Fist bumps to @msftcitizenship for hosting #KanterSEA! And look, I'm rocking my #Surface to live tweet. Woot! twitter.com/sldoolittle/st… — Shanon Doolittle (@sldoolittle) February 11, 2013 I'm in Seattle for a couple days doing a round of "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit," events to talk about measurement, data, and impact, generously sponsored by Microsoft. I started the day with a "Beth, Book, and Bagels" event hosted by Pyramid Communications, followed by a lunch talk at the Microsoft … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving
Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit," co-authored with KD Paine. I'm doing a session for the NW Philanthropy and have been asked to talk a little about how to design peer learning and trainings for nonprofits. Having trained nonprofits on every continent of the world (except Antarctica), I had a great laboratory to develop my instructional design and delivery skills. One of the biggest challenges is keeping … [Read more...]
Bridging the Data Disconnect Between Nonprofits and Their Funders
Next week, I'm headed to Seattle for a couple of "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" book events generously sponsored by Microsoft. I'm very excited to participate in one of the evening events, a curated discussion on Data, Transparency, and Impact with Jane Meseck (Microsoft), Paul Shoemaker (Social Venture Partners) and Eric Stowe (Splash) and moderated by: Erica Mills, Claxon Marketing. (The event is sold out, but they are live-streaming it) They are crowdsourcing questions for the … [Read more...]
How To Easily Repurpose Your Content for Social Channels
Your organization uses an editorial calendar to plan out content for different channels, but there is still need the need to optimize it for different channels and do that efficiently. Optimizing your content for social channels does not have to be labor intensive. Many organizations create great content for their web sites or blogs and slightly tweak it for Facebook or Twitter - with a focus on making it visual. And, of course, there are benefits to visual content like increased … [Read more...]
Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates
Last week, Bill Gates' 2013 Annual Letter highlighted the power of data and measurement to help lift the world's most needy up from poverty. I heard about it from several tweets asking me if he had read "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" and colleague, Marion Conway, wrote a great summary of the letter which was also available in an interactive format on the web. There are many takeaways from his letter, but I wanted to identify a few inspiring quotes here. 1. Define A Clear Goal for … [Read more...]
