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...]
Sending Prayers and Concrete Help to the Philippines: Bayanihan’ Spirit
Yesterday, Veteran's Day, was a sad day for me. I remembered my Dad, who passed away this year, who was a WW2 Vet and stationed in the Philippines. I remember him telling me stories about his experience there , one poignant story about going into a rural village and finding it destroyed. He and his fellow soldiers found a church bell in the jungle and returned it to the villagers who were overjoyed to have it although the church itself was destroyed. Almost twenty years ago, he took trip … [Read more...]
Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-Driven Organizations
Video streaming by Ustream Note from Beth: I'm thrilled to take the opportunity to learn more about how nonprofit causes can embrace the principles of the lean start up movement. In December, I'll be covering the Lean Start Up Conference in San Francisco and in January I'll be a judge and attend the Lean Impact Summit in SF. Recently there was a webcast hosted by the Lean Start Up Conference about implementing lean impact with Christie George of New Media Ventures and Akash Trivedi of … [Read more...]
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