Holding good ideas up to the light
LightBox Collaborative is delighted to continue our partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation to strengthen the work of their grantees, who are making the Crescent City and its neighboring parishes better for all. We’re pleased to share smart lessons from a few of the …
[Read more...] about Show and Tell: Communications Case Study
It’s an all-too-familiar scenario for communications directors in nonprofits everywhere: a colleague walks into your office and says, “I need a press release/web site/viral social media campaign!” While it can be frustrating to be asked to jump in on tactics at the last …
Recently the organizers of the Netroots Nation conference asked me to share the story of how I won the most important campaign of my whole life. (Ok, what they really asked me to do was lead a workshop on how to develop a theory of change, but I told this story anyway.) For …
[Read more...] about Theory of Change: How I Won the Most Important Campaign Ever
After weeks of apartment hunting, my husband Hal and I had finally found "The One." It was our San Francisco dream flat. The only sticking point was the water pressure in the shower, which was little more than a light spittle. The lackluster morning shower and our resulting …
[Read more...] about “The Parable of the Plumber” or beware the binding power of bad advice
