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8 virtual event ideas to make yours stand out

Want to make your event your most successful one yet? This guide is exactly what you’re looking for. Whether you’re a pro host or a…

Aug 19, 2021

Toucan Events quiz night

Aug 19, 2021

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What is remote work and how is it changing in 2021?

I live in Italy where, until Covid, remote work didn’t happen. A few years ago I asked a friend — in the IT business — why he had to go…

Aug 19, 2021

An office meeting

Aug 19, 2021

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Superhost Spotlight: Ken Newby on the future (and present) of remote work

We keep hearing people talk about “remote work” and “hybrid models” of work, but for many, it can be difficult to envision what that means…

Jul 29, 2021

Antonia Hellman and Ken Newby

Jul 29, 2021

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5 Tips to Host Your First Online Networking Event

One thing that this past year has taught us is that virtually anything can be done online. That’s right, even networking. That’s why we’ve…

Jul 20, 2021

Hand tapping on phone screen

Jul 20, 2021

How I use my Toucan Space

I 💓 my Toucan Space

Jun 26, 2021

How I use my Toucan Space

Jun 26, 2021

Shakespeare and Pseudonymity

Today I was planning on writing about video modalities, but last night I watched a production of Hamlet that sent my mind down an…

Jun 26, 2021

Shakespeare and Pseudonymity

Jun 26, 2021

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Toucan’s first online baking class.

We invited a professional baker to teach us how to make baguettes. We learned a ton!

May 18, 2021

Toucan Baking Class

May 18, 2021

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Toucan’s New Spaces

My Favorite Spaces

May 18, 2021

Rome

May 18, 2021

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Introducing Toucan Spaces

We Started with Connection…

May 17, 2021

Different video conferencing interfaces

May 17, 2021

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Work Modalities

Last week I promised to talk about modalities, and I’m holding myself to it. It might sound less interesting than princes and drag queens…

May 17, 2021

Image of a scene from the TV show ‘The Office’

May 17, 2021

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Shakespeare and Pseudonymity

Today I was planning on writing about video modalities, but last night I watched a production of Hamlet that sent my mind down an…

May 17, 2021

Man in drag

May 17, 2021

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Pool Culture

I like to swim.

May 15, 2021

Shower head

May 15, 2021

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Toucan, My Professional Kilimanjaro

Last week I told you about my first visit to Kilimanjaro, what got me there, and what got stuck in my memory. I also mentioned the ocean…

May 15, 2021

Toucan, My Professional Kilimanjaro

May 15, 2021

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Kilimanjaro

I first saw Kilimanjaro 20 years ago. I was sweating in a banana plantation. The mountain was just there, improbably rising from the rich…

May 15, 2021

Kilimanjaro

May 15, 2021

Art is a catalyst for action.

Ideas from art works often fuel obsessions that push me to act.

Mar 20, 2021

Art is a catalyst for action.

Mar 20, 2021

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Etiquette matters far more than we tend to acknowledge.

If we can’t develop virtual etiquette we’re going to be stuck with moderation. Moderation leads to censorship and banishment.

Mar 20, 2021

Etiquette matters far more than we tend to acknowledge.

Mar 20, 2021

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Fog

Getting lost is fine, as long you’re prepared enough to find your way home.

Mar 20, 2021

Fog

Mar 20, 2021

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Burning Down the House

Wood

Feb 22, 2021

Burning Down the House

Feb 22, 2021

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Distributed Everywhere

The frustrating new normal

Feb 6, 2021

Distributed Everywhere

Feb 6, 2021

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Of Course I Can Dance

Shut in

Feb 6, 2021

Of Course I Can Dance

Feb 6, 2021

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Wanderer now confined by unreasonable policies. Toucan co-founder.

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