Author archives: Beate
Jan. 14: Where Jen actually brought SLIDES for her turn to host!
Jan. 07: The Season One Lobster Awards??
*Jen Love removed Simon Scriver from the chat*
Dec. 17: where donor insight hero Lesley almost is an hour late but then inspires everyone deeply instead❤
*Beate added Lesley Pinder to the chat* *Beate removed Lesley Pinder from the chat*
Dec. 3: What else is there to talk about than #GivingTuesday??♀️
*Beate added Clay Buck to the chat* Link to Love Family Butter tart recipe *Jen removed Clay Buck from the chat*
Nov. 26: Where they talk about sexual harassment in the fundraising sector
Trigger Warning: This chat will contain talk about sexual harassment and violence. Today is a different kind of #lobsterchat. November 26th is the National Day of Conversation (#NDOC) in Canada, a way to start and sustain conversations about sexual harassment in the nonprofit sector. Thank you to Liz LeClair and Wanda Deschamps for starting this […]
Nov. 19: Where branding and shit fundraising is the topic and Mark types reeeaally slowly
*Beate added Mark Phillips to the chat* *Mark is typing* *Mark is typing* *Mark is typing* *Lobsters wait in suspense* *Jen removed Mark Phillips from the chat*
Nov. 12: where they basically just talk about Dan Palotta (Hello Dan??!)
*Jen added Clay Buck to the chat* *Simon removed Clay Buck from the chat* Dan Palotta’s TED Talk “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” – highly recommended viewing! Simon’s 2013 blog post “The problem with Dan Palotta” where DAN PALOTTA HIMSELF COMMENTED! And for good measure, since it’s a good watch, Simon’s […]
Nov. 5: where they awkwardly try this out and John and Jen have a fight.
John and Jen throw down over what’s more important – a good story, or a good offer!
Oct. 26: Where they come up with an idea, Simon does a funny and Beate falls for it.
Guys, I just thought of something. Random idea. You know those conversation-y blogposts that for instance FiveThirtyEight do? It’s kinda almost like a written podcast. We should do those! Like a weekly lobster chat around whatever topic, remove all the worst offensive stuff and then publish it as a regular blog post. Yay!