Nonprofit Nate – His #MCON2012 Take Away
July 23, 2012 at 8:30 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Talisman Note: MCON2012 was a virtual conference full of great information. Nathan Hand wrote this great post on Scott Gerber’s take on Millennials and the work place. Glad to share his thoughts with you – please leave your comments and tell us what you think! You can also read Beth Kanter’s blog on Scott Gerber’s keynote at MCON2012 here as well as Scott’s response to the comments.
Last week the folks at Achieve and the Case Foundation put on another stellar virtual conference around engaging millennials in nonprofits, social change and more. There were the expected buzz words, info-nuggets and sound bytes but also an abundance of new intelligence shed by rising stars in social innovation. The sessions/speakers were fantastic (all of which attendees and new registrants can still access) and the discussion in chat rooms and on Twitter was vibrant.
There was one session that I took more from than any other, though I don’t think it’s what he intended. So as try and not to take things out of context, in Scott Gerber’s opening keynote, he was charged with walking up (and firing up) the audience. Mission accomplished. Scott’s a dynamic person with a passionate delivery but overall he took, what I felt, was an abrasive approach to advocating on behalf of millennials…
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Entry filed under: Fundraising. Tags: #mcon2012, #millennials, Nathan Hand, Nonprofit Nate.
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