Aliza Sherman and I never dreamed that our book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, would be such a needed resource in the nonprofit field when we started writing it last year. Working in the nonprofit sector has become even more stressful in the last few months and we will all need to strengthen our individual and organizational resilience so we can serve our stakeholders without burning out or going crazy. Starting next week, we’ll be visiting a few cities on … [Read more...]
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What Does Resiliency Really Mean for Nonprofit Leaders and Their Organizations?
I declared that resilience was one of my themes for the new year. And, in writing a guest post about it over at the Packard Foundation's Organizational Effective Blog, I shared the story of the boiling frog. If a frog is dropped into cold water in a sauce pan and brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. It is a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of threats that arise gradually. Burnout is like boiling … [Read more...]
Let's Step It Up: Join Me for a Walking Challenge
The Surgeon General in partnership with Fitbit has issued the Step It Up! Challenge open to all Americans, running from October 13, 2016 at 12:01 AM PDT and ends on October 26, 2016 at 11:59 PM PDT. The idea is to encourage people to walk more to improve health and raise awareness about making cities more walkable. You can sign up here and join my team, Happy Healthy Nonprofit. Part of the inspiration for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit c0-authored with Aliza Sherman came several ago when I … [Read more...]
New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding
Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called "Foundation Maps for Media Funding," a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. This version of the tool is a significant upgrade to the tool launched previously by Media Impact Funders. The tool is designed for funders, nonprofits, mission-driven media makers, journalists and philanthropic … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Help Your Nonprofit Learn from Feedback (and Earn More Funding Too!)
Note from Beth: At the end of the day, organizations that are committed to learning will be more effective at meeting the needs of the people they serve. Learning is the ultimate result of being "data informed" that is using feedback data to improve results. GlobalGiving has just launched GG Rewards, a new program rewarding nonprofits that are committed to learning and improving. They have also provided resources for nonprofits to learn how to use tools to get feedback in the Feedback … [Read more...]
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