article thumbnail

Postcard From Alaska

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My First Trip to Alaska. The photo above is me at age 14 in Alaska with my mom. I being a typical teenager who didn’t want to be away from her friends, so I really didn’t enjoy the natural wonders of Alaska and even refused to eat a salmon dinner. Welcome To Alaska. Tags: Conferences alaska.

Alaska 91
article thumbnail

Alaska: And The Earth Shook Under My Feet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday afternoon during the ForakerGroup 2010 Nonprofit Leadership Summit, I experienced my first Alaskan earthquake (4.9). I was scared – the floor swayed and I felt like I was on boat. Theme of the Leadership Summit was wellness for the field, community, and individuals. All in all – an exciting day in Alaska!

Alaska 96
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Ladder of Love: Growing Facebook Fans

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was lucky enough to spend my last afternoon in Alaska driving to Talkeetna with Aliza Sherman who lives in Alaska who I’ve known since 1995 and with Cassandra Stalzer my host! I love the framework she created for identifying and cultivating Super Fans on Facebook. Ladder of Love on Facebook. The very first [.].

Facebook 110
article thumbnail

Embracing risk culture in nonprofits: let’s start talking about failure

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Jordyn Shafer-Frie Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. In fact, the nonprofit sector has been guilty of leaving the topic of risk out of necessary and influential conversations. Shafer-Frie is a native of Alaska. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. What is risk culture? “.staff

Culture 64
article thumbnail

Announcing My Next Book: The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not long after, I was leading a workshop in Alaska at a nonprofit conference, and we had another chance to connect. This book is a manifesto for mindset change in our sector, raising the conversations about the importance of self-care. Mindful Leadership. We talked about the need for being more mindful of our technology.

Alaska 50
article thumbnail

What Improvisation Can Teach Social Change Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post follows yesterday’s post about networked leadership skills. I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people.

Teach 50
article thumbnail

Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

Have Fun - Do Good

When the idea of Women's Global Green Action Network formed, it was myself, my colleague and partner Mary Rose Kaczorowski, and a small group of women from different parts of the world who really saw that there was so much leadership coming from women working locally in their communities around environmental challenges, it was tremendous.

Green 40