Nonprofit Technology #FAILS: How to “Fail Informatively” #11NTCfailinform

Marc BaizmanDahna GoldsteinSimone Parrish

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Nonprofit Technology #FAILS

• Intros• Failure• Learning from Failure (Case studies)• Your failures

Introductions

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Everyone has failed at something!

But nonprofit culture…

Image: http://www.nataliedee.com/042205/mystical-secret.jpg

Clay Shirky on “Failing Informatively”

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If You Don’t Fail, You’re Not Trying Hard Enough

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Good Failures vs. Bad Failures

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“We must ask ourselves whether we have an

innovation problem or a failure problem.”

For Further Reading

…Too soon?

I’m not readyyyy!

The Collaboration Project That Went Horribly Wrong and What I Learned From It

Attribution: D. Sharon Pruitt, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/340003350/

The Importance of Input

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Your Failures

• The Players• Desires of characters • Obstacle(s)• The moment of failure! Should be memorable!• Lesson(s) learned? Make this actionable!

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