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...]
NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection
Last week 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 data methods from Alexandra Samuel. There were cross-track sessions that ranged from traditional panels to an unconference. The culmination of these … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Innovation Toolkits: Methods To Invent, Adopt, and Adapt Ideas to Deliver Better Results
Lately, I've been obsessed with methods for facilitating innovation for nonprofits. It isn't a matter of facilitation techniques, but process design. The field of innovation practitioners, whether in corporate labs or working in social good sector, comes with lots of tool kits that offer different ways to help groups think of new ideas and prioritize them. My colleagues at the Mobilisation Lab recently shared a link to an excellent tool kit called DYI which stands for "Development, … [Read more...]
Learn You Will: #14ntc Nonprofit Tech Training Session Reflection and Resources
[slideshare id=32140899&doc=slideshareversion-140310145016-phpapp02] Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called "Learn, You Will" with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. I've collected the resources, notes, slides, and tweets from the session in this post. We framed the session as what to think about before, during, and after a training, using the … [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...]
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