If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014 If you watched the Academy Awards, you know that Oscars' host, Ellen DeGeneres, kept pulling out her Samsung Galaxy Note 3 during the show. She managed to gather a bunch of celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Jared Leto, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong'o and Brad Pitt for a selfie that made the history books as the most … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List
At this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference, I'm thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, "Learn You Will." I'll co-teaching the session with colleagues Andrea Berry, John Kenyon, and Cindy Leonard. The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. … [Read more...]
It's Not What You Know, It's How You Learn
About a year ago, Mario Marino reached out to me and several colleagues with some provocative questions about e-learning in the nonprofit sector. E-learning is using internet technology and your networks to learn in real-time - either as an individual, within your organization, or a network and learning is applied to get results. This e-mail exchange with a dozen or so colleagues evolved into a guest post about one aspect of the topic. Mario and his colleague, Katie Paris explained that … [Read more...]
My TedXBerkeley Talk on Individual Social Responsibility
Earlier this month, I crossed an item off my bucket list when I gave a talk at TedXBerkeley. I spoke on the topic of "ISR" or what I call "Individual Social Responsibility. " The idea is that when you give in small amounts - anything - your time, money, or skills and encourage your network online to amplify it, you can have a great impact as an individual. The point is that it isn't about amazing a huge number of followers on social networks, it is about building relationships online, … [Read more...]
5 Methods for Avoiding Procrastination for Nonprofits
I found this wonderful comic on Mashable "The Field Guide to Procrastination" that identifies 12 different methods for work avoidance or procrastination, defined in Wikipedia as "putting off tasks for a later date." We all do it. The comic is funny but a fairly accurate depiction of how we procrastinate. I tend to be a lister, cleaner, or distractor, but in my 35 years working in the nonprofit sector, I've probably used all of these at one time or another, plus others not on the … [Read more...]
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