Short list because 2020, but I did get in a few biking/camping trips on Missouri’s Katy Trail.
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My Year in Cities 2020 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Short list because 2020, but I did get in a few biking/camping trips on Missouri’s Katy Trail.
🦠 Pandemic Podcasts
Some podcasts that I’m listening to for reputable news, information, and perspective during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Twitter lists for mobility and cities
Twitter lists are a great way to organize your timeline, focus on a specific topic, and stay up to date without following a lot of individual accounts. Here are some of my favorites in the mobility and city worlds:
My Year in Cities 2019
No new cities this year, and just one big adventure back to Berlin, one of my favorites. Also discovered some great things upon giving Atlanta a second chance.
Berlin 2019
Some highlights from Berlin in October 2019. It was my second time in what has become one of my favorite cities.
10 things progressive funders must learn from conservative ones, or we are all screwed | Nonprofit AF
Conservative funders focus on the big picture, act quickly, do not micromanage, provide significant general operating funds, fund for twenty or thirty years, support leaders and movements, engage in policy and politics, and treat grantees as equal partners. Progressive funders—with a few exceptions—intellectualize, are severely risk-averse, focus narrowly, fund isolated strategies and programs, avoid politics,Continue reading “10 things progressive funders must learn from conservative ones, or we are all screwed | Nonprofit AF”
Digital Security & Grantcraft Guide / Ford Foundation
Funders ask us all kinds of questions about our financial, leadership, cultural, and management capacities. Not once has a funder asked me about our digital security capacity, even when awarding $100,000-plus grants. This guide is geared towards grantmakers, but is also useful for grantees to self-asses our digital security threats. In the digital age, grantmakersContinue reading “Digital Security & Grantcraft Guide / Ford Foundation”
↜ GrantAdvisor: A TripAdvisor for nonprofit funders
A new service where nonprofit professionals can review and rate their experience with funders, see other nonprofits’ experience with prospects, and read funders’ responses to their reviews.
↜ As Tech Invades Cycling, Are Bike Activists Selling Out? | WIRED
We are building an ecosystem of active transportation professionals across the nonprofit, government, academic, institutional, and private sectors. When our employees gain diverse experiences in diverse settings, it enriches all of our organizations.
🚴🏾♀️ A network approach to bike equity
Walkable and bikeable neighborhoods are in high demand, so when their availability is limited they are expensive. Building a large bike/ped network all at once brings the benefits to more people while reducing the price pressure that occurs from unmet demand. @erogers on Twitter, 5/2/2018 This tweet summed up my most valuable lesson from theContinue reading “🚴🏾♀️ A network approach to bike equity”
📊 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.
✈️ Year in Cities 2018
Back to the mountains
🤔 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.
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