[slideshare id=32140899&doc=slideshareversion-140310145016-phpapp02] Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called "Learn, You Will" with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. I've collected the resources, notes, slides, and tweets from the session in this post. We framed the session as what to think about before, during, and after a training, using the … [Read more...] about Learn You Will: #14ntc Nonprofit Tech Training Session Reflection and Resources
Archives for March 2014
How Nonprofits Can Leverage Crowdfunding: Best Practices and Data
I'm at the AFP Conference where I will be on a plenary session about "Social Media for Social Change" moderated by Social Media 4 Nonprofit leaders Darian Rodriguez and Ritu Sharma, along with Carolyn Miles, Save the Children and Ben Rattray, Change.Org. I'll be talking about the role of hyper-connected donors based on my experience and some recent research that shows how valuable these champions are for crowdfunding and social fundraising. I love serendipity! Since last summer, I've been … [Read more...] about How Nonprofits Can Leverage Crowdfunding: Best Practices and Data
SXSW: What Social Media Analytics and Data Can't Tell You
[slideshare id=32055762&doc=smdata-140307183636-phpapp02] I'm just back from the SXSW Interactive Festival where I was on a panel called "What Social Media Analytics Can't Tell You" moderated by Alexandra Samuel of Vision Critical, Jeremiah Owyang, Crowd Companies, and Colby Flint, Discovery Channel. We discussed how social media analytics can provide some great information on your existing social media followers, but at the same time, there are gaps that need to be filled through other … [Read more...] about SXSW: What Social Media Analytics and Data Can't Tell You
Ellen's Oscar Selfie Raises $1.5 Million for Humane Society
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014 If you watched the Academy Awards, you know that Oscars' host, Ellen DeGeneres, kept pulling out her Samsung Galaxy Note 3 during the show. She managed to gather a bunch of celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Jared Leto, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong'o and Brad Pitt for a selfie that made the history books as the most … [Read more...] about Ellen's Oscar Selfie Raises $1.5 Million for Humane Society
Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List
At this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference, I'm thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, "Learn You Will." I'll co-teaching the session with colleagues Andrea Berry, John Kenyon, and Cindy Leonard. The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List
