Advocacy/Policy Change, Board Development, Collaborate, Communicate, COVID-19, Feasibility Studies, Fundraising, Grow, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, System Change
Pivot. I imagine you’ve heard or used this word to describe your nonprofit’s activities in the past year. With the devastating impact of COVID-19 on our economy and public health, nonprofits have indeed had to shift quickly to answer the call of their communities....
Book Reviews, Organizational Culture, Social Enterprise, Storytelling
I knew of Jerr Boschee long before I met him – he is a legend in the social enterprise space. I now am lucky enough to count him as a close friend and mentor. A standout in the field, he has held many noteworthy positions throughout his career. He is a former CEO...
Communicate, Grow, Impact, Impact Measurement, Lead, Lean Start-Up, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling
In January 2018, we named it the year of collaboration. We practice what we preach by collaborating with partners to ensure the social sector gets easy-to-digest, actionable information to energize our work. We partnered with one our favorite like-minded...
Corporate Social Responsibility, Impact Measurement, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements
As we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. next week and witness the power of the recent movements in the last few years, we are reminded of the importance of social movements to our country’s evolution. Movements were believed to have started in the late...
Annual Traditions, Client Flow/Design Thinking, Impact, Impact Measurement, Lean Start-Up, Nonprofit Trends, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, System Change
When I first heard the famous parable about “The River,” I was at a national cardiovascular convening in 2003 held at Mountain Lake Lodge in Virginia (made famous by Dirty Dancing). The presenter told the story: you and a friend are having a picnic by the side of a...
Annual Traditions, Business Planning, COVID-19, Grow, Lead, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, System Change, Top 5 Annual List
Tonight marks the seventh day of Hanukkah – or the Festival of Lights. It commemorates the victory and recapture of Jerusalem in the year 164 BC. It is celebrated by the lighting of a menorah. One candle, known as the shamash, is lit and then used to light the other...
