On Friday, I was honored to lead a session for participants in the TechWomen program, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), designed to offer professional development, networking, and mentorships for women in the Middle East working in the technology and science sectors. This year's 41 participants are matched with mentors from companies here in the Bay Area and do a five-week internship. They also receive training and visit other … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Book Review: The Nonprofit Business Plan
One of the things that I love at the Packard Foundation is the learning culture. Different program officers host regular program forums with nonprofit experts, grantees, authors, and thinkers. This week I attended a session with David La Piana, author and long-time nonprofit consultant, hosted by the Foundation's Organizational Effectiveness Program. David gave a talk about his new book, The Nonprofit Business Plan, and mini-workshop about what makes a good business plan from a … [Read more...]
Attention Nonprofit #datanerds: Data-Informed Fundraising!
We may need to start wearing these here! RT @kanter what every #datanerd needs in their wardrobe - I Love Data T-shirt bit.ly/QlhMt4 — Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012 The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with "I Love Data!" in the office). But if you read the articles in this issue, you will come to conclusion that loving (and using data) for strategic … [Read more...]
Attention Data Nerds! NTEN Change Journal: It's All About Data
The new issue of the NTEN Change Journal is all about data! Or rather how we all should love data! Whether you call it data-driven or data-informed, the issue has several excellent articles about how to use data for decision-making as well as lots of useful tips! It's a must read for data nerds. As many of you know, I've just finished writing a book with measurement guru, KD Paine, called "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" that teaches nonprofits how to embrace the data and use it to … [Read more...]
Does Your Nonprofit Have A Social Media Work Flow?
Jeremiah Owyang's post, "Social Media Work Flow," offers a good taxonomy for a social media work flow, triage, or process. He defines this as "a sequence of connected steps that enables the entire organization to act efficiently with minimal overlapping tasks and resources in order to serve the market in social channels and beyond." It is the work flow documented and visualized that answers the question, "What if we get a negative comment? or on a larger scale, "What if our organization … [Read more...]