The Beth Effect
A sampling of Beth Kanter's reach as a
Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation
2008-2013
@ the Packard Foundation###
Coached ~16 staff on social media skills
Shared learning with CFC staff after coaching CFC grantees
Advised on how to best incorporate social media, and on information design for Marine Fisheries' wiki site
Maintained internal blog for staff
Presented to Packard Foundation Trustees on:
- How nonprofits use social media
- Packard's social media policy
- What to consider when using social media sites
Answered queries from staff on an ongoing basis, and reviewed reports/applications when requested
Developed a "Maturity of Practice for Social Media and Nonprofits" assessment framework that POs can use to nominate grantees for technical assistance
Led/presented in five Program Forums, on such topics as working with NGOs in an international context and lessons learned from designing peer learning programs
Designed and delivered trainings for PRH staff and in-country teams, including a session on content curation and the Networked NGO
Coached several Program Officers, 1-on-1, on grantee assessment, social media measurement, and more
Conducted Workshops:###
Social Media for Nonprofits
Social Media Strategy Games
Networks Deep Dive sessions for Packard POs:
- Creating a diagnostic for evaluating a grantee's social media strategy, and
- "Listening skills" that a PO might use to become better informed about grantees' work
Facilitated the Social Media Strategy workshop with communications consultants that work with Packard grantees
In collaboration with Compasspoint and LGP, taught two workshops to more than 165 people from non-profits
Social Media Lab Program with the CFC Program to deliver a
technical assistance and learning program to 8-10 grantees
Conducted workshops at:
the Santa Cruz Community Foundation for 60 attendees
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services for 80 attendees
Packard for Agriculture subprogram grantees
BoardSource for 75 attendees
the Independent Sector Conference for 30 attendees (and coached IS' blogging team)
the Foundation Financial Officers Group Conference for 50 attendees
the Summer Enrichment National Conference for 100 attendees
the Palo Alto Community Fund for 70 attendees
the Monterey Community Foundation for 60 attendees
Workshop on the Networked NGO for grantees in India
Half-day workshop for staff members of the Population Foundation of India
Work with Packard's Grantees:###
Compiled mini-case studies of grantees' work to share social medial learning with the field (e.g. case study of Ocean Conservancy)
Coached, 1-on-1, ~48 grantees and consultants in 2008-2009
Coached, 1-on-1, 42 grantees in 2009-2010 (138 sessions)
Created and implemented a social media strategy to help faculty and staff
of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at UCSF share their research
beyond the pages of academic journals
Helped establish a Facebook presence for The Food Bank of Monterey County
so that they could reach a broader audience, recruit and recognize volunteers, and connect
with other community organizations
Assisted dozens of grantees through coaching, peer learning groups,
workshops, online webinars, and more. Grantees include:
AAPIP
BirdLife International
CLPP
COMPASS
FishChoice
Friends of the Earth Europe
GeoFunders
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
Global Greengrants Fund
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Independent Sector
MBARI
MEarth at the Hilton Bialek Habitat
National Center for Family Philanthropy
PICO National Network
Resources Legacy Fund
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Arts Council Silicon Valley
CSMA
CuriOdyssey
David Suzuki Foundation
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Food Bank for Monterey County
PACT: People Acting in Community Together
Ragazzi Boys Chrous
Resource Media
Roots of Change
San Jose Taiko
SeaChoice
Sierra Club BC
Shelter Network
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits
United Way Silicon Valley
Young Invincibles
All Kids Covered Colorado
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
California Coverage and Health Initiatives (CCHI)
Children First for Oregon
Children Now
Children's Alliance
Children's Defense Fund - Texas
The Children's Partnership
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Kansas Action for Children
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
Texans Care for Kids
United Ways of California
Voices for Utah Children
Voices for Ohio's Children
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
FirstFocus
MomsRising
Monterey Communication Foundation
Teen Talk
Children's Discovery Museum
Led 3 Social Media Measurement Peer Groups, through which grantees worked on
measuring the impact of social media on their effectiveness and revenues (ROI analysis)
In partnership w/ CompassPoint, led a Social Media Master Class for 40 LGP grantees and other nonprofits
Check out: Class Wiki
Presented a mini-workshop at CompassPoint's Nonprofit Forum
Check out: Workshop Wiki
In partnership w/ the Community Foundation for Santa Cruz County, led 2 workshops
for 30 nonprofits on integrated social media strategy and Facebook best practices
Check out: [Workshop Wiki] (http://socialmedia-strategy.wikispaces.com/Community+Foundation+of+Santa+Cruz+County)
Subsequently trained CFSC staff to facilitate a peer
group with 10 organizations
1-on-1 coaching sessions over 6 months with 3 LGP grantees:
- Monterey Communication Foundation
- Teen Talk
- San Jose Children's Discovery Museum
Designed a social media workshop program with Spitfire Strategies
for 20 of CFC's Friending the Finish Line grantees (40 participants)
Coached Momrising staff for their presentation to the Packard
Foundation Board, and coached CFC staff on use of the wiki
Coached, and led a mini-workshop for, PRH grantees. Also planned and developed curriculum for a 4-day training called
“Networked NGO” for grantees in Pakistan (8 organizations, 16 participants) and India (8 organizations, 16 participants).
