Beth Kanter's Blog - Part 18

Jul

2017

19

What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

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What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

Conferences, Digital Trends, Fundraising, Innovation, Philanthropy

Last month, I was honored to co-teach a master class and workshops on digital strategy and crowdfunding with Cambodia colleague, Tharum Bun, at the first IFCAsia in Bangkok.    I learned so much about the digital challenges facing Asian NGOs, how these are similar or different from NGOs in other regions, met and connect with amazing people, and was inspired by the speakers I heard and the workshops I took for my own learning.… Read More

Jul

2017

18

Does Your Nonprofit Suffer from Fire Drill Culture?

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Does Your Nonprofit Suffer from Fire Drill Culture?

Happy Healthy Nonprofit, Leadership

Last week, I was honored to do several workshops  hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara on how nonprofits can link a culture of well being to outcomes based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.… Read More

Jul

2017

17

An Ingenious Texting Bot from @SFMOMA

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An Ingenious Texting Bot from @SFMOMA

AI4Good, Bots, Happy Healthy Nonprofit, Mindfulness

As we enter the age of automation, more and more nonprofits are using bots. If bots are designed well, they can have impact.   The San Francisco Museum of Art recently launched an ingenious bot called “Send Me” that allows anyone to send a simple text message and receive a picture of a piece of art matching the idea, words, or phrase texted.… Read More

Jul

2017

12

Turning Empathy Inward at Nonprofit Organizations

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Turning Empathy Inward at Nonprofit Organizations

Organizational Culture

In my book with Aliza Sherman, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout, we offer a framework for practicing self-care and creating a culture of well-being in the nonprofit workplace. The book looks at our relationships with ourselves, other people, careers and money, our environment, and technology—and shows how our relationships with people in our workplaces heavily influence our well-being.… Read More

Jul

2017

11

Creating A Global Network of Capacity Builders for Social Change

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Creating A Global Network of Capacity Builders for Social Change

Capacity, Training Design

I’ve always benefited from learning from colleagues who do nonprofit technology training and capacity but often we come from the same perspective.   I’ve always dreamed of accessing a diverse network of people who do nonprofit capacity across different disciplines  or what Nancy White has described as “learning from adjacent practices.”

This would be a network or community of practice that freely shares and learns from one another about training and capacity building that is participatory, peer-learning, networked, makes use of design thinking, openly shared and a prelude to collective action.… Read More