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How a System Change Mindset Can Improve Nonprofit Collaboration and Impact

How a System Change Mindset Can Improve Nonprofit Collaboration and Impact

Collaborate, Ecosystem Mapping, Impact Measurement, System Change

Do you ever feel like a mouse in a maze looking for the ever-elusive cheese? For the social sector, the cheese is money or influence and, with that money and influence, comes enhanced relevancy to our community and increased impact to our various stakeholders....
The Collaboration Commandments

The Collaboration Commandments

Collaborate, Ecosystem Mapping, Growth/Scaling Plans, Social Impact Architects, System Change

As a political junkie, I always look forward to presidential elections and watching the democratic process unfold with the hope that the winning candidate can affect positive change for our nation. But, the election process is a contentious one by its very nature....
System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?

System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?

Collaborate, Ecosystem Mapping, Impact Measurement, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, System Change

In the nonprofit community, we often talk about our clients “falling through the cracks.” As a result, we spend a lot of time conducting case management sessions to help each and every client navigate “the system.” But, these are often only temporary fixes for our...
Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future

Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future

Collaborate, Ecosystem Mapping, Impact Measurement, Organizational Assessments, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, System Change

In 1997, on my first day as a program developer at Phoenix House, a nationwide evidence-based substance abuse treatment program, I started to learn bottom-up program design. And, to ensure I really understood the journey of those we served, I spent a lot of time in...
What is Community and How Do We Measure It?

What is Community and How Do We Measure It?

Advocacy/Policy Change, Collaborate, Ecosystem Mapping, Issue Based Blogs, Social Impact Architects

What makes a community a place where you want to live? What can a community do to promote growth – beyond investing in economic development? With all the areas to work on, what is most important? How do we measure progress?As we have recently noted, the role of...
Is this the Era of the Mayor?

Is this the Era of the Mayor?

Advocacy/Policy Change, Collaborate, Ecosystem Mapping, Social Impact Architects

Lyndon B. Johnson was famous for saying “When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be mayor.” With congressional approval ratings at an all-time low, more attention has been focused on cities to make...
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