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Wrapping Up the 2007 Skoll World Forum

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The researchers got two days of focused seminars and content, while the practitioners and non-academic attendees were happily engaged in workshops and what I dubbed "master classes:" where Skoll Award winners would sit down and talk about their challenges. That was the best part for me.

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Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

San Francisco Meets the Metaverse: 32 Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. To date, they have created a community blog and a resource-rich wiki, and have held mixed-reality events, workshops, and regular weekly town hall meetings.

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

Tech Soup

Whether offering a workshop, giving a keynote speech in your community, or persuading funders in a new campaign, nonprofit leaders require strong presentation skills — from designing amazing slides and visuals to listening to your audience as you share your ideas. Are you looking for secrets to giving great presentations?

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

Tech Soup

Whether offering a workshop, giving a keynote speech in your community, or persuading funders in a new campaign, nonprofit leaders require strong presentation skills — from designing amazing slides and visuals to listening to your audience as you share your ideas. Click HERE to join Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations.

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Happy 10NTC Eve!

Connection Cafe

Last year I wrote about my Kumbaya Moments at the NTEN Conference in San Francisco and I’m looking forward to more this year, but I thought I’d start off with a few tips that I’ve found helpful to get the most out of the NTC whether you’re here or not. Tons of resources that are still very relevant.

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Writing to Change the World

Have Fun - Do Good

Clearly, not all writers are cut out to do the kind of work Power does, but if you want your writing to have a larger purpose, here are a few resources for you: August 23-25th is the Writing for Change 2007 conference in San Francisco. It was co-founded by two literary agents, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen.

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Riffing on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt: Need Your Organization's Adaption Stories!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm also using this for the upcoming WeAreMedia Workshop in San Francisco which has a section on experiments and measurement. In 2007, the Human Society implemented its first photo petition campaign to protest Wendy's treatment of animals. More on that later.

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