Check out: Curriculum
Social media strategy coaching for the three
partner organizations that were hosting the
IFC Conference in Africa (NOV 2011)
Facilitated a peer learning session at the annual Agriculture grantee convening for ~30 grantees,
and piloted a new method called “Living Case Study” that encourages peer sharing of lessons being learned.
For example: case studies of Roots of Change and Grist.org (both featured in Measuring the Networked Nonprofit)
“Living Case Study” method picked up by the World Bank, who extended the
method to use in capturing lessons learned from development projects
Check out: Blog post on the method
Designed and delivered two webinars on Integrated Social Media
practices and Twitter best practices for over 30 participants.
Served as a technical expert on a IIE- (Institute for International Education) and PRH-developed project,
“Becoming a Networked NGO: Using Social Media Effectively”. The project included a 4-day intensive
face-to-face workshop and a virtual peer learning program, over six months, for a cluster of PRH grantees
in India and Pakistan.
India grantees:
Check out: Workshop Debrief
Population Foundation of India
Pakistan grantees:
Check out: Workshop Debrief
Aahung
JANANI
CEDPA India
Family Planning Association of India
SEWA
Population Health Services of India
Education Support Organization
Reach India
ASAP
ARC
Guide Star India
HANDS
Heartfile
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD)
Marie Stopes Society
Rutgers WPF
Shirkat-Gah
Led 2 peer learning groups, of ~45 grantees each, on Measuring
the Networked Nonprofit and Social Media Best Practices
Check out: Learning Group Wiki
Grantees include:
AAPIP
American Civil Liberties Union
American Leadership Forum -- Silicon Valley
Arts Council Silicon Valley
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
COMPASS
Exhale
GlobalGiving
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Ibis Reproductive Health
International Women's Health Coalition
Kuumbwa Jazz
Leadership Learning Community
Leopold Leadership Program
Marine Science Institute
PACT
Population Action International
Roots of Change
Stanford Social Innovation Review
The Encore Fellowships Network (hosted by encore.org)
United Way Silicon Valley
Upwell, incubated by Ocean Conservancy
WildAid
Young Invincibles
California Coverage & Health Initiatives (CCHI)
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits
Center for Health and Gender Equity
Coastal Watershed Council
Community Foundation for Monterey County
CoreAlign
Hidden Villa
Immigrant Legal Resources Center
Los Altos Community Foundation
National Abortion Federation (NAF)
National Center for Family Philanthropy
Opera San Jose
Palo Alto Art Center
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Preschool California
Provide
Radio Bilingue
Reproductive Health Technologies Project
Resources Law Group
Resource Legacy Fund
World YWCA
Coached 3 PRH grantees on social media and measurement
- Ibis Reproductive Health
- International Women's Health Coalition
- Population Action International
Presented at convenings###
& conferences:###
Worked with the Monitor Institute to develop social media segment for a day-long convening on Networked Effectiveness;
Led a deeper “3.5 Social Media Strategy” workshop for the next two convenings, one with PRH grantees
Networked Funders Community of Practice convenings
Bay Area Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
National Meeting for Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
Bay Area Population Research Funders Group
Writing and Public Sharing:###
Keynote speaker for:
Cambodian Bloggers Conference in Phnom Penh
Connecting up Conference in Brisbane, Australia
Minnesota Council on Nonprofits
Make Media Conference in Chicago
O'Reilly's Graphing Social Patterns
Gnomedex
SXSW
Blogher
Podcamp
Developed Tools:###
Formulated a “Maturity of Social Media Practice” assessment model
that was used by the State Department in a Civil Society 2.0 project
in the Middle East (2011)
Organized, hosted, and implemented guest
blogging coverage to share lessons learned from:
- GEO’s Networks Conference
- GEO’s Annual Conference
Council on Foundations Conference
Center for Effective Philanthropy Conference
Contributed to the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN)'s journal
Developed an assessment framework called “Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly” that helps
identify different levels of maturity towards becoming a Networked Nonprofit
Check out: Slideshare of framework
Sample post: In response to Pakistan's ban on Twitter,
"Getting Around Internet Censorship: VPN"
Presented and participated in a convening organized by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to look at how to advance
Social Media Measurement practice for nonprofits and foundations
One of the few nonprofit voices invited to blog for the LinkedIn Influencer Program
Notable guest blogging examples:
Summarized the Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Networked Nonprofit Framework for the
Stanford Social Innovation Review blog
Wrote about failure in the Harvard Business Review blog
"Go Ahead, Take a Failure Bow"
Curated NTEN's "We are Media: Nonprofit Social Media Starter Kit"