Published by Working Wikily on 15 Feb 2010
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350.org achieved one of the most widespread days of political action in history on October 24th. Its success is one of the best illustrations yet of a new model of organizing that goes beyond traditional membership organizations towards a networked movement. › Continue reading… |
Published by Angus on 09 Feb 2010
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Chances are that your organization’s success is reliant on building and maintaining healthy inter-personal and inter-organizational networks. But do you have any idea whether they are ‘healthy’? Can you think of an effective way to improve them? Fortunately for us, The Monitor Institute has just released a helpful new tool: ‘The Healthy Network Diagnostic’. › Continue reading… |
Published by Amy Sample Ward on 26 Jan 2010
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Amy Sample Ward is the Global Community Development Manager for NetSquared. This piece was originally published on Amy’s Blog: Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech. Here she shares a recent report on the failure of nonprofits to effectively communicate their message. › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 01 Dec 2009
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Bill Traynor’s work comes up often as I talk to activists and funders about organizing, leadership, and assessing network impact. I’ve learned a ton from his work with Lawrence Community Works, and this post is an effort to pull together a few of the highlights. Mostly I’m drawing on a presentation he did for the Grassroots Grantmakers in late September, and his Nonprofit Quarterly article Vertigo and the Intentional Inhabitant: Leadership in a Connected World › Continue reading…. |
Published by Angus on 30 Nov 2009
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In 2007, the Blue Planet Run Foundation set itself the audacious goal of providing 200 million people safe drinking water within 20 years. The challenge is how to deliver on this goal with such a small organization. › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 23 Nov 2009
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As part of our ongoing research project into the future of membership-based advocacy organizations, we’ve been talking to folks from “new” as well as “older” groups focused on issue-organizing. We’re hoping to find out how the nature of civic engagement and mobilization is changing – along with the business models needed to support this kind of work. › Continue reading… |
Published by Angus on 16 Nov 2009
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We are sharing some of our standard advice for designing an effective online group. We believe the key to any effective group is simplicity. Relatively few key topline messages, a lack of clutter, and relatively little functionality. Do you have any ideas to share? › Continue reading… |
Published by Angus on 13 Oct 2009
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Building a vibrant online community is hard work. It’s so easy these days to start online groups – for example, a few clicks and you can a working group on WiserEarth. So what do you do if you start to think your community-building effort is going nowhere fast? You have lots of options – so don’t be antisocial and leave a ‘zombie’ group out there. › Continue reading… |
