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Catch Lean Impact Founder Leanne Pittsford On Stage at NTEN 2013
This post originally appeared on Lean Impact. Headed to the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference this year? Check out Lean Impact Founder Leanne Pittsford discussing Lean Startup for nonprofits: Lean Strategic Planning for Agile Organizations Panel Discussion Saturday, April 13 Speakers: Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lean Impact Chase Adams, Founder, Watsi.org Rachel Weidinger, Director, Upwell The session [...]
Stop What You’re Doing and Watch Dan Pallotta’s TED Talk Right Now
If you haven’t seen Dan Pallotta’s TED talk yet, please stop what you’re doing right now and watch it. If you’re in the social good space, it’s the best 18 minutes you’ll spend all day, and you’ll find yourself nodding your head throughout the whole thing. At Start Somewhere, we love his talk [...]
Unleashing the Entrepreneur in All of Us
“Cultivating entrepreneurship is the responsibility of senior management.” – Eric Reis, The Lean Startup You’re sitting in your weekly staff meeting when a young staff member chimes in with an idea that is new, fresh, and (if executed well) could hugely increase the impact of one of your core programs. The idea resonates with other [...]
More Grassroots Fundraising, More Innovation in 2013
Has your year-end appeal left you with fundraising resolutions for 2013? They might look something like this: be more innovative, effective, impactful, productive, and the list goes on. At Start Somewhere, we are beginning to catalogue a list of ways nonprofits can go Lean (read: be more innovative, effective, and impactful) in 2013. Some nonprofits [...]
Living and Working the Dream
Flying to Nicaragua at the moment, and thinking back to the days when I sat at a desk and wished for a healthier work/life balance. Largely due to this tension, each member of our team made the leap into the world of remote working a few years ago. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about [...]
Thoughts on Sasha Dichter’s “The Lean Nonprofit”
Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer of the Acumen Fund wrote a great piece last Spring on The Lean Nonprofit. Among other things, the article discussed applying a more rapid Build-Measure-Learn process to the nonprofit sector. Currently, the average grant cycle is 3+ years. Yes, social change happens over time, but it doesn’t take three years [...]
5 Nonprofits Going Lean
Last week, we explained what it means “When Nonprofits Get Lean, Differently.” Now the important question – how? In the coming months we’ll work together to answer this question. For now, here are a few examples of nonprofits going lean: 1. Tipping Point Community Build → Measure → Learn Tipping Point Community is launching ‘The [...]
Register for the Lean Impact 2013 Summit
In 2011, Eric Ries published The Lean Startup, which changed the way entrepreneurs think about building and running companies. It challenged them to build, measure and learn in a new way, to maximize value while minimizing waste. More importantly, it aimed to give startups a better chance of success and lasting growth. Lean Startup principles are [...]
When Nonprofits Get Lean, Differently.
Nonprofits know how to run on a shoestring budget, and the majority do it well for the sake of creating positive change. Meanwhile, they’re held to stricter standards of spending and reporting than any for-profit business. It’s a tough hand. So what do we do? Get Lean Let’s be clear about what we mean here [...]
The Lean Startup Conference — It’s Not Just For Startups
In the startup world, Eric Ries is legend. Through his blog and book, he’s created a movement around Lean Startup principles that challenge entrepreneurs to build, measure and learn with minimum waste or unnecessary effort. Although he’s not as well known in the nonprofit sector, he should be. Lean thinking is for innovators, and every [...]
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April 4th, 2013Catch Lean Impact Founder Leanne Pittsford On Stage at NTEN 2013 -
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March 26th, 2013Stop What You’re Doing and Watch Dan Pallotta’s TED Talk Right Now
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