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A Crash Course in Design Thinking for Network Leadership Skills
Last month, I participated in a Design Thinking Lab with network leadership practitioners convened by the Leadership Learning Community. The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell, Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. The design challenge was: How do we come up with concrete tools, frameworks and methods for … [Read more...]
Giving 2.0: The MOOC Launches Today: Sign Up for Free
Giving 2.0: The MOOC, is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. It launches today, so there is still time to sign up! The instructor is Stanford Professor and Philanthropist Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen. The course teaches students to assess nonprofits, create a high-impact giving plan, volunteer more effectively, and use online networks and tools for good. The course also … [Read more...]
What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?
Last month, I spent two days teaching at University of Buffalo, School of Social Work. During my visit, I gave a keynote at a nonprofit leadership conference, facilitated a workshop for social work agencies on networks and data, guest taught a graduate course in social work research and evaluation methods, met with faculty, gave a talk on giving to students at the student union (pictured above), and was interviewed for the podcast series. I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure … [Read more...]
Kickstarter Founder Launches Nonprofit Platform: A Dollar A Day
Perry Chen is an American Internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding the social fundraising website Kickstarter. Today, he has launched a platform to help raise money for nonprofits that are doing highly effective work, but may not be as well known to a larger audience. The platform is called "Dollar A Day. The idea is simple. Everyday they will donate a dollar a day to specific nonprofit, encourage others to donate, and promote the nonprofit's work to their network via a brief … [Read more...]
10 lessons for Giving Days, and one question: How can we make them more sustainable?
Note for Beth: Most of my work over the last twenty years in nonprofit technology has been focused on designing and facilitating capacity building projects, specifically training and peer learning projects that help participants successfully learn and apply skills using online technology, social media, networks, measurement, training design or other topic. The idea around peer learning groups is that participants learn skills that they assimilate as part of their ongoing practice. Over the … [Read more...]
The Art of Facilitating Meetings with Sticky Notes
What's in your facilitation toolkit? Mine includes markers, sticky notes, index cards, and flip chart paper. But wait, paper??? Yes. And, I'm not alone. Take for example my colleague Eugene Eric Kim who shares his facilitation toolkit which includes links to his favorite Post It notes and markers. David Lavenda wrote this excellent article in Fast Company about the history of the Post-It notes and their potential for becoming a killer innovation technology. It talks about the early … [Read more...]
Does Rigorous Data Analysis Thwart Effective Storytelling by Non-Profits?
Earlier this month I co-facilitated the “Impact Leadership Track” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Our track was one of three where participants could take a deep dive into a topic and learn from peers through dialogue. The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about storytelling with data from Alexandra Samuel. Her most controversial point was: “Rigorous data gathering and analysis can get in the way of … [Read more...]
How To Train Your Attention and Be Effective When Working Online
Take a guess. Be honest. How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats, in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted. Most educators and psychologists agree that the ability to focus attention on … [Read more...]
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