity: A Strategy for Growth (PDF) highlights
the business case for racial equity — stressing the importance of racial equity as both an imperative for social justice and a strategy for economic growth. As advancing racial equity requires the work of many stakeholders, they hope that the information in this report will be meaningful, useful, and actionable for leaders, change agents, and influencers in businesses, communities, and institutions around the country.

At work

The bosses we remember:

1 provided safe space to grow
2 opened career doors
3 defended us when we needed it
4 recognized and rewarded us
5 developed us as leaders
6 inspired us to stretch higher
7 led by example
8 told us our worked mattered
9 forgave us when we made mistakes
— Farbod Saraf (@farbodsaraf) April 22, 2018

Why Pay Managers So Well, Even If They Do a Poor Job? (The Real News)
Black employees in the service industry pay an emotional tax at work (The Conversation)
Against metrics: how measuring performance by numbers backfires

Learn something

There's lots to like in 54 Free Nonprofit Webinars for May 2018. Faves: Develop a Winning Nonprofit Culture with Minimal Resources (May 9); Fundraising 101: The Fundraising Cycle - What Is It, and How Do You Make It Work for Your Mission? (May 10); and Swiping Right: Courting New Constituents (May 15).
Anchors in Resilient Communities: Hospitals Increasing Community Health, Wealth, and Resilience, May 17: Considers how food is integrated as a part of this notion of a community hub.
WEBINAR: Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators? Oral Health, May 24: Participants will "learn about progress made toward achieving the Healthy People 2020 Oral Health Leading Health Indicator" and hear about the experience of a community implementing the multi-faceted program. Free.

Good reads

The article Tabasco Sauce Is in a Battle For Its Very Survival delivers much more than the title suggests. (Earther)
Why Are Children and Grandchildren of Immigrants So Eager to Keep Immigrants Out?. Beautifully written.

Community meals and food events (free and paid)

Free food Free Food Thanksgiving Pop-up Mobile Pantry, Saturday, November 15, 9:00 - 11:00 am, Kinsale : Hundreds of Blessing Bags filled with non-perishable items, desserts, fruits and vegetables, fresh bread, frozen turkey. First come, first served until all items are gone. Location: New Jerusalem Baptist Church, 3695 Kings Mill Rd, Kinsale. Sponsored by Sowers Of Hope and Jospeh’s House. Thanksgiving Giveaway Free Food Drive Through, Sunday, November 16, 8:00 - 10:00 am, Warsaw : Hundreds of blessing bags until gone. Turkeys, hams, perishable, non-perishable items, and much more. Location: Rappahannock High School (parking lot), 6914 Richmond Rd, Warsaw. Sponsored by Sowers Of Hope, Jospeh’s House. MCVRS Thanksgiving Dinner, Wednesday, November 26, pickup Noon - 3:00 pm : Residents of Northumberland County aged 75 and older and living in the middle part of the county may get a free traditional Thanksgiving meal. Registration by November 21 is required. Call (804) 456-81...

Quilting in red, white, and blue: Celebrating Our Independence Quilt Show, July 1-7

Historic Christ Church & Museum and Sewlovelee are featuring the art of NNK quilters July 1-7 at the Celebrating Our Independence Quilt Show . This joint celebration combines art and history. Quilters are asked to exhibit their red, white, and blue quilts which tell the stories of our independence from Britain, our history since the American Revolution, and the future of the United States. The quilts will also serve as the backdrop of Christ Church's annual reading of the Declaration of Independence. The reading is a patriotic celebration and is in partnership with the Cobbs Hall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Richard Henry Lee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. There is no fee to enter a quilt into the show. Learn more about entering the show . There is no fee to see the quilt exhibit. Edit, 1:00 pm: I cannot resist a tie-in, so here it is. Consider creating a quilt that is inspired by, speaks to, or represents the hist...

Go and get your shopping on: Thriftiquing in the Northern Neck map updated!

The Thriftiquing in the Northern Neck map has been updated! The map, maintained by the Northern Neck Tourism Commission , tells you “where to find antiques, collectibles and decorative items in the Northern Neck of Virginia, from fine antiques, upcycled painted furniture to kids’ clothing and books!” Send updates/corrections to the NNTC staffer via email, nntc (at) northernneck (dot) org.

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