Lifeboat

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 February 2013 05:27 Written by Steve Sunday, 24 February 2013 05:27

My good friends Tim and Alia have launched Lifeboat, a movement to reinvigorate how we aproach friendship. It’s a fascinating idea–friendship is something we supposedly learn in kindergarten and never have to think about again. But studies show that’s not true. We’re lonelier than we have ever been, and have fewer people we consider “real friends.” Tim and Alia are diving in to the research of friendship and their work has already changed the way I think about how I interact with my close friends. Check out their inaugural post, Our Darth Vader: The Friendship Crisis

Management is _______

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2013 10:08 Written by Steve Thursday, 24 January 2013 10:08

Here’s an Ignite talk I gave at Web of Change last year. I talk about managing teams working for social change.

Management Is — Steve Andersen — Web of Change Ignite 2012 from Web of Change on Vimeo.

Nonprofit Starter Pack gift entry

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 April 2012 01:04 Written by Steve Thursday, 12 April 2012 01:03

Coworker Nick Bailey on the nitty gritty of recording gifts in the Nonprofit Starter Pack.

“One of the recurring questions in the Salesforce for nonprofits world is about how we handle money and enter Donations/Opportunities to best track donations, grants, etc. Here, I’ll outline how I handle common scenarios in the Non Profit Starter Pack (NPSP), and how it affects the donor rollup totals.”