I am knee deep in developing a peer learning program for Millennial leadership development in nonprofit organizations that is designed based on the research out there. The last few months have been a time of deep reading and thinking many reports, research, and books. One book that resonated not only with this work, but my previous work on networked nonprofits is nonprofit technology colleague Maddie Grant's "When Millennials Take Over," written with Jamie Notter. When Millennials Take … [Read more...]
Reflections from #15ntc Session Walking As Work and 20/8/2 Rule
I just returned from my 15 consecutive Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN! This year I designed and facilitated a highly interactive session called "Walking is Work: Don't Call It A Break" with Ritu Sharma. I also lead a conference networking walk following the session. This post summarizes some thoughts and reflections. The slides and resources from the session can be found here. This highly interactive session covered the research on why sitting is bad and why … [Read more...]
Driving Toward Impact With Data Science #15ntc
Note from Beth: I'm attending and presenting a session about Walking As Work with Ritu Sharma. As luck would have it, one of the sessions that I really wanted to go to is scheduled at the same time as ours. It is a session about being Data Savvy featuring colleagues from Crisis Text Line, Global Giving, and DataKind. So, in lieu of a cloning machine, I'm publishing this guest post by By Friederike Schuur, DataKind Volunteer. From online shopping to online dating, our daily interactions … [Read more...]
Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention
This month's theme for the nonprofit Blog Carnival is "Breaking Through the Noise," calling for tips and ideas about how nonprofits can reach their audiences with the right message at the right time given the clutter of online information clamoring for their attention. Last month, I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of Ben Parr's new book, Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention that is packed with research, insights, and tips about how to capture your audience's … [Read more...]
Measuring the Impact of Your Nonprofit Program
A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. That's … [Read more...]
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