I've spent the last 9 months working on a book with measurement guru, KD Paine, called "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" (sign up here to get a notice when it is available). One big lesson that I learned about measurement from KD Paine was a systematic, step-by-step approach to measurement. One of those steps is "Establish Benchmarks." Many nonprofits may set measurable goals then they ask an existential question: “How do we know that we’ve identified the right number?” Measurement … [Read more...]
Reflections from 12NTC Panel on Data Visualization
Last week I participated on a panel on "Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words" with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. But the really wonderful thing about the Nonprofit Technology Conference, is that the knowledge capture is superb. Our session was documented in many different ways as described below. Knowledge capture makes it … [Read more...]
Reflections from NTC Plenary Panel on Innovation
I had the honored of moderating a free wheeling plenary discussion on Day #3 of NTC on "Innovation and Nonprofits." The panelists included Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Meg Garlinghouse, Greg Baldwin, and Brian Reich. You can find the description and bios here and if you want to the video of the whole session, you can find it here. The conversation was non-linear, insightful, and allowed for debate on different points of view from the panelists. I kicked it off with a provactive question, … [Read more...]
Packard Foundation OE Launches Their Strategy Refresh Site
Note From Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) with Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group, that helped OE analyze its "goldmine" of grantee data. The learning in public (slides and resources here). During the conference, "a small army of guest bloggers [and] grantmakers, who [attended GEO] posted their reflections … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Technology Conference Withdrawal
The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. For example, my colleague Shai Coggins from Connecting Up (the Australian version of NTEN), who always brings me Tim-Tams. The annual awards luncheon is always one of my favorites and this year was a little bittersweet. The Life … [Read more...]
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