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Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0
Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. This convening of ”network practitioners” (consultants and others who are working with or networks of people and organizations on social change goals) took place at the Packard Foundation and designed and facilitated by consultants Gigi Barsoum and Heather Grant-McLeod. … [Read more...]
7 Fantastic Free or Low Cost Sources To Get Images for Your Content Strategy
Images, visuals, videos, and infographics are being staples of nonprofit's content strategy, especially for social channels. While Facebook recently launched a huge free stock photo archive for use in Facebook ads, finding compelling, high quality images that are low cost or free for image overlays, blog post and other channels can be difficult. I recently asked nonprofits on my Facebook brand page where they got their images. Here's a round up of resources and advice. It is important to … [Read more...]
Knight Foundation Launches The Giving Day Play Book
Note from 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. You can expect to continue to see more blog posts from me on the topic of peer learning design and training techniques as I continue to do … [Read more...]
Context Is Everything: Online Communities
Note from Beth: Mitch Arnowitz and I recently participated in an online discussion atVenture Philanthropy Partners/Leap of Reason about creating a community of practice for continuous improvement and high performance in the nonprofit sector. We were part of an email thread with a small group of individuals offered input on community management systems and facilitator recruiting resources. After I wrote up this summary on my blog, How To Get Started Thinking About Online Peer Learning … [Read more...]
Top Ten Chart Secrets from A Nonprofit Data Nerd
Note from Beth: A few months ago, Ann Emery wrote a guest post about her Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets which was an amazingly practical and popular post. Ann inspired me to set up a tumblr blog called "Now That's A Spreadsheet" showcasing examples from nonprofits. But being a nonprofit data is not just about being an Excel ninja, it is also about visualizing data and being a chart master. When Ann told me she has lots of secrets and time saving tips for charts and offered … [Read more...]
Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award
I'm thrilled to announce that "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" won the Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award for 2013. The Terry McAdam Book Award was established in 1989 to commemorate the life and work of New York Community Trust Vice President, Terry McAdam, who devoted his life to improving the nonprofit management field and urged the field to write about the sector to share knowledge and build the social change movement. Our book was one of four finalists, including colleague Allyson … [Read more...]
Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action for Social Change: Reflection
As part of my work plan as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I have the pleasure of working with networks of grantees to design and facilitate peer learning exchanges on networked nonprofit practices and using social media effectively over the past five years. One of the networks I’ve been supporting for three years is Friending the Finish Line strategy. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their … [Read more...]
3 Must-Have Productivity Tools for Creating Visual Content for Social Channels
You are on a roll! You've put together an editorial calendar for next month that lays out the themes, news events, and content ideas for all channels, including social media. With your metrics in hand, you know that visual content like infographics or text overlay images work really well with your audience. Unfortunately, you don't have an in-house designer to create this content for you and you barely have enough time to get all the tasks on the to-do list complete. What to do? Keep … [Read more...]
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