article thumbnail

Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth Kanter

Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Whether it is a network of organizations or individuals, the handbook provides a wealth of theory and practice on build, manage, and fine tune a network. Network Types.

Review 28
article thumbnail

5 Book Recommendations for Nonprofit Networking and Data Nerds

Beth Kanter

But it is also a quiet time of year and a good time to catch up on reading. Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. This book is how to create a data-informed culture in your organization that values outcome based measurement.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.4.16

Reid All About it

This guy must read a book a day. Learn how to evaluate your program for volunteer engagement, determine how best to deploy volunteers, create a communication plan, and screen and train volunteers to be an important part of your volunteer recruiting, retention and recognition plans. That’s it for my recommendations. More info/register.

Handbook 237
article thumbnail

Speaking to Alabama Law Students about the Association World

Association Navigator

association legal community. Jerry’s book, Association Law Handbook , is in the Fifth Edition and it’s a great reference tool for association and non-profit lawyers. But I got impatient with politics and wanted something different, something a little more legal than political communications. Jacobs , dean of the D.C.

Alabama 100
article thumbnail

How to Keep Your Event Speakers Happy

Expo Logic

Many speakers would love the opportunity to speak at an event for exposure, to market a new book or simply because their beliefs align with the event's goals. Sample previous work: Sample your speaker's previous work — including their talks, books or conferences — to get the best feel for their message and abilities. Before the Event.

How To 36
article thumbnail

New Resource for Nonprofits: The Data Playbook – Practices for Purpose-Driven Work

Beth Kanter

Communicating Results. You will also find a well-curated resource toolkit that includes articles, books, tools, and resources. I would describe less of a handbook on how to use data, and more of a recipe to become a learning organization. Communicating Results. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

article thumbnail

When Millennials Take Over by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant

Eric Lanke

Jamie and Maddie are friends of mine, so please take what I say with whatever grain of salt you think is necessary, but I really enjoyed this, their second collaborative book, especially one important feature of the way they approached their subject matter. Your challenge is not to do exactly what these companies are doing.