Yvon Chouinard - Founder of Patagonia, flyer fisherman, rock climber, surfer and COHO ACTIVIST! Posted by Catie Clune on Thursday, September 24, 2015 This weekend, I got to spend some time at a beautiful conference center on Falling Leaf Lake with grassroots environmental organizations at the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference. The event is sponsored by Patagonia as part of their grant program. I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two … [Read more...]
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Recent Social Media User Data: One Big Takeaway for Nonprofits
One way I keep up with news and trends in social media is to curate social media research studies on Pinterest, share on my Facebook Page, and make sense of them here on my blog. Here’s one insight about how your nonprofit might use some of this recent data to inform your social media strategy: Acenture Interactive's Acquity Group's 2015 Next Generation of Commerce Study, surveyed more than 2,000 U.S. consumers on their habits and preferences surrounding digital engagement, content, shopping, … [Read more...]
Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills
For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. An important part of the design is that this professional development isn’t just focusing on emerging leaders skill … [Read more...]
Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World
This past year, I collaborated with Andrea Kihlstedt on a couple of Guidestar hosted Webinars on the topic of Healthy and Productive Meetings. As a follow up, we published the following article as part of their newsletter. I'm sharing it on my blog! Enjoy! Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World by Beth Kanter and Andrea Kihlstedt While virtual meetings have their challenges—from the temptation to multi-task to being derailed by technical issues, you can still accomplish … [Read more...]
The Secret Sauce for Productive Nonprofit Meetings that No One Talks About
I'm facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation. One of the modules is on meetings. It includes design and facilitation - and these days those are important leadership skills. But often we forget to add the secret sauce: how to participate in meetings with impact. There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings. In fact, I just wrote a post summarizing some of the most recent … [Read more...]
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