I'm thrilled to announce that "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" won the Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award for 2013.    The Terry McAdam Book Award was established in 1989 to commemorate the life and work of New York Community Trust Vice President, Terry McAdam, who devoted his life to improving the nonprofit management field and urged the field to write about the sector to share knowledge and build the social change movement.   Our book was one of four finalists, including colleague Allyson … [Read more...]

My second book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World co-authored with Katie Delahaye Paine and featuring a foreword by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen has been chosen as one of four finalists for the 2013 Terry McAdam Book Award of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management. The award committee is now in process of reviewing the finalist selections to identify the 2013 winner of the award, which will be announced and presented at “Grown Locally, Practiced Nationally: A … [Read more...]

I'm writing this post from Tunisia.  I'm here working on an amazing training project for the Women's Economic Sustainability program where I will train trainers to deliver a curriculum for Women entrepreneurs to use social media as well as deliver a workshop to the partners on the "Networked NGO" based on my book the Networked Nonprofit.    The photo above is the view from my hotel room. For the last five years,  I have been using Chris Brogan's "My Three Words" to identify three words that help … [Read more...]

My blog was way over do for a fresh and new look!  I thought the launch of my new book would be the perfect time to make a few changes! In May, 2010.   I moved from my old typepad blog to a word press blog that was designed to match the cover colors of my book, The Networked Nonprofit, co-authored with Alison Fine.   Today,  I'm unveiling a new look featuring the green and blue that is on the cover of my soon be launched next book, "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit," co-authored with KD Paine. … [Read more...]

This is the third of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “homecoming trip.”      Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia, focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation.  Part 2 was about the Cambodian social media community.   This post is about It's about responsible tourism in an age of social media. No trip to Cambodia would not be complete with a visit to the sacred temples, including Angkor Wat, in Siem Reap, a tourism center … [Read more...]