Entremission

Something happens when you try to measure impact. All of a sudden this big, important issue that you cared about deeply is reduced to metrics. Work that once spoke to your heart and your values is transformed into mere observations and annotations. It’s like the soul disappears. You may not enjoy impact measurement. It may seem complicated or time consuming or unhelpful. But trust us: there is joy to be found here. The joy of impact measurement isn’t in the measuring impact part — it’s what you do with that information that makes it so compelling. If you find impact measurement challenging, The Organizer #17 explains why. It also explains why not measuring impact is worse. And it shows you how to find joy and support to make the effort worthwhile. Click the link to read, subscribe, and share! https://lnkd.in/eQETYNgg #nonprofit #impactmeasurement #newsletter

It is not a good idea to con people. It is also not a good idea to throw money at something just because the CEO is wearing a nice turtleneck or has bare feet. That said, con artists and capitalists have been talking a lot like nonprofit leaders for years. Their fundraising successes show just how powerful a pitch can be. Whether you are pitching a new acquaintance at an event or writing a 30-page proposal, every fundraising pitch has 5 key ingredients: - Need - Solution - Cost - Team - Gap & Ask We break it down more and give you a template from a (real) expert in The Organizer #16: https://lnkd.in/eUq983Sz #fundraising #nonprofit #newsletter

When you’re a harried nonprofit manager or admin person with pressing, world-changing priorities, we can’t blame you for ignoring passwords. Every other item on your To Do list is probably more interesting and more important than thinking about passwords. But a day will come when you realize passwords — however boring — deserves ten minutes of your time. A few minutes today is much less painful than the alternative. https://lnkd.in/eZ3VKcDA #nonprofit #management #office #productivity

The most precious thing we have is time. We can’t create it, buy it, or trade for it. On top of that, none of us knows know how much time we really have. Being a nonprofit leader means being very deliberate about how you spend your time. There is an endless list of things you could be doing. You could be planning for the future, or completing tasks, or managing people, or communicating a vision, or building a network. Or responding to the latest round of attacks on nonprofit work and social values. Those are all important, all helpful. But it’s impossible to do them all. Separating the urgent from the important is never easy, but you have to do it if you want to make a big difference in the world. Otherwise, business and reactivity will eat up most of your time. In a time many years ago, a US President had an idea for how to handle competing pressures — the so-called Eisenhower Matrix is a simple tool to help you decide where to focus. You can download a copy here: https://lnkd.in/etKyrzw4 #nonprofit #productivity #USPresidentswhowerenttheworst

Our CEO Krystyn Tully talked to Future of Good about Canada's carbon tax, climate change, and lessons advocacy groups can learn from this moment. A few of the lessons here: - Nonprofits should focus on building advocacy and policy communities that last for decades, not just months - We need campaigns focused on immediate crises as well as long-lasting systems - You can take a battle to federal, regional, or local stages - Never give up https://lnkd.in/gYYHHKBx

It's #Nonprofit Awareness Week in Ontario (as it should be everywhere). Did you know: - There are 58,000 nonprofit orgs in Ontario - Nonprofits contribute $65-billion to the GDP - Nonprofits in Ontario employ 844,000 people. Not small. Definitely mighty. h/t to Ontario Nonprofit Network for shining a spotlight on this important sector. This work matters now more than ever. https://lnkd.in/dcBeMeGk

The latest article from The Organizer is out and it's a big one. Social media giants are making most social issues worse. Nonprofits should be looking for other ways to reach their communities. This is a crisis moment. Here are four things you need to know about social media right now to make smart decisions for your organization: 1 - The public is learning about your issues (and social issues in general) from a wide variety of unreliable sources. 2 - Social media isn’t free. 3 - When you use a social media platform, you give it credibility. (Both the platform and the content). 4 - You still need to reach your community. We unpack each of these insights, explain why they matter, and describe what you can do to be a force for good in this world. #nonprofits #socialmedia #politics #nonprofit #newsletter Full story: https://lnkd.in/epXDKuHz

This week, our company made a big decision: we've decided to shut down our #Meta accounts. Here's why: Being on Meta is not good. It’s not good for communities. It’s not good for our planet. And it’s not good for society. Our presence on Facebook and Instagram just helps to legitimize “services” that encourage and profit from misinformation, disinformation, greed, and injustice. Nothing Entremission can accomplish on those platforms will ever justify the harm they do. We founded this company on the strong belief that *HOW* you do social impact work matters as much as any cause or mission. Ends do not justify means. There is no “greater good” around the corner. There is only you and I, here and now, doing what we can to honour what matters while we have the chance. So Entremission is out. We still want to connect with other environmental and equity organizations, with artists and philanthropists and volunteers. We want to encourage and support anyone and everyone who believes we have both duty and opportunity to care for each other. We want to build and create, to find the best of what humanity can be. And we want to appreciate life on this planet. We want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to do good things with YOU, but we can’t do them over there. We're keeping our page here on LinkedIn and shifting day-to-day conversations to the open community called #BlueSky. It’s time. Follow us if you're there: https://lnkd.in/e68-gt5C Or let us know here what you think about #socialmedia in whatever we're calling this new age. — Krystyn Tully, CEO, Entremission #socialmedia #nonprofits #socialimpact

Repeat after us: Everyone needs a training budget. Every organization. Every person. Everybody. Forget the 10,000-hour rule—start with the 1% rule. Spend at least 1% of your payroll on training each year. Whether planning for your organization or setting personal goals, investing time and money in learning is important. Training makes hard work easier. And great performers always have help. Your skills deserve respect, and they are vital for social change and equity. So make time for training in 2025. https://lnkd.in/eZnaUPsw #TrainingBudget #SkillDevelopment #SocialImpact

We all know the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare. Hare and Tortoise agree to race each other. Hare is obviously the faster animal, so you think he’s bound to win. Yet Tortoise shocks us all and plods along to wins the race. Everyone thinks the moral of the story is “slow and steady wins the race.” Not true. This isn’t a fable about speed. It’s a story about paying attention and keeping your eyes on your goal. He’s not just slower — he never even finishes! The hare loses because the silly thing *forgets he is racing*. When you think you’ve got it all sorted out and the finish line looms large, don’t fuss around. Finish this race, then take your nap or launch your next program or whatever. That’s the real lesson. When you’re busy doing stuff, it’s very easy to forget your original goal. When that goal is mere steps away, it’s even easier to assume it’s taken care of and shift attention to something else. We’re all more like Hare than we are like Tortoise. That’s okay. Hares have the talent and the energy to do what they need to do, they just need to check in periodically and make sure they’re on the right track. Call it performance management, call it staff meeting, call it project management, call it anything at all … little check-in moments sprinkled throughout your week keep you headed in the right direction. The important thing is that you do it. https://lnkd.in/epbfECmw