I'm very honored to be giving the ending keynote and facilitating a design lab on self-care and avoiding burnout at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference. Because I started my career in the arts field and wanted to do some active listening to the audience before speaking, I came in for the whole conference. Yesterday, I was participant in a convening called the Arts Brain Trust, a leadership group that will participate in the design lab later in the conference. This session was … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
How One Nonprofit Senior Staff Uses Walks and Talks
Meet Karen Bloom who is Chief Advancement Officer for Project Kesher, an organization that trains women to become change-makers across 9 time zones, with leadership programs that are based on Jewish identity building and social activism. She is a nonprofit senior staffer who knows the value of walking at work. Karen not only talks the talk, but she walks the talk. (Bad pun, I know) I was introduced to Karen Bloom through Barbara Glickstein , a colleague who is connected with me on Facebook. … [Read more...]
Meet Dr. James A. Levine: The 1st "You can walk and work!"Evangelist
On my 12 hour plane ride back from Ukraine, I read Dr. James A. Levine's book "Get Up: Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It." (Yes, I see the irony) He is the Co-Director of the Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University Solutions Initiative and the inventor of the treadmill desk. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and worked on dozens of corporate programs to bring movement into work. He is also the reason why Apple created the health app that tracks your … [Read more...]
Trainer's Notebook: Facilitating Tech Training Internationally – Tips for Working with Interpreters
I've just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women's organizations organized by Wake, an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women's empowerment. The program is called Tech2Empower and you can learn more about it here. We had an incredible team … [Read more...]
Two Opportunities for Nonprofits to Power their #GivingTuesday Campaigns — Facebook Ad Credits & #MyGivingStory
I'm just back from two weeks of inspiring work where I participated in a training for women organizations in the Ukraine and the International Fundraising Congress in Holland. So, expect more some posts this week from about what I learned. But despite jet lag and an over flowing email in box, I wanted to write up two opportunities for nonprofits that could help them power up their year end and Giving Tuesday Campaigns. For years, I've been a vocal critic of Facebook's policy not to provide … [Read more...]
