Viva Sarah Press
She can be
We teach our daughter that she can be whoever she wants to be. We teach our sons the same. That their sister can be whoever she wants to...
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Viva Sarah Press
Jan 13, 20211 min read
Can you say, I don’t know?
Can you say, “I don’t know”? Say it out loud. I say it all the time. For me, “I don’t know” means “I have to find out.” If I don’t know...
Viva Sarah Press
Dec 22, 20201 min read
Multitasking: Productive or Bad for your brain?
I’m a freelancer. In different vocations. I love to be able to do this and this, too. I don’t do different tasks simultaneously. I do...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 24, 20202 min read
A stick up my nose (Covid-19 test)
The morning arrived when I had to take the Covid-19 test. This morning. And while I have heard horror stories about the feeling of having...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Not Another Zoom Talk
The cry by those who have participated in badly run Zoom talks is, ‘not another Zoom talk.’ But Zoom does not have to imply gloom.
Viva Sarah Press
Aug 31, 20203 min read
Contracts I wouldn’t, couldn’t and didn’t sign
As both a freelancer and contracted employee, I have signed numerous contracts in my career. Long-term contracts. Short-term contracts....
Viva Sarah Press
Aug 10, 20202 min read
An outstanding failure
“You could fail. Do you understand that? I don’t want you to be overly upset if you fail,” I explain, hoping that he’ll still try.
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 15, 20202 min read
Digital cold shoulder proves to be a popular blog topic
The social media cold shoulder, why it happens and what to do about it is a hot topic, according to Wix blog and Google analytics. It is...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 18, 20202 min read
A story of failure
An email arrived in my inbox with a link to a new trailer for a documentary series on education. And there I am, in a cameo, as my alter...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 2, 20201 min read
First lesson: How to fail
“You need to understand that you will fail in this class. You will be frustrated. And fail.” Okay, I thought. My other two course-mates...
Viva Sarah Press
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Hello 72! Telling Israel’s New Innovation Stories
Israel’s 72nd anniversary is days away. This little country is brimming with exciting stories. Stories of making the impossible possible....
Viva Sarah Press
Apr 21, 20202 min read
So many stories to tell about Israeli innovation in the time of Covid-19
Why is Israeli innovation so prominent during the novel coronavirus epidemic? On the one hand, the tech sector here, as elsewhere, has...
Viva Sarah Press
Apr 21, 20202 min read
Crash course in mindfulness (aka sharing office space with a 12-year old ‘colleague’)
Shortly before the coronavirus epidemic sent us into social distancing isolation, I started to dabble in mindfulness, an art of focusing...
Viva Sarah Press
Feb 25, 20201 min read
How to tell stories of innovation
It’s one thing to hear about this innovation nation and quite another to connect to this ingenuity. That’s a challenge I try to solve in...
Viva Sarah Press
Feb 19, 20202 min read
Taking credit for my work
Taking credit, tooting my horn, call it whatever you want. I don’t love the spotlight. I have an ambiguous relationship with social...
Viva Sarah Press
Feb 3, 20202 min read
My daughter asked me to speak at her school. So, I created a new talk on health, sports & food tech.
When my daughter asked me to come to her new school to give a talk, her friend’s eyes nearly popped out. “You WANT your mom to come speak...
Viva Sarah Press
Jan 8, 20202 min read
How I failed to be a sniffling soprano
In 2018-2019, my alter ego, Oshi, worked in schools as an educational clown. I blog about my experiences in the different schools from...
Viva Sarah Press
Jan 8, 20203 min read
Top stories of the decade
There are hundreds of journalists writing from Israel about Israel. There are thousands of stories to tell. How to tell the stories is...
Viva Sarah Press
Jan 4, 20201 min read
Let’s Fail Together
What’s it like to brainstorm an idea and then make it happen? Amazing! The idea: A duet talk on failure. Yes, sharing a mic. And yes,...
Viva Sarah Press
Dec 22, 20191 min read
Best of 2019 ingenuity and failures
Getting ready to give two talks on Israeli creativity this week. Indeed, 2019 was a year of amazing creativity and innovation, with...
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