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📊 We already run our nonprofits like businesses

“You should run your nonprofit like a business” is common unsolicited advice that often signals a fundamental misunderstanding or ignorance about the nonprofit sector. We already run our nonprofits like businesses because they ARE businesses.

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“OpenNotes” for Funders: A Radical Idea for More Transparency and Better Relationships

✈️ Year in Cities 2018

Back to the mountains

A poverty reduction charity admits its program wasn’t working. That’s a big deal. – Vox

Evidence Action’s commitment to research and transparency should be a model for other nonprofits. Source: A poverty reduction charity admits its program wasn’t working. That’s a big deal. – Vox

🤔 Combating Decision Fatigue

Decision fatigue is a real thing. We all have a finite daily capacity for making decisions. Stewarding that capacity is a key part of success in the nonprofit world, and I’ve picked up a few tips and tricks along the way.

🏔 Rocky Mountain National Park

Back to the mountains for a proper visit for the first time in years. Based at Moraine Park Campground for an unplugged week of camping, hiking, and reading. 📷 Vacation Slideshow.

Anil Dash: 15 Lessons from 15 Years of Blogging

This summer marked 15 years since I first started blogging here, and I’m happier than ever that I’ve chosen to live so much of my life in this place, with all of you. Nearly everything has changed for me since I began this blog, from major milestones like Source: 15 Lessons from 15 Years ofContinueContinue reading “Anil Dash: 15 Lessons from 15 Years of Blogging”

🇱🇻Visiting Riga, Lativa

A beautiful, friendly city that I would love to return to and explore more, along with the rest of the Baltic states

🇩🇪 Visiting Berlin

A week was not enough. I should have visited much sooner!

Back to the Blog by Dan Cohen

A librarian talks about going back to blogging in the age of social media.

An honest trailer for every Wes Anderson movie

A year with the IndieWeb, posted March 14, 2018

A digital pillow fort Source: A year with the IndieWeb, posted March 14, 2018

About this website – ☕ Chris Beckstrom’s Stream 🗣

What is this? This is my personal homepage. Yes, I know that sounds a bit like 1998, and with good reason: back in 1998, it was common practice for individuals to build their own (crude) websites (geocities anybody?) and share their deepest thoughts and most garish color schemes. When social media giants like Facebook andContinueContinue reading “About this website – ☕ Chris Beckstrom’s Stream 🗣”