[slideshare id=20600786&doc=slides-130505171257-phpapp02] I'm teaching a master class today in San Francisco for arts organizations for Theatre Bay Area. This is a continuation of my work with TBA over the past 3-4 years. The first year I experimented with a peer design that included face-to-face workshops, action learning projects, and monthly calls back in 2010 called ArtsLab. The second year in 2011, we did two sets of peer groups using workshops, action learning projects, and micro … [Read more...]
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I'm betting $10 Social Media Wins …
My colleague, Clay Lord, Theatre Bay Area told me about a bet that the communications manager is having with the director of development. Here's the bet: THE BET: I must use the It’s Not the Size of the Gift platform to raise $1,937 by 5pm EST Friday, October 1st, and I can only promote it over social media networks. (Why $1,937, you ask? Well, that’s the exact number of Facebook fans we have at the very moment I am typing this call to action. In my brain I thought, wow, wouldn’t it be awesome … [Read more...]
Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison
One of the big themes in our book, The Networked Nonprofit, is the importance of experiments and not to frame them as success or failure but as learning. Please join me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit where Allison Fine and I will talk about social media experimentation and other themes from the book. Thomas Alva Edison held 1,093 patents for different inventions. Many of them, like the lightbulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, … [Read more...]
What Improvisation Can Teach Social Change Leaders
This post follows yesterday's post about networked leadership skills. I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens - I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move … [Read more...]
