I'll be at SXSWi Festival next week to moderate a panel and discussion on Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World on Sunday, March 13 at 3:30 pm. Our panelists include Danielle Brigida, National Wildlife Federation, Mark Horvath , Invisible People, and Jessica Dheere, SMEX Beirut. The session title is based on a chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit. The audience will explore how nonprofits can unleash the power of social good by transitioning from stand-alone … [Read more...]
Happy International Women's Day: Meet Keo Savon
Happy International Women's Day! It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Tom Watson has written about a remarkable woman in Cambodia, Mu Sochu. My tribute is to a Cambodian woman leader of the future. I'd like to introduce you to Keo Savon, an orphan from Cambodia from the same … [Read more...]
Network Skills for Personal Productivity and Organizational Strategy
Open Net∞WORKing Organizations 10 Dimensions View more presentations from Jenny Ambrozek. I've been thinking a lot lately about applying the "network mindset" to one's works, whether that be philanthropy or nonprofits. There are two different frames -- you can use a networked mindset to increase your personal productivity or think of it in organizational strategy terms. There is also a field of practice and thought leaders who apply network thinking in a business context. I noticed that … [Read more...]
National Day of Unplugging
I'm about to hop on a plane and fly from Beirut back home in a few hours. That's precisely when the National Day of Unplugging (NDU) starts. The purpose is to encourage young, hyper-connected, and frequently frantic people of all backgrounds to re-embrace the ancient beauty of a day of solitude and unplug their smart phones. It runs for the 25 hours from sundown Friday, March 4, to sundown, Saturday, March 5. According to the press release, the first NDU last March reached tens of millions … [Read more...]
E-Mediat Day 4: What does it mean to be a social media trainer?
Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project, a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2) The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US … [Read more...]
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