Note from Beth: This one of my favorite photos of a workshop I designed and facilitated at SXSW called "Peer Learning Session for Nonprofit Social Media Managers." The idea was to get folks who do social media for nonprofits sharing best practices about social media adoption and culture change by balancing brief content delivery with lots of interaction. This was a face-to-face session, but the learning was extended online afterwards, albeit briefly, in an organic way on twitter using a … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
Can Social Media Give the Gift of Life?
Note from Beth: Two years ago on this blog, Porter Gale published a guest post asking "Can Social Media Save Lives?" and described how Amit Gupta was leveraging his network and social media to find a bone marrow match. This story became a case study in "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit," to illustrate the value of crowdsourcing and how to measure the return. Taryn Degnan picks up on this them of using social media to save lives to share her observations about the use of social media to find … [Read more...]
The Science Behind Going Viral
Note from Beth: I'm thrilled to participate in the LinkedIn Influencer Program where I get to write regular posts about leadership, failure, analytics, big data, presenting, and training from a nonprofit perspective. But even better, I've had a chance to connect with some of the other amazing folks who write regularly as part of this program. You see, I really enjoy cross-disciplinary learning from other fields and other perspectives. One of the participants is Jonah Berger, Best Selling … [Read more...]
Giving 2.0 ProjectU
Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0, has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The idea is simple - by open sourcing her materials, she hopes to inspire more colleges to incorporate courses on philanthropy in their curriculum. I first heard Laura speak when she launched her book, Giving 2.0, at Stanford two years ago. Her ideas … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority
Note from Beth: My friend Porter Gale has just launched a new book called "Your Network is Net Worth." Porter's definition about networking is about charting your own course, following your passions, and making meaningful connections, which in turn increase your happiness and productivity. Her book shares the secrets of how to do this. Porter has been a guest poster to this blog in the past and she offered to write up this guest post about mentoring. As one who has always considered their … [Read more...]
