#GivingTuesday is a day of giving where of thousands of organizations and individuals (including me) come together to give and call attention to giving, volunteering, and infecting others. In its first year, #GivingTuesday, a national effort initiated by the 92ndY and the U.N. Foundation produced these results as documented by Edelman. In the lead-up to the December 3rd event, the question of how to extend a day of giving into a giving season? Alison Fine, my Networked Nonprofit … [Read more...]
Hosting a Day of Giving? The Knight Foundation Playbook Answers Your Questions
As a Master Trainer, one of my favorite models of training adults is the Peer Learning Exchange where a group of participants who are working on a similar project or domain of practices interact regularly to learn how to do it better. Peer learning is based in real work: sharing what one is doing with others, asking for support, questions and answers and feedback. I'm delighted to be working with the Knight Foundation and its Community Foundation partners to design and facilitate a Peer … [Read more...]
Nonprofits and Content Strategy: The Wisdom of the Network
Note from Beth: I've learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale's Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. And, social networks like LinkedIn or Facebook can provide the petri dish for growing a vibrant personal network. Although I sometimes hear from colleagues that "Facebook is personal and fun stuff" or just a lot of skepticism about how a particular social networking platform can provide professional value, it isn't … [Read more...]
Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning
Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. And, NTEN is the first stop for nonprofits to go for this type of field level of research and coverage. For those of us who also focused on training, instruction, … [Read more...]
Can Memes for Good Work for your Nonprofit's Content Strategy? Not on Facebook!
This "Keep Calm and Shine On" t-shirt is a riff on the popular "Keep Calm and Carry On" meme used by Autism Speaks to help promote the annual World Autism Awareness Day. The California Coverage and Health Initiative used this variation to promote enrolling in health care coverage as of October 1st. And the American Society of Civil Engineers used it to promote the profession. Many charities are often stretch to find the time and resources to feed the content beast and riffing on popular memes … [Read more...]
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