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Lean Start Up Framework Meets Nonprofit Campaign: The Lifecycle of an Upwell Campaign

from Beth’s Blog on Mar 26, 2013 11:19:27 AM

Author: Beth

Awesome illustrations by Upwell’s  super rad intern, Christine!

Note from Beth: A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed two books about measurement from two different fields – start ups and nonprofit performance assessment.   What they had in common:  the one metric that matters – a method where you focus on key metric to test, experiment, and measure success.    

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Treat Your Social Media Measurement Like A 6th Grader’s Science Fair Project!

from Beth’s Blog on Mar 21, 2013 10:51:21 AM

Author: Beth

Note from Beth: Both my kids have worked on projects for their school’s science fair.   They follow the scientific method which includes coming up with hypothesis question, collecting data, analyzing results, and getting insight to their questions.   My daughter’s project involved testing different potting soils to see one was better for seed germination.  

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The Failure Bow: How To Stop the Blame and Shame Game and Start Learning

from Beth’s Blog on Jan 15, 2013 10:39:22 AM

Author: Beth

When you read this post,  I’ll be on a plane to the facilitate the opening plenary at the Legal Services TIG Conference on Wednesday, Jan. 16th.  One of my key themes for the year is to look at failure and learning – and will also have a chance to dive into a conversation at the upcoming

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Unicef’s Little Bet on Pinboard

from Beth’s Blog on Nov 28, 2012 12:36:10 PM

Author: Beth

Last month, I had the honor of keynoting the Social Good Brasil Conference and one of the other keynote speakers was Peter Sims, author of “Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small…

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Will the Virtual Summit Replace Face-to-Face Guest Post By Kari Dunn Saratovsky

from Beth’s Blog on Oct 10, 2011 12:49:21 PM

Author: Beth

Note from Beth: Last June, I live blogged the virtual Millennial Donor Summit and it was an interesting experience. So I was very interested to hear about the lessons learned report  about the virtual summit and Kari agreed to write a guest post.    Hosting engaging online events and learning experiences has been of interest [...] More...

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

from Beth’s Blog on Aug 2, 2011 1:52:49 PM

Author: Beth

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for  Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart).  The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn.   Two grantees that work on Children’s Healthcare  at the national level and have experience using [...] More...

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Can You Experiment Your Way Out of the Filter Bubble?

from Beth’s Blog on Jul 12, 2011 2:23:05 PM

Author: Beth

One of the books in my summer reading pile is Eli Pariser’s  The Filter Bubble:  What the Internet is Hiding From You.      Last week, my Networked Nonprofit co-author Alison Fine recently interviewed the author on her monthly  Chroncile of Philanthropy podcast.   She helps us understand exactly what a filter bubble is – and why it [...] More...

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SXSW Reflection: Using Social Media to Facilitate A Global Back Channel at a Panel Session

from Beth’s Blog on Mar 15, 2011 8:35:23 AM

Author: Beth

Over the past month,  I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning.       My questions are: 1.  How can we integrate content sharing and audience interaction in the right balance to unleash pearls of wisdom from both audience and the experts on the [...] More...

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

from Beth’s Blog on Nov 21, 2010 10:03:44 AM

Author: Beth

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in  Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi, an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency.  I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs.   [...] More...

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Blogging to Support Policy Goals: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned

from Beth’s Blog on Nov 19, 2010 10:00:20 AM

Author: Beth

Note from Beth: Last spring,  I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals.    Ashley and her colleague Anita – as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved.  They recently held a [...] More...

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