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Note from Beth: Earlier this month,  I posted shared an article mentioning a warning from Facebook to Page Admins:  Your organic reach will decline.    I asked fans if they thought paid reach will become a standard part of their strategy.  The post prompted lots of comments and complaints, especially from smaller nonprofits without the resources to purchase ads on Facebook.     Shaun Dakin shared this petition from change.org asking Facebook to set up an advertising grant program.   John Haydon … [Read more...]

Note from Beth: Last year at the NTC, I facilitated a plenary session on learning from failure - a topic that I've been curating for years and lately, have seen a number of failfests and failcons popping up including these two coming up in November - in NYC and SF.    One big nonprofit fail is crafting effective pitches or calls to action that align across a ladder of engagement.    Erica Mills has shared this guest post about why some nonprofit pitches fail and some tips on how to fix them. … [Read more...]

  Note from Beth: Mitch Arnowitz and I recently participated in an online discussion atVenture Philanthropy Partners/Leap of Reason about creating a community of practice for continuous improvement and high performance in the nonprofit sector.  We were part of an email thread with a small group of individuals offered input on community management systems and facilitator recruiting resources.  After I wrote up this summary on my blog, How To Get Started Thinking About Online Peer Learning … [Read more...]

The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation   View more presentations from Beth Kanter Yesterday, I did a free NTEN Webinar called "The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation: Reducing Information Overload" based on my feature article in the NTEN Change Journal in June with the same title.    (You can register and download the issue here for free and listen to the webinar recording here)  The main idea is that good curation skills can build staff expertise and avoid the pain of … [Read more...]