Metrics are good. Unless they’re bad.

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So what happens when you measure the wrong thing? This is one of those issues that tends to either stop discussions in their tracks or lead us all down the path of rhetorical perfection that is in fact little more than the real-world version of a filibuster: “hey, I use a slightly [...]

What will you do?

Beth Kanter has a great post about MatchDay, The Columbus Foundation’s great use of social media to inspire giving. Beth also asks the key question, (and I paraphrase) “Ask not what your community can do for you, ask what you can do for community.”
She notes several examples of individuals digging deeper to give more this [...]