Using adult learning to raise more money
I’ve just returned from San Francisco where I spent the day with the fund development team of an organization raising money for science research. Their… Read More »Using adult learning to raise more money
Nonprofits
Make Advocacy Actionable
Free webinar on this topic on May 9th. A recent email: Did you know that less than half the percentage of nonprofits advocate or lobby… Read More »Make Advocacy Actionable
Take time to define the words that matter
In 2021, Anne Wallestad wrote “The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership.” In 2022, Hubert Joly wrote the HBR article “5 Principles of Purposeful Leadership.”… Read More »Take time to define the words that matter
Learning in the flow of work
When people need to know something, we tend to land on the idea that they need a training. (Board members aren’t doing their job, so let’s… Read More »Learning in the flow of work
What is the recipe to help people learn, remember, and take action?
“Learning new things for learning’s sake, without actually doing something new or different or better, is simply another form of entertainment.” – Endurance Learning’s Training… Read More »What is the recipe to help people learn, remember, and take action?
Thinking out loud about learning across time
How do we apply lessons from the past to make progress in the future when things in the present keep evolving? I’ve been thinking about… Read More »Thinking out loud about learning across time
Show and tell: Projects designed to solve challenges
Summer is a great time to slow down and take stock of what we’ve been working on. Partners come to us with design challenges centered… Read More »Show and tell: Projects designed to solve challenges
A conversation about the Nonprofit Learning Ecosystem
Truth be told, I have never worked in the corporate learning and development (L&D, as insiders call it) sector to know for sure how nonprofit… Read More »A conversation about the Nonprofit Learning Ecosystem
People who manage people: Let’s set supervisors up for success
A free webinar on June 1 from 10am-11pm Pacific on how we can set people who manage people up for greater success The staff turnover… Read More »People who manage people: Let’s set supervisors up for success
Just don’t say the “S” word
Strategy. I said it. In one project, we danced around the word avoiding it valiantly because we didn’t want to scare anyone off. In two… Read More »Just don’t say the “S” word
Lessons from a camel
And other reflections from Morocco Everything they say about time away is true. In March I was deeply fortunate to spend two weeks in Morocco… Read More »Lessons from a camel
Learning styles are a myth… and why it matters to nonprofits
There’s so much magic at the intersection of adult learning and nonprofits. We can unlock our teams’ full potential when we look at how to reduce… Read More »Learning styles are a myth… and why it matters to nonprofits