Every year since GivingTuesday has started, I've celebrated it with a fundraiser for a nonprofit cause that I care deeply about. This year, on November 29, I will participate in a fundraising event with Guy Kawasaki hosted by Mozilla to help raise awareness and funds for Wake (Women's Alliance and Knowledge Exchange). If you are in the Bay Area, please join us - you can RSVP here. WAKE gets technology and communications tools, training and support to women's rights leaders and their … [Read more...]
Apple Pay for Nonprofits: Frictionless Online Philanthropy
Apple has had a rule that banned iOS apps from collecting funds for charities or fundraisers via Apple Pay. That means if they collected funds, it would have to take place outside the app, such as through a browser or text. Apple also made it difficult for nonprofits to collect in-app donations without incurring huge transaction fees on top of credit card fees. Six years ago, I helped organized a protest and online petition to ask Apple to change their online donation policy for nonprofits. … [Read more...]
Announcing the Launch of Book #3:The Happy Healthy Nonprofit
I am thrilled to announce the official launch of my third book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book explores why burnout is so common in the nonprofit sector and simple ways to practice self-care and bring a culture of well-being into the nonprofit workplace. Vu Lee, NonprofitwithBalls, wrote the hilarious foreword and Rob Cottingham created the cartoons to illustrate the book and guaranteed to make you smile. The book … [Read more...]
Four Early Lessons Learned in the Quest to Improve Feedback Loops in Philanthropy
Note from Beth: I've just returned from an amazing training project in Cambodia and will be sharing more about that this coming week. But for now, Listening and feedback loops are important skills for nonprofit leaders and for organizations to get better results. In my training work with emerging nonprofit leaders, teaching how to ask powerful questions and hone your listening skills is part of the leadership development curriculum and workshops. Listening is also an important competency … [Read more...]
Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time
Note from Beth: Peter Panepento wrote a thoughtful piece earlier this week about #givedaylessons and gave me permission to republish it here. Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called "The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story." Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time - Guest Post by Peter Panepento Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, … [Read more...]
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