Client Flow/Design Thinking, Impact, Social Impact Architects
Have you ever waited endlessly at the doctor’s office and wished that they had better customer service? Have you waited in a grocery line and bought an impulse purchase and then wondered why later? For better or worse, every company – but especially those in retail –...
Advocacy/Policy Change, Issue Based Blogs, Lean Start-Up, Social Impact Architects
Back-to-school season is upon us. For some students, it is routine. For others going to a new school, it can feel like stepping into the unknown. In many ways, first-generation college students are much like astronauts. Exploring uncharted territory always take a...
Business Planning, Business Planning, Evaluation Planning, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Impact, Organizational Assessments, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning, System Change
“Back to the Future” is coming to Broadway in New York this weekend. (My husband and I had a blast watching it in London last year.) With all the discussions about AI and Chat GPT, we thought we’d contemplate the future of the social sector along with some of the...
Business Planning, Organizational Assessments, Program Development, Social Impact Architects
When I visited South Africa, Kruger National Park had an exploding elephant population. They had to move many of elephants to a nearby wildlife refuge, but they only had equipment to move the smaller ones – the females and the young. They couldn’t move the adult males...
Business Planning, Evaluation Planning, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
While there are numerous books and websites on strategic planning, the process of developing a plan can seem prescriptive. But it shouldn’t be that way. Strategy for any organization can be tailored to set forth the ways in which an organization will negotiate its...
Advocacy/Policy Change, Fundraising, Impact Measurement
With various religious holidays this month, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate the roles faith-based organizations in the U.S. play in serving our communities. Some of the country’s largest and oldest nonprofit organizations have their roots in faith traditions,...
