Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings, both face-to-face and virtual meetings. I've been reflecting on the discussion we had about how meetings are "under belly" of an organization's culture and ways to make incremental changes to improve meeting culture to avoid wasting time or frustration. Since many of the participants were from organizations that … [Read more...]
Why and How Your #Nonprofit Needs To Bust the Culture of Sitting at Work
There has been more and more research coming out on the health dangers of sitting too much during the work day and the benefits of standing and walking while you work. This recent article does a great job summarizing the newest research studies, but more importantly it reports that medical experts and researchers are starting to devise formulas for how long we should be sitting at work to avoid adverse effects. According to ergonomics Alan Hedge, the right formula for sitting, standing, and … [Read more...]
Using Design Thinking for A Foundation's Investment Strategy
What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working? I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here's what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What … [Read more...]
How Two Nonprofits Use Social Media To Help Save Fish – #keepemwet #SaveMarinsCoho
Yvon Chouinard - Founder of Patagonia, flyer fisherman, rock climber, surfer and COHO ACTIVIST! Posted by Catie Clune on Thursday, September 24, 2015 This weekend, I got to spend some time at a beautiful conference center on Falling Leaf Lake with grassroots environmental organizations at the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference. The event is sponsored by Patagonia as part of their grant program. I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two … [Read more...]
Nonprofits and Instagram: The Ultimate Curated Collection of Best Practices, Examples, and Tips
[slideshare id=29413080&doc=instagrammarketingguide-131221090752-phpapp02] Earlier this month, when Instagram announced its user community had grown to more than 400 million, it reminded me that I needed to update my curated collection of Instagram for Nonprofit resources. As a content curator, I'm not just on the hunt for learning and sharing snippets of the new or what's buzzing. Content curation is ultimately organizing, synthesizing, presenting, and maintaining your resource … [Read more...]
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