Last week I attended the launch of the book, Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector by William F. Meehan III and Kim Starkey Jonker, with a Foreword by Jim Collins. The authors identify seven leadership best practices of high performance based on their extensive experience in the nonprofit and philanthropy sector. Together these best practices form an "engine of impact" that nonprofits need to build, maintain, and hone over time to scale with results. As a … [Read more...]
Keeping your Nonprofit Safe and Happy Online: Dealing with Harassment
Note from Beth: Many nonprofit social media managers are also serve as online community managers, supporting communities of their nonprofit's fans and supporters on social media channels. Sometimes, they do encounter people online that are less than polite and cross the line over to online harassment. Here's some simple ways to handle these uncomfortable situations. Keeping your Nonprofit Safe and Happy Online: Dealing with Harassment guest post by Hannah Donald It’s pretty well … [Read more...]
Fundraiser, Heal Thyself!
Note from Beth: Last week, I had the honor of teaching a master class at the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) on avoiding burnout for fundraisers with Corinne Aartman in Amsterdam. Richard Sved, a fundraising consultant from the UK, participated and wrote a reflection on the UK Fundraising Blog. He graciously agreed to republish it as a guest post. Fundraiser, Heal Thyself! Guest post by Richard Sved Dear reader, I’ve now been awake for 20 hours, as I begin to type these words. But … [Read more...]
Four Reasons Nonprofit Should Consider the Authentic Storytelling Method
Four Reasons Nonprofit Should Consider the Authentic Storytelling Method Guest Post by Lewis Haidt For many nonprofits, taking the “right” photograph or creating the “perfect” video to represent an organization’s mission and work can be an intimidating prospect. This fear-factor can be even greater for a nonprofit creating its first video. This is why TechSoup has run a storytelling campaign for the last seven years. We believe that all nonprofits should have the capacity to create quality … [Read more...]
A New Approach for Nonprofit Professional Development: Micro-Learning
Recently, a nonprofit professional said to me, "I don't have time to learn anything new because I have too much work to do." Indeed, she had a calendar full of meetings, an endless to do list, and an inbox that was anything but zeroed out. Yet, we know that learning continuously in a complex world is critical because otherwise our skills are quickly outdated. Enter micro-learning, resources that can be quickly read, viewed, or consumed and take only ten minutes or less. Micro-learning online … [Read more...]
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