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Trainer's Notebook: The Feng Shui of Good Teaching and Learning
All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. I'm also doing a lot of training of other trainers. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed many years ago in China. The practices are intended to balance the energies of any … [Read more...]
Treat Your Social Media Measurement Like A 6th Grader's Science Fair Project!
Note from Beth: Both my kids have worked on projects for their school's science fair. They follow the scientific method which includes coming up with hypothesis question, collecting data, analyzing results, and getting insight to their questions. My daughter's project involved testing different potting soils to see one was better for seed germination. As I was helping her translate the data in excel spreadsheet into a line graph, I realized that the project was essentially an a/b test. As … [Read more...]
Does Your Organization Have Social Media Guidelines for All Staff?
We adopted a set of Guidelines that TNT created (creative commons) to ENCOURAGE their staff to use social: bit.ly/YQe91n #npsmpeer — Brian Fitzgerald (@brianfit) March 10, 2013 One of the basic tenets of my first book with Alison Fine, "The Networked Nonprofit," was that everyone in the organization participates in social media from the executive director on down - not just the "social media person." Having staff use social media as part of their work can extend the organization's network … [Read more...]
Social Media Is About Engagement With A Purpose and How To Measure It
A few days ago, my colleague Suzanne Walsh, shared a tweet with me that pointed to a blog post titled, "Social Media Is Not About Engagement?" from Bundlepost (a social media productivity tool). I recently heard this same idea from colleague Carie Lewis during our Measurement Workshop at SXSW. But KD Paine has been saying this for years, and illustrating the ladder of engagement in terms of relationships using the slide above. Put another way, “The world's greatest love letter is … [Read more...]
RIP Google Reader: Don't Scream Who Moved My Cheese, Pivot Your Reading
This past week, Google announced that it would close Google Reader on July 1st. Nonprofit technology colleague Nancy Schwartz shared that link and it prompted a lot of angst for many who had grown dependent on this free software. More than 125,000 people signed this online petition at Change.Org and lists of alternatives to Google Reader started popping up like this one from Lifehacker and list.ly. In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an … [Read more...]
SXSW 2013: Measurement and Making Sense of Your Data
This is the last post in a series of post about my experience at SXSW. This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit," which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge, and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. Amy Sample Ward facilitated a lunch time conversation about impact measurement for nonprofits in the Beacon Lounge with Lynn Labieniec of Beaconfire and Robert Rosenthal of VolunteerMatch. It was a … [Read more...]
SXSW 2013 – Are You A Social Media Nonprofit Manager Looking for Your Peers? #npsmpeer
This year SXSW is offered something new: workshops on a wide range of topics from some of the top people in their industry. I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. This blog post summarizes the insights and resources that were shared from a workshop on how nonprofit social media managers can be change makers from within their organizations. The title was "Peer to Peer Nonprofit Social Media Managers" and we took … [Read more...]
SXSW 2013 – Social by Global: Failure Is Not An F-Word!
[slideshare id=16984179&doc=bethkanter-slides-socialgood-summit-130306131919-phpapp02] This week I was in Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive Festival where I presented or facilitated at several social good sessions or events. I started presenting at SXSW in 2008 and have gone annually (except last year I took a year off). I've watched over the years as the presence of social good and nonprofits folks has grown over the years, although this year it felt like contracted because there were … [Read more...]
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