I’m off to vacation through Labor Day – and you should be, too!
And then I’ll be back posting, presumably refreshed, and still sassy!
See You After Labor Day
Another Fortress Caught in Social Media Firestorm
It’s hard to think of a more joyous, carefree place than sleepaway camp. Parents are far away, kids do fun things all day long and experiment with becoming something a bit different, maybe bolder, or kinder, or more athletic than they are at home. Sadly, though, this week we have witnessed a camp director who [...]
The Ongoing, Sorry State of Nonprofit Governance
Readers of The Networked Nonprofit know that Beth and I have a chapter on governance that reveals the sorry state of most board/staff relationships. Based on research from the Urban Institute and Board Source, our chapter outlines the fact that as organizations get larger, board members tend to be more male, more white, more rich [...]
Insanely Simple Lessons for Nonprofits
This month’s Social Good podcast is an interview with Ken Segall author of the book, Insanely Simple, about the marketing genius of Apple and Steve Jobs.
[Full disclosure: Ken is a good friend. However, that shouldn't overshadow the fact that his book has been widely reviewed positively as evidenced here and here.]
As simple as it seems, [...]
Growing Orgs vs. Growing Solutions
David Bornstein posted an interesting article on the Times yesterday entitled, For Ambitious Nonprofits, Capital to Grow. The basic premise is that nonprofits haven’t been able to grow to scale to solve social problems because of a lack of growth capital and a surplus of restricted, program-related capital. He’s certainly right that the piecemeal funding [...]
Peter Gelb, the Met’s Scarcity King
Last January, Opera News, the journal of American opera, panned a performance at the Met. It read, in part, “As seen at its January 27 premiere, the final production in the Met’s new Ring cycle was less an interpretation of the opera than a desultory series of tactics for dealing with its daunting challenges.” Criticism [...]
Collaborative Economy: American Dream 2.0
I had great fun this week facilitating a panel on the Collaborative Economy with Van Jones, Shelby Clark, Trooper Sanders and Joe Hurd. Van started us off with a fantastic overview of where the new economy can take us in terms of sharing resources, greater personal financial wealth, generation of less waste and crap, and, [...]
America’s Families Speak Out
Suphatra Laviolette of the Margueritte Casey Foundation in Seattle reached out to me to tell me about their recent effort called America’s Families Speak Out. Here is what she said about it, “Last week we wrapped up a nationwide project, where we coordinated and trained low-income communities on how to use social media for online [...]
"In The Networked Nonprofit, Kanter and Fine show nonprofits how to harness the power of social media to pursue their missions in partnership with two billion connected citizens."
"Thoughtful and thought provoking. Far from a technical manual, it raises compelling issues that deserve consideration by all nonprofit organizations."
—Clay Shirky, Author
Here Comes Everybody:
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Here Comes Everybody:
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
"Thoughtful and thought provoking. Far from a technical manual, it raises compelling issues that deserve consideration by all nonprofit organizations."
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
05/01/2008
05/01/2008
