Note from Beth: A few weeks ago, the Leadership Learning Community invited me into their board meeting. Not just to quietly listen, but participate in the discussion about applying a networked lens to nonprofit governance. (If you want to better understand what the term network mindset and what it has to do with nonprofit leadership, check out their recent paper on the topic.) Guest Post: Bringing a Network Mindset to Our Nonprofit Board by Deborah Meehan Over the last month as we prepared … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
Lessons from Red Cross: Twitter Mistakes and How To Handle Them
Back over the summer, I wrote a post called "What was your worst social media mistake? What did you learn?" If you read through the comments, misdirected tweets (tweets sent to an organizational account, not a personal account or private message sent out to all) were the most common. These ranged from tweeting about a favorite television show to much worse, tweeting the "c-word" Back in November, someone in Senator Dowd's office made this epic Twitter mistake. They apologized and … [Read more...]
TechSoup Global Summit: Inspiration Overload
I spent the last two days at the TechSoup Global Summit getting inspiration overload about social media, networks, social network mapping, networks of networks, global peer learning, building a sector, nonprofit technology, and many other ideas I'm passionate about. But it wasn't just the ideas, it was also the people and making connections to colleagues I've known for more than a decade and connections to new people. I'm still processing, but here are some nuggets that I learned: Modeling … [Read more...]
TechSoup Global Summit Day 1: Networks
I spent today at day 1 of the TechSoup Global Summit in Mountain View with two hundred and forty people who work in the TechSoup Global Network around the world, plus other stakeholders. I've been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc. This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to … [Read more...]
Valentine's Day for Nonprofits Social Media Style
Happy Valentine's Day! Over the past few years, there have been a lot of original ways that nonprofits have celebrated Valentine's Day with social media. I noticed several creative examples that incorporate social media with the Valentine's Day theme combined with social good objectives. They range from encouraging a change in behavior, advocacy calls to action, shopping, and acknowledging people in nonprofits. Reboot Valentine's Day A few days ago Sasha Dichter was on a panel with … [Read more...]
