Social Media and Boards
Amid the current atmosphere of uncertainty and polarization, people seem more apt to use social media as an outlet for expressing their concerns. For me, this has led to several recent conversations about board members sharing their personal political views on their social media pages and the problems that arise when those board members are clearly linked back to the organizations on whose boards they sit.
While you should already have a social media policy for staff and regular volunteers, you may not have realized the Read more
In the Eye of the Storm
A recent conversation had me struggling with a question: why do we in the nonprofit sector always wait until we are caught with our pants down to figure out what to do about what is often a predictable circumstance? Why don’t we plan for the crises that we know there is a good probability we will face? Did everyone run out after Superstorm Sandy (or the preceding hurricanes) and create disaster plans and/or data protection plans?
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After Reel Grrls and Hispanics United of Buffalo Read more
Social Media Smashing Your Face In?
I remember the first time the call went out that pieces of some space exploration equipment were going to be falling from the sky, landing we knew not where. There were projections which—I truly thought then and now—were more hopes and spin put out there with the intent to diffuse anxiety about the “sky falling in”—that it would land in the desert or the ocean. But the reality was, the “experts” had no clue. And I so remember at the time ranting at the “experts” Read more
