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...]
Two Must Read Reports on Nonprofit Capacity Building
Two reports have been released on the topic of capacity building: "Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together," from GrantCraft, a service of the Foundation Center and "Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity" from GEOfunders. This post summarizes gems from both reports. While the reports are guides to funders, if you do work as a capacity builder, you will find some useful insights for your practice. . Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together This … [Read more...]
The Performance Imperative: A Framework for Social Sector Excellence
"The Performance Imperative: A Framework for Social Sector Excellence, the result of a full year of collaborative work by the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community, a group of nonprofit leaders coalesced and coordinated by the Leap of Reason team (leapofreason.org), makes it debut today. The framework details the seven organizational competencies that can help nonprofits achieve high performance and deliver greater social impact - the holy grail of the social sector. The competencies … [Read more...]
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