This past year, I collaborated with Andrea Kihlstedt on a couple of Guidestar hosted Webinars on the topic of Healthy and Productive Meetings. As a follow up, we published the following article as part of their newsletter. I'm sharing it on my blog! Enjoy! Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World by Beth Kanter and Andrea Kihlstedt While virtual meetings have their challenges—from the temptation to multi-task to being derailed by technical issues, you can still accomplish … [Read more...]
The Secret Sauce for Productive Nonprofit Meetings that No One Talks About
I'm facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation. One of the modules is on meetings. It includes design and facilitation - and these days those are important leadership skills. But often we forget to add the secret sauce: how to participate in meetings with impact. There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings. In fact, I just wrote a post summarizing some of the most recent … [Read more...]
Healthy and Productive Nonprofit Meetings: What Does the Research Say?
How many meetings and conference calls did you have yesterday? Our work days are filled with meetings and conference calls with the intent of getting stuff done. But many meetings end up being a complete waste of time. That's why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation - and these days it is an important leadership skill. In preparation, I've been studying the research and best practices for productive meetings. Here's a … [Read more...]
Reflections from #15ntc Session Walking As Work and 20/8/2 Rule
I just returned from my 15 consecutive Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN! This year I designed and facilitated a highly interactive session called "Walking is Work: Don't Call It A Break" with Ritu Sharma. I also lead a conference networking walk following the session. This post summarizes some thoughts and reflections. The slides and resources from the session can be found here. This highly interactive session covered the research on why sitting is bad and why … [Read more...]
How to make convenings count: a new hands-on guidebook
Note from Beth: This resource has lots of useful framework and design tips for designing and implementing convenings which can also be applied to designing workshops, meetings, and other gatherings. How to make convenings count: a new hands-on guidebook By Noah Rimland Flower The Networked Nonprofit wasn’t only about making smart use of social media and metrics. It talks about how to use today’s tools to build a collaborative culture and using them to find ways for individuals and … [Read more...]
