Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter is a consultant, author, influencer. virtual trainer & nonprofit innovator in digital transformation & workplace wellbeing.

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Some Social Media Advice for Conan O'Brien: Be A Giver On #GivingTuesday

November 8, 2013 by Beth Kanter

With this year's GivingTuesday less than a month away, there's lots of tips and best practices on how to leverage social media during the giving season both online and offline.  Last night,  Razoo, the social fundraising platform that is hosting a giving competition as part of Giving Tuesday hosted an event for SF nonprofits.   After the event, a small group of ambassadors for Giving Tuesday met with Henry Timms who asked for our feedback and shared some wonderful stories about how this year's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising

Trainer's Notebook: Finding Inspiration and New Ideas for Facilitation Techniques

November 7, 2013 by Beth Kanter Leave a Comment

Last week, during the Google hangout hosted by the Packard Foundation, someone asked me where I get all my ideas for designing and delivering training.    Part of delivering instruction is being a good facilitation of people's learning and there is no better way to learn how to improve your own technique than watching world class facilitators in action.   Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a convening on "Data Informed Philanthropy" hosted by the Packard Foundation - not only was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instructional Design, Trainer's Notebook

Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofit Giving Days

November 6, 2013 by Beth Kanter

I'm facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook.   The idea is not only for participants to acquire the skills and knowledge to host a successful giving day, but for them share and transform practices together.   This is a design aspect called "Transformative Capacity Building,"  where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflection

#GivingTuesday: How Sharing Best Practices Is Building A Global Philanthropic Movement

November 5, 2013 by Beth Kanter

GivingTuesday,  a day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season that celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations, will take place exactly 28 days or four more Tuesdays from today.   GivingTuesday is building on the success of its first year -- moving from an grassroots-style event organized on a short time schedule to a global charity movement.      Here's some indicators of the movement's growing success: Many Partners: GivingTuesday does not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Philanthropy

Lean Impact Series: 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact

November 4, 2013 by Beth Kanter 8 Comments

Note from Beth: Last week during the Google Hangout hosted by the Packard Foundation,  someone asked me "What's Next?"    After spending five years living and breathing networks and measurement and designing and delivering many, many nonprofit capacity building programs,  my focus is going to be on how nonprofits can apply measurement and their networks to learn for impact. As part of this deep dive, I've been getting lots of inspiration from the start up and innovation movements here in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Innovation

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