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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills
For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. An important part of the design is that this professional development isn’t just focusing on emerging leaders skill … [Read more...]
Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World
This past year, I collaborated with Andrea Kihlstedt on a couple of Guidestar hosted Webinars on the topic of Healthy and Productive Meetings. As a follow up, we published the following article as part of their newsletter. I'm sharing it on my blog! Enjoy! Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World by Beth Kanter and Andrea Kihlstedt While virtual meetings have their challenges—from the temptation to multi-task to being derailed by technical issues, you can still accomplish … [Read more...]
What Nonprofit CEOs and Trustees Do the Best Job Leading on Social Media Channels?
For the past few years, Social CEOs has recognized nonprofit leaders who are doing a good job on social media. This year's award nominations for CEOs and Trustees who inspire, encourage and provoke debate is now open and you can nominate a nonprofit leader here. For the past few years, I've been teaching a workshop called "Leading on Social Channels" for nonprofits that want to leverage the personal brands of their leaders. I also teach this workshop for emerging nonprofit leaders - since … [Read more...]
Resource: The Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Playbook
[slideshare id=49572169&doc=playbookfinalpdf-150618200535-lva1-app6892&type=d] I am thrilled to share The Emerging Leaders Playbook - you can download here. It offers a comprehensive guide for emerging leaders and their mentors to help them make sense of the changing nature of leadership. The Playbook offers practical tools grounded in research, and accompanied by systems of support to guide reflection, growth, and organizational best practices. It is part of a project funded by the … [Read more...]
The Secret Sauce for Productive Nonprofit Meetings that No One Talks About
I'm facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation. One of the modules is on meetings. It includes design and facilitation - and these days those are important leadership skills. But often we forget to add the secret sauce: how to participate in meetings with impact. There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings. In fact, I just wrote a post summarizing some of the most recent … [Read more...]
Healthy and Productive Nonprofit Meetings: What Does the Research Say?
How many meetings and conference calls did you have yesterday? Our work days are filled with meetings and conference calls with the intent of getting stuff done. But many meetings end up being a complete waste of time. That's why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation - and these days it is an important leadership skill. In preparation, I've been studying the research and best practices for productive meetings. Here's a … [Read more...]
Help Empower Women Rights Organizations in the Ukraine
A branch of my family tree is from the Ukraine. At the age of 13, my grandfather left his country and ended up as a refugee in America. Despite harsh conditions, he made a new life in a new country, but never forgot his homeland. Now, almost 100 years later, I have an opportunity to give back to my ancestral homeland. I’m giving my support as well as sharing my teaching and technology skills with Women’s Rights organizations in Ukraine. The project is called “Tech2Empower,” … [Read more...]
#Buypens – Social Media and Crowdfunding Helps Syrian Refugee
People who know me well, know that I have an obsession with pens and magic markers. So, when this viral fundraising campaign - #BuyPens - to help Syrian refugee came across my radar, it immediately caught my attention. When Gissur Simonarson, an activist from Oslo, Norway, shared a photo on Twitter last week of a father selling pens on the streets of Beirut as he cradled his sleeping daughter, the tugged at the heart strings of the 6,000 followers on Twitter. Within hours, requests poured … [Read more...]
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