IORG News & Commentary

The Information Overload Research Group is going to cease operations at the end of 2023

It is with great regret that the IORG Steering Team is announcing that the Information Overload Research Group is going to cease operation.

IORG was conceived at the “Infomania Workshop” convened in Redmond in January 2007, where key thinkers in Information Overload space spent two days discussing the problem and what we can do about it. We incorporated IORG as …

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Watch the June 2023 IORG Webinar on the Unplug Collaborative ** REPLAY **

Watch the June 2023 IORG Webinar on the Unplug Collaborative

In this webinar, Claudia will introduce us to the Unplug Collaborative(UC) – a non profit and home to Global Day of Unplugging®, Unplugged Village® and Unplug for a Cause® initiatives. She’ll discuss how the UC mobilizes community leaders to build a network and provide people with fun and engaging opportunities …

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Zoom link for the June 20 Webinar on The Unplug Collaborative

On June 20, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT the Information Overload Research Group (IORG) will hold a 30 minute webinar where Claudia Erickson will present the mission and activities of The Unplug Collaborative.

The Zoom link to join the event is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89522954198 . No registration needed – just mark your calendar and show up!

In this webinar, Claudia will introduce …

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Watch the May IORG Bonfire #5 replay!

Watch the IORG Bonfire #5 recording from May of 2023.

No agenda, no PowerPoint… just friends exchanging views on a subject we all care about – Information Overload!

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Zoom link for the IORG Virtual Bonfire on Tuesday May 2

The Information Overload Research Group’s Steering Team invites you to meet us via Zoom for a free-form conversation about managing Information Overload. No agenda, no PowerPoint… just friends exchanging views on a subject we all care about.

The event will take place for an hour on Tuesday, May 2, at 11am EDT. No registration needed – just mark your calendar …

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Save the Date!  IORG Virtual Bonfire on Tuesday May 2, 2023

Join us at the IORG Virtual Bonfire on Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Interested in mitigating information overload? Let’s get together!

The Information Overload Research Group’s Steering Team invites you to meet us via Zoom for a free-form conversation about managing Information Overload. No agenda, no PowerPoint… just friends exchanging views on a subject we all care about.

The event

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Information Overload, AI & The Power of Quiet Time with Nathan Zeldes

Welcome to The Quiet Living Room, a podcast by the Quiet Social Club, where founder Iliana Grosse-Buening discusses and explores ideas on how to live and work well in a digital world. In this podcast Iliana interviews Nathan Zeldes founder of the Information Overload Research Group on topics such as:

  • What is information overload and how does it present
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Screen Time Management

Welcome to The Quiet Living Room, a podcast by the Quiet Social Club, where founder Iliana Grosse-Buening discusses and explores ideas on how to live and work well in a digital world. In this podcast Iliana interviews Kenneth Schlenker, founder and CEO of Opal. Kenneth founded Opal in 2020 with a mission to help 1 billion people focus …

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Global Day of Unplugging March 3, 2023

March 3rd is Global Day of Unplugging, an annual awareness campaign established in 2009 to celebrate human connection over digital engagement. Whether it is for 1 hour or 24 hours, at some point from sundown to sundown March 3-4 thousands of people in multiple countries will step away from their screens and intentionally shift into an offline activity, an in-person …

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The Science of Our Attention Spans with Professor Gloria Mark

Tune-in on YouTube for a one hour Cambridge Thinklab with Professor Gloria Mark, Author of her new book Attention Span as she discusses “The Science of Our Attention Spans”.  Find focus and restore balance as our minds have undergone a fundamental shift in how they work in the digital age.

Gloria Mark is Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University …

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