Last week the Packard Foundation hosted a convening on “Data Informed Philanthropy," an effort to explore and build digital systems that enable philanthropies to be truly data-informed. This term means having effective systems for collecting, analyzing, and making sense of data to inform and enable greater impact with funding. Here's a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term "Data-Informed" was using in my recent book, "Measuring the … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Lean Startup Resources for Social Good Organizations
Note from Beth: Two years ago while working on a capacity building project for NGOs funded by the Dept of State in the Middle East, I found myself in Jordan and visiting colleague Rami Al Karmi's start up lab. In his office, he had a stack of Lean Start Up books, authored by Eric Ries. He told me he makes every start up in his lab read it. When I got home, I picked up a copy and the ideas resonated with the concepts in the Networked Nonprofit. I was delighted to discover Leah … [Read more...]
Attention Nonprofit #DataNerds: A Few Recent Research Studies on Data, Technology, Funding, and Trends
In the last few weeks, there have been a few good research studies and web sites relaunched that cover technology, data, funding, and trends. Here's a roundup. 1. Foundation Center's Glasspockets Site ReLaunches with A Wealth of Data About Foundation Transparency The Glasspockets Site has just been relaunched. It has a new sleeker look. Lots of great data, resources, examples, and action steps foundations need to understand the value of transparency, be more open in their own … [Read more...]
A Playbook To Kickstart Your Nonprofit's #GivingTuesday Campaign
[slideshare id=27936330&doc=givingdayplaybookpresentationoct2013finalv2-131105140512-phpapp02] Note from Beth: I'm working with the Knight Foundation to facilitated a peer exchange of community foundations that are hosting GivingDays using the Knight Foundation GivingDay Playbook, a guide with templates, tips, and examples hosting a successful day of giving. I'm also an ambassador for GivingTuesday. So, I'm so excited to host this guest post from By Mayur Patel, vice president of … [Read more...]
Conan O’Brien: Stop Talking About Red Hats & Do A Monologue About Charitable Giving
I think Conan should join the #GivingTuesday movement and get more followers. Sign my petition to ask Conan to do a monologue about #GivingTuesday. On Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Conan poked fun at me because I have more LinkedIn followers than him. He joked that my red hat is the key to my success – it was a funny monologue, but I am offering Conan a better way to increase his LinkedIn followers than photoshopping a red hat on his profile. I gained influence on LinkedIn by helping … [Read more...]
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