That headline isn't a lawyer joke. And let me say upfront, I respect lawyers and legal issues that nonprofits and foundations have to navigate around social media. However, I realize that in some nonprofits the relationship between in-house legal counsel or the organization's lawyers is based on fear and control. As a social media nonprofit professional mentioned in a Facebook thread recently, "I've observed interesting dynamics with legal counsel over social media with the result of … [Read more...]
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When Culture Eats Your Foundation's Social Media Strategy for Breakfast
Council on Foundations View more presentations from Beth Kanter Yesterday, I had the honor of facilitating a workshop on culture change and social media at the Council on Foundations Conference for Community Foundations in San Francisco. John Kobara, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, California Community Foundation, was the session designer and introduced the session with a famous quote from Peter Drucker, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Instituting a new … [Read more...]
How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?
Flickr Photo by Minarae Note from Beth: I was thrilled that Paul Connolly agreed to write a guest post sharing some of the public learning taking place through the OE Goldmine Project on the Packard Foundation OE Wiki. As a technology trainer, capacity builder, and consultant working with nonprofits, I always ask the fishing question, especially since I work in the area of emerging technologies that often falls prey to Shiny Object Syndrome -- (Google + anyone?). What lies beneath a … [Read more...]
GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference: Reflections from the Innovation Lab
In May, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with community foundations at the annual GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference. I gave a keynote about the Human Side of Data for Good and facilitated a mini-innovation lab to brainstorm creative ideas around the challenge of communicating about the value of shared data and becoming the community knowledge center for shared data for donors, nonprofits, and other stakeholders. The lab used human design facilitation techniques that I have been … [Read more...]
Is "Ambient Data" from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?
Last week the Packard Foundation hosted a convening on “Data Informed Philanthropy," an effort to explore and build digital systems that enable philanthropies to be truly data-informed. This term means having effective systems for collecting, analyzing, and making sense of data to inform and enable greater impact with funding. Here's a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term "Data-Informed" was using in my recent book, "Measuring the … [Read more...]