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Breaking the Fourth Wall
I sit on the antimicrobial chair next to my father’s hospital bed wondering if today will be the day that he breaks the fourth wall. The day he turns toward the off-camera audience, the 96-piece orchestra, or the nothingness on the other side. The day he finally will know, as he has longed to know, if something exists beyond the ground we soon will place him in. For the last thirty-four years, my…
The Second Longest Day Of The Year
Dusk clouds hemorrhage into the almost dark sky. Gone are the dolphins smiling, the men racing chariots, the jagged mountain range capped with an early in the season snow. Plumed ladies stroll beyond the frame, their prams left behind, forgotten. They, like her, no longer appear as themselves for the hour erases the familiar. Heralds only night. A lonely girl child, once me, recalls a storybook…
Blue on Blue
I curl my toes into my sand-covered sanctuary floor. Another visit to ask if I ever again will fit between ocean and sky. I prayed it so yesterday in a building where they sang in my grandmother’s tongue. She too was taught to search for god on land but found the divine late in life somewhere near these waters. Her faith left marks doctors excised from her shoulders and cheek. I cover myself in…
How to Avoid Burnout in the Virtual Age
How to Avoid Burnout in the Virtual Age
https://jcsocialmarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Beth-Kanter-audio-clip.mp4 Listen to a clip above, and tune in to the entire episode at www.NonprofitNationPodcast.com! In the premier episode of my new podcast Nonprofit Nation, I sat down with my friend and mentor Beth Kanter – the person who convinced me (unknowingly!) that I could have a career working with nonprofits on their digital…
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Measuring the Networked Nonprofit has arrived
Measuring the Networked Nonprofit has arrived
A few weeks ago, I let you know that Measuring the Networked Nonprofit was on its way, bringing with it the combined wisdom of Beth Kanter and Katie Paine on how nonprofits can measure their impact in an era of free agents and networked activism.
It’s a momentous book. Organizations from governments to businesses to community groups to nonprofits have all struggled with whether and how to engage…
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Want to catch Beth Kanter at the #StartingGood Digital Summit?
Guess what? Nonprofit social media guru Beth Kanter will be joining us to present at the #StartingGood Digital Summit! Get your tickets here:www.starting.gd Named as one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek's "Voices of Innovation for Social Media," Beth is the author of the widely followed Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media for social change. She is co-author of the highly acclaimed books: The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.
In the meantime, hear her talk on Individual Social Responsibility at TEDX Berkeley. And yes! She's wearing her classic red cowboy hat
Close triangles for better networking
Old-style networking is about reaching as many people as you can. However, that approach can lead to superficial connections that rarely satisfy either party involved.
A far better approach to networking is to find ways to close triangles. What does this mean? It means introducing people who may normally be in completely different networks, but who can be helpful to each other. You know this because you bridge their separate networks and know each of them. Your act of introducing them creates a "closed triangle" in which there are now direct lines connecting each of the three of you to the other.
In her blog post on triangle closing, Beth Kanter provided an example in which she realized that one of her connections, Vicki Davis, could help another of her connections, Charlene Li. These two women did not know each other. The person they had in common was Beth.
Beth Kanter gave credit for the triangle closing concept to network expert June Holley and then went on to report a refinement to the technique recommended by another noted network expert, Valdis Krebs:
Explaining the value of the triangle you are closing eases the path for these two strangers to get to know each other. They will connect based on their willingness to trust you and your explanation of the value in their potential relationship.
Now in this instance, Beth used Twitter to close a triangle. That made sense since Twitter was where she learned of the need for this particular intro. We've created Broadli as a platform for triangle closing. We're all about introducing people in two different networks to each other so that they can help each other move their personal missions forward. In the process, all three people in the triangle affirm their value of each other and deepen their relationships with each other.
Closing those triangles is key to effective networking.
