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Website Reinvention & Improvement Seminar

I've had so much fun recently applying the principles of Communication Centered Design to specific projects that I've decided to expand my chance to do that, in this case with nonprofit websites. Our newest seminar, entitled Website Reinvention & Improvement, is a hands-on, two-part workshop that will give people both professional and peer review. The takeaways include both immediate practical improvements and a framework for long term development toward making the most of your website as a medium for leveraging relationships with donors, volunteers, and other stakeholders. Posted: 3/27/07; 8:06:27 PM #

The Advanced Student

Asher Bey's latest post at The Guru's Handbook is about The Advanced Student. What I like most about this piece is the way it deconstructs the very notion of what it means to be advanced. I tend to think an "advanced student" is one that asks advanced questions. (Ironically and delightfully, advanced questions are often the fundamental ones.) If you've ever had to divvy up your material into different levels, felt like you were sometimes teaching in circles, or had to deal with a diverse group of students, then you will benefit from Asher's thinking. Posted: 3/27/07; 1:45:47 PM #

Holding Horses

I had a vague idea of what "Holding Horses" meant as a metaphor, but never enough to use it in my communication and management consulting work. Gavin Clabaugh's latest post clears it all up for me with a great story of time and motion studies of artillerymen and some questions about how many people in civil society are standing around holding horses that are long dead. Posted: 3/27/07; 10:39:37 AM #