Adopting “Best Practices” sounds like one of those common-sense ideas nobody can argue with, right? Wrong. Roger Craver, old pro fundraiser and curmudgeon-in-residence at The Agitator, argues that best practices are a license to steal and an enemy of innovation. Related articles Who Decides What Is A “Best Practice”? Here’s Where ‘Best Practices’ In Corporate […]
Tell Better Stories, Capture More Hearts
Need help turning your good works into great stories? Here’s help: Professional copywriter Rachel Foster has penned an e-book called Storytelling for Nonprofits: How to Craft Stories that Inspire Donors, available free on her website. (Thanks to Wild Apricot blog for the lead.) For a fine example of good storytelling, look no farther than Baltimore’s Public Justice Center, […]
Information As Data And As Pictures Can Make Learning Efficient (And Fun)
Earlier today the TED website (Technology, Education, and Design) posted a wonderful talk by David McCandless entitled “The Beauty of Data Visualization,” in which he spends about 18 minutes showing the audience the ease and pleasure with which some pretty arcane, humane, and controversial material can best be learned with a combination of ‘traditional’ data […]
