By the time you read this post, I'll be somewhere in the air between California and India to facilitate a "Networked NGO" training for NGOs in India that are Packard Foundation grantees. More about that later. But I have some exciting news! My article is the lead story in the June, 2012 NTEN Change Journal! You can use that link to access the article and subscribe to the journal. In January of this year, I predicted that 2012 would be the year of content curation. I have this habit of … [Read more...]
Pinterest Nonprofit Benchmarking with Pinerly
Last week, I wrote a post that summarized some tips, resources, and tools for using Pinterest. I took a look at a couple of the measurement tools available for Pinterest and got on the waiting list for Pinerly after reading this analysis from the Poynter Blog based on stats provided by Pinerly. I was curious about what I could learn if I did an informal benchmark study of a few nonprofit Pinterest users. Rick Kats kindly sent me a spreadsheet of metrics for 7 nonprofits that were early … [Read more...]
Good Curation VS Bad Curation
What is good curation versus bad curation? The image is a remix of a presentation entitled "Link Building by Imitation" and authored by link building expert Ross Hudgens -- and explains the skill set pretty well. The original image used words like "theft" and "steal" and prompted a debate amongst curators like Robin Good who selected the resource and curated it. Robin's point in curating this resource: Here's a great visualization of how different can be the traits of content re-use. In the … [Read more...]
Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed
Note from Beth: I'm packing my bags for a trip to India to lead a training for NGOs that are Packard Grantees to kick off a peer learning project called "Networked NGO." My colleagues at Momsrising, the poster child for Networked Nonprofits, offered this amazing guest post filled with great tips on how to get your blog noticed. Enjoy! Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed, Guest Post By Elisa Batista, Donna Norton, and Monifa Bandele from Momsrising It’s every blogger’s nightmare. … [Read more...]
How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!
I have been interested in visualization techniques, visual facilitation, and visual thinking since 1991 when I read Tony Buzan's book, "Using Both Sides of the Brain: Mind Mapping Techniques" that started me down a very slow and leisurely learning journey. This year I've been focusing on data visualization and techniques for nonprofits - and working on my visual thinking skills without letting my basic drawing skills become a barrier. I've been a fan of Dan Roam's work since his book "The … [Read more...]
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