Archive for the 'Governance' Category

Published by Alex Romanak on 26 Nov 2012

Why I Support Wiser.org: David Fox, WiserEarth Board Member

We spoke with David Fox, a Wiser.org member and Board Member hailing from Australia, about why he believes Wiser.org‘s work to be so important.  As we kick off our year-end fundraising campaign and ask for your help in maintaining the only ad-free global sustainability network, we wanted to hear why other Wiser.org members lend their support.  Alex, from the campaign team, [...]

Community Building,Governance,Member focus,Purpose

Published by Sil Gabriell on 15 Jun 2012

Rio Focus: Ana Person

Ana Person

Sil Grabriell, Wiser.org Editor, had the honor of doing an interview with Ana Person about her work as a community builder and her participation at the Rio+20 conferences. The original interview was in Portuguese and is available here.

Community Building,Community Management,Governance,Leadership,Member focus,Purpose

Published by Peggy on 04 Apr 2012

Designing Online Engagement


Do you know who are your online evangelists? Do you have multiple online channels to engage them with. I just attended a great session and found out the latest research about designing online engagement.

Community Building,Community Management,Governance,How-to,Leadership

Published by Katherine Bray on 20 Mar 2012

Employee Volunteers on the Rise!

NAME

Company volunteerism is an up and coming way to grow the workplace. What’s in it for the companies? › Continue reading…

Community Management,Governance,Leadership,Structure

Published by Peggy on 14 Mar 2012

WiserEarth’s 4 Best Practices on Working Virtually

tropicaltech

83 percent of small businesses said they plan to hire up to half of their workers as virtual workers in the next year.
With a social network of over 65,000 members from around the world and half the staff leaving across the world, WiserEarth has certainly learned a lot about working virtually. › Continue reading…

Community Building,Community Management,Governance,How-to,Leadership,Structure

Published by Peggy on 23 Mar 2011

Creating Large-Scale Social Change

social change

Today brought together 300 people in Standford to discuss large scale social change across sectors. I was amazed to see such a diverse group of individuals, from funders to NGO leaders, government representatives and many more. This conference was presented by FSG and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. I deeply thank them for making a live stream of the conference. › Continue reading…

 

Community Building,Conference,Governance,How-to,Leadership

Published by Peggy on 18 Mar 2011

Secrets of the Engagement Pyramid

Engagement Pyramid

Eric Magnuson and Karen Uffelman presented a very engaging session today at #11ntc around the secrets of the Engagement Pyramid. How do you engage your community? How do you identify the people who are more closely attached to your mission? Those questions were answered today. › Continue reading…

Community Building,Content,Governance,How-to,Purpose,Structure

Published by Angus on 13 Jul 2009

Does an online community need governance?

Board

If your community is going to be around for more than a year you need to start thinking about governance. Governance is not about managing the day-to-day of a community but rather providing guidance over purpose and goals, much like a board does for a well run non-profit organization. Ignore governance and over time members will feel that their voices are not being heard and they will vote with their feet and leave. › Continue reading…

Governance,How-to