I get to work with many grantees from the Packard Foundation, including the Encore Fellowships Network—which enables professionals to transition from private sector careers into high-impact roles in the nonprofit sector—used a network-scaling model to grow from a single pilot program in Silicon Valley to a network of 200 organizations operating in 20 metropolitan areas nationwide. Wisdom About Networks From Encore Network - A Guest Post by Leslye Louie and Lyle Hurst Having benefited from the … [Read more...]
Why Building Resilient Networks Matter
Note from Beth: I've written about the importance of building resilience in networks given the complex and connected environment we live in today. So, when Pat Brandes from the Barr Foundation sent me this thought piece on building resilience of networks, it resonated on many different levels. Lessons Learned About Resilient Networks from Super Storm Sandy by Pat Brandes, Executive Director, the Barr Foundation As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a … [Read more...]
Non-Profit Leaders as Personal Brands
Note From Beth: I recently keynoted the Social Good Brasil conference and one of the other speakers was Simon Mainwaring who gave an amazing keynote about social branding. His talk resonated with some of the ideas around how nonprofits can use a network mindset and leverage the professional networks of senior leaders of nonprofits. He agreed to riff on the idea and write this useful post. As a long time reader of Beth’s blog, I am very excited by the release of Beth’s new book, Measuring … [Read more...]
Bringing a Network Mindset to Board Development
I just published a blog post over at the SSIR blog called "Bringing a Network Mindset to Board Development." If you thinking about combining a network mindset with social networking tools, you and your board can recruit both the best talent to join your board and the people with the best networks. Having a robust, well-connected network can help your nonprofit find new resources, get new ideas and inspiration, and be more effective. My blog post shares some ideas about how to do this and … [Read more...]
Watching Our Vote Live on Twitter
I am in Brasil to keynote the Social Good Brasil Conference (had to vote early), but I can still watch democracy unfold in real-time through my friends updates on Twitter, Facebook, and other social channels. I love seeing these photos of polling places where my friends are voting. But you can also see aggregated information about the voting process on Our Vote Live created by Election Protection,Lawyers' Committee, NOI, and Ushahidi. It is mapping out all reported voting/election … [Read more...]
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