Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do "train the trainers" sessions as part of my practice. I recently submitted a proposal for NTEN's 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference with colleagues Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon and Jeanne Allen called "Supercharge Your Technology Training," so please take a minute to vote for it. Good … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Pokemon Go and Nonprofits
Pokemon Go, the latest installment in the best-selling Pokémon video game series, launched as a smartphone app using augmented reality. It became an overnight viral sensation and cultural phenomena. Perhaps its appeal is an escape from all the bad things that are happening the world right now. Rather than chaining game players to their computer screens inside their houses, it sends players roaming their neighborhoods and communities to play the game. On the plus side, they are avoiding death … [Read more...]
Curiosity Kills Bad Work Habits
The topic of habit change is something that Aliza Sherman and I researched and experimented with as we wrote "The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout" over the last year. Habit change research was one of our favorite rabbit holes to explore. It lead us to discover the works of Gretchen Rubin, Charles Duhigg, BJ Fogg, and others. As we wrote chapters on the book, we examined our own unhealthy habits and experimented applying some of the methods. This recent article on INC by Emily … [Read more...]
New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding
Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called "Foundation Maps for Media Funding," a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. This version of the tool is a significant upgrade to the tool launched previously by Media Impact Funders. The tool is designed for funders, nonprofits, mission-driven media makers, journalists and philanthropic … [Read more...]
