#addvocate

Heya!

I have ADHD which is related to ADD, but it’s more of a hyperactivity-in-my-head problem! And my best friend has ADD :3 Just for your information, being diagnosed with ADD is pretty cool because then you can get proper help to concentrate better. It’s really not a bad thing. ~

BUT FOR NOW! A list of helpful information for you!

Make a schedule and stick to it. Yes, this is especially hard when you have ADD/ADHD, but it’s necessary. The more you practice this, the easier it’ll get though.

Keep your workspace clean and clear of distractions! No books or TV or radio or Rubik’s cube or whatever. Just you and your study-stuff.

For every 45 minutes you study/work, give yourself a 15 minute break to go outside, move to a different place, run around, draw a dinosaur, whatever you wanna do. Just take a break.

Get a “doodle book”. My best friend (the ADD one) has a blank notebook and a pen with him wherever he goes, and when he does homework or so, he can draw in that book as a distraction. It helps him clear his mind a little, and it also keeps his schoolbooks clean :)

Meditate.

Give yourself a treat when you did the thing you had to do! My ADD friend gave himself a gummy bear whenever he studied a whole page. :3

Here you’ll find a HECKA cool article on “how to enjoy your ADD”. Like this article says, people with ADD are creative and good at solving problems. :3

Now, I hope this helped!

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Addvocate launches a new employee-powered social marketing platform, hires new CEO

Image Credit: Source: Addvocate

Months after the departure of former CEO Marcus Nelson, Addvocate is still on track and releasing a new version of its social media platform today.

Addvocate’s platform doesn’t spend a ton of time trying to drum up excitement about a company by getting customers or fans happy. Instead, it focuses on empowering current employees to share things via personal social networks throughout the day. It’s a much better solution than hoping employees will do it on their own, and one that doesn’t require them to turn over user names and passwords (a practice that’s been ruled illegal in some states, anyhow).

The startup’s new “Addvocate 2″ platform does this by routing all company-related social media sharing through a central hub that can be reviewed by a small group of people. For example, sharing a marketing-related how-to article on Facebook can get routed through the new platform rather than just having it push out to just that employee’s friends without getting acknowledged otherwise.

“We’re trying to move companies into a role where they can actually use employees as their biggest fans to spread the word on social networks,” said new CEO Piers Cooper in an interview with VentureBeat. “You can think of it more of a moderation role.”

Cooper, who previously worked as VP of business development at Oracle, was promoted to CEO after a stint as the company’s chief operations officer. He’s replacing former CEO and founder Marcus Nelson, who previously worked as head of social media at Salesforce, after what some say was a forced departure.

Yet Cooper tells me the company is in good shape. Addvocate, he said, now has 20 paying customers, with the largest paying for 1,000 employees on the platform. (The company makes $10 per employee, per month from its clients on average.) Growth is also up, he added, with revenue increasing by 50 percent month-over-month.

Founded in 2012, the San Francisco, Calif.-based startup has raised a total of $2.54 million in funding to date.

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