Note from Beth: Show Me Your Dashboard! Imagine that I'm dancing around singing that phrase. I'm looking for good examples (and stories) about nonprofit dashboards, especially ones that support social media decision-making. Tell me about your dashboard in the comments - and if you're willing to take a screen capture or two, your organization's dashboard could be featured on this blog! Nonprofit Dashboards, Guest Post by Jacob Smith A dashboard can be your nonprofit's trusted adviser. … [Read more...]
Social Media and Grantmaking Session at Council on Foundation's Conference
Council on Foundations ROI Panel View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I participated on a panel called Face, Tweet, Link - Socia Media, Grantmaking & A True Social ROI. Laura Elfurd, Vice President and Chief Community Investment Officer at ZeroDivide moderated a panel that included Stephen Downs, Assistant VP, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Alexandra Mitchell and Jeff Pryor from Pathfinder Solutions, and Kathy Reich, Program Officer, Organizational Effectiveness & … [Read more...]
The Knowledge is in the Room: How To Let It Out
[slideshare id=6814180&doc=seattle-tech-for-goodsummit-110204120400-phpapp01] Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs, in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts, the event held the space for peer learning. It was great to see long-time colleague from NPower Seattle Peg Giffels who I met ten years ago when she first joined the staff. I was presenting a strategic technology … [Read more...]
Guided Visualizations at a Social Media Strategy Workshop
Note from Beth: As a trainer, I'm constantly on the prowl for new ideas for activities and exercises that get beyond death by PowerPoint. After spending a lot of time developing trainer of trainers curriculum, it is also fun to incorporate new ideas. I've looked to meditation and reflection practices before - in fact - last year during a guest instructor appearance in Jennifer Aaker's "Power of Social Technology" class at Stanford, I had the class do a reflection activity that involved … [Read more...]
Social Media Measurement Roundup
The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. We also identify a monthly theme to discuss in more in depth. We want to distinguish the salon from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls by offering a regular synthesis of the stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom shared in real time in the salon. This month's theme … [Read more...]
