Note from Beth: Peter Panepento wrote a thoughtful piece earlier this week about #givedaylessons and gave me permission to republish it here. Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called "The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story." Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time - Guest Post by Peter Panepento Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, … [Read more...]
Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale
Note from Beth: I am honored to be a member of Leap Ambassadors Community, a private community of nonprofit thought leaders and practitioners. My colleagues, all experts, practitioners, and instigators share a passion for inspiring others to build great organizations for greater societal impact and increasing the expectation and adoption of high performance in the field. When I heard about Guidestar's plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow … [Read more...]
Giving Day Hosts Must Have A Crisis Plan – #Givedaylessons
Note from Beth: I've been working in the nonprofit technology sector since 1990 and there was an old saying, "It isn't a matter if the technology fail, it is a matter when and what your Plan B is." We always had some sort of back up plan. For Giving Days, having a solid crisis plan in place for the technology, weather, or an act of god is an essential best practice. Colorado Gives has hosted six gives days and has over $111 million dollars for Colorado nonprofits. They are not using the … [Read more...]
Why Can't the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Scale Generosity? #givedaylessons
What Happened on Give Local America Day? For the past few years, I've been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees, all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. The activities for this community of practice included regular conference calls primarily for the cohort, webinars for a broader audience of community foundations, and an online safe space open to any community foundation hosting a giving day to share … [Read more...]
New Guide: How To Engage Your Supporters with Social Listening
Note from Beth: In the decade or so that I've been doing social media, I've always been an advocate of the "Listen, Learn, Adapt" approach to doing social and a decade later, it is still very important for success. The first and most important step is for organizations to put on their listening ears and monitor conversations, get feedback, and continuously improve. I invited Roz Lemieux is CEO of Attentively and founding partner at Fission Strategy to write a guest post sharing the best … [Read more...]
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