Board Development, Collaborate, Guest Blogs, Issue Based Blogs, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects
In 2020, every board we worked with was asking the same question – how do we as a board truly commit to racial equity and social justice? Last summer we wrote a post, “7 Actions Nonprofits Can Take to Be Anti-Racist Organizations” with some ideas that we have...
Board Development, Communicate, Evaluation Planning, Impact, Impact Measurement, Lead, Lean Start-Up, Logic Model Development, Marketing & Communication, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Theory of Change
“Sustainability” has been a buzzword in the social sector for the past few years, but what does it really mean? Everyone agrees that sustainability is an important factor to evaluate the resiliency of social sector organizations, but few have agreed on a simple path...
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...
