I would like to wish all my readers, colleagues, and friends a happy new year! I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. How about you? But before jumping into the daily grind, during the first week of January I use the quiet time to engage in several New Year's rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. My rituals include: 1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have … [Read more...]
The Happy Healthy Data Nerd: Using Your Personal Health Data to Support Your Wellbeing
The passion that many nonprofit data nerds feel for our work is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, that fervor helps us to keep going in the face of difficult challenges, like analyzing a huge data set. On the other hand, we can be so driven running data visualizations at the keyboard for hours that we don’t stop to refuel or even notice we are experiencing symptoms of burnout. In my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, co-authored with Aliza Sherman, … [Read more...]
The Spirit of @GivingTuesday Continues: #MyGivingStory Grant Opportunity
Join me for a Twitter Chat about #MyGivingStory at 1pmPST/4pmEST on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016. During the chat, @GivingTues will start with welcomes, and then lead a discussion about storytelling best practices. Participants include @GivingTues, @magusgalmarini (Agus Galmarini of the Gates Foundation) @ArielAzoff (Social Impact at Medium), @meansandrew (Head of Philanthropy & Civic Innovation @Uptake) and me. The results are in for the 2016 Giving Tuesday! Drumroll ... Over $168 Million … [Read more...]
New Resource for Nonprofits: The Data Playbook – Practices for Purpose-Driven Work
Join me at Markets for Good on December 6 at 1 pm EST for a FREE roundtable discussion about the new Data Playbook. It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World, with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Of course, there were a few bright spots such as Mario Morino's Lead of Reason, DoSomething.Org, DataKind, … [Read more...]
6 Insights The Sharing Economy Tells Us About The Future Of Fundraising
Note from Beth: December is a time when start to reflect on the past year and future online trends for fundraising. The term "Sharing Economy" came to my attention two years ago after attending the SHARE conference in San Francisco and there were some implications for philanthropy. If you want a good overview of the Sharing Economy from a nonprofit perspective, read these two posts from TechSoup, Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Share Economy and Nonprofits Imagine A Better Sharing … [Read more...]
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