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3 New Year's Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

January 4, 2017 by Beth Kanter Leave a Comment

I would like to wish all my readers, colleagues, and friends a happy new year!   I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection.  How about you? But before jumping into the daily grind, during the first week of January I use the quiet time to engage in several New Year's rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas.    My rituals include: 1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Productivity

Happy, Healthy 2016: What's Your Theme for the Year?

January 4, 2016 by Beth Kanter 9 Comments

Happy New Year!   I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection.   How about you? Last year, I decided that I didn’t need to wait until New Year’s to establish happy, healthy habits in my life.  For example, just a few weeks ago I decided to kick a bad habit to curb: sleeping with my mobile phone which was disrupting my sleep.   I did it!  I'm now am feeling refreshed and recharged for a new year. I also have New Year’s rituals that help me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Happy Healthy Nonprofit

Using Design Thinking for A Foundation's Investment Strategy

September 29, 2015 by Beth Kanter

What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy?  What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working?   I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month.   Here's what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facilitation, Innovation, Meeting Design

Measuring the Impact of Your Nonprofit Program

March 2, 2015 by Beth Kanter 4 Comments

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub.  The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact.      The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping.   The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. That's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Measurement

Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

November 18, 2014 by Beth Kanter

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub.  The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact.      The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Measurement

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