Note from Beth: I'm honored to be a member of the Leap Ambassadors Community, a group of people in the nonprofit sector who care deeply about high performance. A recent work product from this community includes "Small, But Mighty," created by a small group led by Debra Natenshon and Karen Walker, the guest post authors. Often, we think of "high performance" as something only for large organizations, but smaller nonprofits can apply the ideas too. As a member of the NTEN Board, I used this … [Read more...] about Small, But Mighty: A Resource for Small Nonprofit Leaders
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Book Review: Engine of Impact – Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
Last week I attended the launch of the book, Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector by William F. Meehan III and Kim Starkey Jonker, with a Foreword by Jim Collins. The authors identify seven leadership best practices of high performance based on their extensive experience in the nonprofit and philanthropy sector. Together these best practices form an "engine of impact" that nonprofits need to build, maintain, and hone over time to scale with results. As a … [Read more...] about Book Review: Engine of Impact – Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
The Happy Healthy Data Nerd: Using Your Personal Health Data to Support Your Wellbeing
The passion that many nonprofit data nerds feel for our work is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, that fervor helps us to keep going in the face of difficult challenges, like analyzing a huge data set. On the other hand, we can be so driven running data visualizations at the keyboard for hours that we don’t stop to refuel or even notice we are experiencing symptoms of burnout. In my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, co-authored with Aliza Sherman, … [Read more...] about The Happy Healthy Data Nerd: Using Your Personal Health Data to Support Your Wellbeing
New Resource for Nonprofits: The Data Playbook – Practices for Purpose-Driven Work
Join me at Markets for Good on December 6 at 1 pm EST for a FREE roundtable discussion about the new Data Playbook. It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World, with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Of course, there were a few bright spots such as Mario Morino's Lead of Reason, DoSomething.Org, DataKind, … [Read more...] about New Resource for Nonprofits: The Data Playbook – Practices for Purpose-Driven Work
Nonprofit Organizational Culture Eats Big Data for Lunch
Note from Beth: I was thrilled to be interviewed by Steve along with many other nonprofit data nerds, for his new book, Data Driven Nonprofits. He was kind enough to send me an advanced copy and it is definitely a must read. So, check out this post and be sure to order a copy today! Culture Eats Big Data for Lunch - Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin Why do some organizations struggle to manage their data? Why do other nonprofits extract a lot of value out of their information? Why do some get … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Organizational Culture Eats Big Data for Lunch
