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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “ Leading Systems Change.” Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. The toolkit includes easy methods for any team that wants to improve collaboration and creativity.

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Greenpeace Nordic Fights to Win the World a Better Future

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. The last few years have been pivotal for the environmental movement as the effects of climate change and shifting global weather patterns have become increasingly apparent and driven up public awareness.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Examine major gift planning in the context of current economic conditions, changes in donor populations and increased competition for the charitable dollar. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Agents of Change Summit. Agents of Change Summit.

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Working Towards a Common Global Goal: How Your Nonprofit Can Align with the SDGs

Media Cause

From a place of political neutrality, Sweden found that environmental pollution could be an issue of potential cooperation between members of the UN, and hosting a conference on that topic would help boost the UN’s global perception. Collaboration is the key. . To understand why the SDGs were created, we have to go back to 1972.

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Case Study: Moving to Google Apps

NTEN

Annika Billqvist, Office and Technology Manager, HandsOn Bay Area When I started at HandsOn Bay Area in 2006, the organization didn’t have a long-term technology plan in place and used many different systems for communication, collaboration, and data storage. In 2009, we finalized a technology plan.

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SXSW: What Social Media Analytics and Data Can’t Tell You

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jeremiah presented an overview of his study about the collaborative economy and you find Jeremiah’s report and infographic here. Next each of the panelists presented a research study based that combined large sample survey data on our issue area and appended actual social media activity usage.