I have been working in the nonprofit sector for 34 years, spending the last twenty of them focusing on the nonprofit technology sector to deliver training and capacity building. I have been waiting a long time to have a sector-wide conversation about learning from failure and last week at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, we were able to just that! The plenary session was called "Placing Little Bets: Failing Informatively for the Nonprofit Technology Sector," and I was joined by smart … [Read more...]
#13NTC Session: Mindful or Mindfull Social Media?
[slideshare id=18633072&doc=mindfulsocialmedia-final-130411150353-phpapp02] I'm in Minnesota for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference where I am doing a plenary session on Saturday morning and two breakout sessions. This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. Description: How nonprofits can stay focused given all the distractions inherent in today's attention economy? Social media and working online doesn't have to … [Read more...]
How Nonprofit Leaders Make Time for Social Media and Other Secrets to Adoption
Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center's Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. Participants were a mix of CEOs and senior staff. At the end of the month, I'll be facilitating a workshop at the 92nd Street Y in NYC call "Social Media Mindsets and Toolsets for Nonprofit," an interactive workshop is for executive directors and organizational leaders that work for nonprofits and want to … [Read more...]
Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop
[slideshare id=18216702&doc=knight-chicago-april4-130405000428-phpapp01] Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center's Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. The workshop topics included trends in digital media consumption, social media, engagement on mobile devices and a variety of community foundation projects funded by the Knight Community Information Challenge. I was part of the first-day that featured mobile … [Read more...]
How Nonprofit CEOs Use Social Media (Enthusiastically) for Personal and Organizational Leadership
As the leader and voice for your nonprofit organization, should you as the CEO or executive director use social media as part of your organizational or personal leadership tool set? Certainly, your marketing communications staff has talked about the benefits of effective social media integration that personalizes your organization's brand with the voice of its leader - you. But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another … [Read more...]
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