Last week, Andrea Kihlstedt and I did a reprise of our Guidestar webinar, "Healthy and Productive Meetings" as a learning session for Guidestar staff. Guidestar has multiple office locations, so this session was done as a virtual meeting using a platform and apps that offered features like chat, desktop sharing, polling, white board, sticky notes, and audio and video conferencing. As trainers, Andrea and I both know the value of "modeling the model," so we wanted to use and model best … [Read more...]
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Spotting the Human Side of Data at DoGoodData Conference
"Problems don't start with data, they start with people." -@deanmalmgren reminds us not to lose sight of the user's humanity #DoGoodData2015 — Plenty (@PlentyCo) May 1, 2015 Last week, I attended and presented at the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago. The conference is expertly curated by Andrew Means who has shaped the agenda and speakers into an incredible learning experience for both the human and technical sides of data of for good. This is the best conference to learn about data for … [Read more...]
Nepal Earthquake Roundup: Emergency Fundraising Attention Cycle
PLEASE MAKE A RECURRING GIFT: I've donated to the GlobalGiving Earthquake Fund - the money will go to a vetted network of NGOS - and they have a donor who is matching all recurring gifts. Even if you made a donation, consider making a recurring gift which will be matched and assure that funding will be there when most needed. You can donate here. I also donated to Save the Children and if you are an Orbitz customer they are matching donations. According to the Guardian, the 7.8-magnitude … [Read more...]
Nonprofits Need To Nurture the Next Generation of New Leaders
Flickr Photo by Wesley Fryer Note from Beth: This year I've been focusing more and more on leadership professional development in a networked world and finding myself working more and more with younger leaders in the nonprofit sector. Recently, I was chatting with Joan Garry, a consultant who works with current nonprofit leaders about the ways that nonprofits need to change in order to nurture the next generation of young leaders for the nonprofit sector. She had such a great insights … [Read more...]
Ahead of Give Local America, 7 trends in Giving Days
Guest Post by Michelle Huttenhoff, Knight Foundation With the clock ticking for Give Local America on May 5, community foundations and others are finalizing plans for this national day of online giving. At Knight Foundation, we’ve been providing insights on organizing successful Giving Days, and wanted to share the latest information we have gathered. Our work started with The Giving Day Playbook, a soup-to-nuts guide that is continuously updated. Today, we wanted to share insights from six 2014 … [Read more...]
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