I was honored to be invited to cover this year's Global Philanthropy Forum, a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. The annual conference helps inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their work. This year's conference, "The Future We Make" had four themes - strategic philanthropy, modern day slavery, agriculture and nutrition, and education, learning, and employment. I went to cover one session, "Building An Information Infrastructure: … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)
On April 25, 2013, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will host a national convening of leaders from 11 foundations, as well as experts in evaluation, social media, and communications to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on foundation outcomes. There's also a Twitter chat on April 18th at 3 pm EST if you want to talk about social media measurement. I have been invited to participate and help frame the day with a brief presentation about the state of nonprofit … [Read more...]
#npfail Reflections and Call To Action from NTC Plenary on Failure
I have been working in the nonprofit sector for 34 years, spending the last twenty of them focusing on the nonprofit technology sector to deliver training and capacity building. I have been waiting a long time to have a sector-wide conversation about learning from failure and last week at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, we were able to just that! The plenary session was called "Placing Little Bets: Failing Informatively for the Nonprofit Technology Sector," and I was joined by smart … [Read more...]
#13NTC Session: Mindful or Mindfull Social Media?
[slideshare id=18633072&doc=mindfulsocialmedia-final-130411150353-phpapp02] I'm in Minnesota for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference where I am doing a plenary session on Saturday morning and two breakout sessions. This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. Description: How nonprofits can stay focused given all the distractions inherent in today's attention economy? Social media and working online doesn't have to … [Read more...]
How Nonprofit Leaders Make Time for Social Media and Other Secrets to Adoption
Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center's Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. Participants were a mix of CEOs and senior staff. At the end of the month, I'll be facilitating a workshop at the 92nd Street Y in NYC call "Social Media Mindsets and Toolsets for Nonprofit," an interactive workshop is for executive directors and organizational leaders that work for nonprofits and want to … [Read more...]
