Note from Beth: This week I'm live blogging the GEO conference, but since I can’t cover it all, I’ve enlisted an awesome live blogging team of grantmakers and others attending the conference who will share what they are learning in guest posts on this blog! You’ll be able to learn in real time with grantmakers and engage in a conversation in the comments. So, in the next few days expect a series of thought-provoking guest posts about networks, organizational effectiveness, evaluation, … [Read more...]
Using Social Media Effectively and Powerful Tactics Workshop
Social Media Master Class View more presentations from Beth Kanter As part ongoing work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am designing, facilitating, and delivering workshops with Compasspoint. Last week, I had the great pleasure of presenting a one-day workshop with colleagues Holly Minch, JD Lasica, Janet Fouts, and Susan Tenby. The session was designed a mix of strategy with a deep dive into content, measurement, Facebook, and Twitter. The overall … [Read more...]
Close the Triangle
Guest post by Scott Bechtler-Levin After spending a couple days with nearly 150 smart, network weavers at the GEO/ Monitor Institute “Growing Social Impact in a Networked World” conference (http://www.geofunders.org/networksconference.aspx), I am reminded of one of my favorite quotations: “The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know…” (Socrates, according to Plato) One of many ‘ah-has’ came early during the well facilitated conference. It was just an off-hand comment from June … [Read more...]
Network Leadership: A Few Ingredients in the Secret Sauce
Guest post from Kathy Reich For a while I’ve been puzzling over what makes a good network leader. The traditional models of organizational leadership clearly don’t apply, but then, which models do? The Grantmakers Gathering on Networks provided a few a-ha moments for me about network leadership: The first leader or leaders in a network are like first responders at the scene of a crash—they’re in charge of making things happen until the structures get set up to fully address the situation. No … [Read more...]
Networks are beautiful
Guest post from Stephanie McAuliffe Bob Agres Executive Director of Hawai’i Alliance for Community Based Economic Development said that network weaving is the humility to discover the unique gift of each person you encounter and to connect it with a need. That’s beautiful. I heard several people at the Gran maker’s Gathering on Networks say that networks are beautiful. I find beauty in the trust that allows network ties to strengthen and in the visual representation of networks. It is fun to … [Read more...]
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