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About Suzanne
- “In the Know” – Skoll World Forum 2013
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 30 Years, One Love Letter and a New Book
- 4 Takeaways from the First 40 Years
- Are Women Better at Social Enterprise?
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Building Social Enterprises
- Changemaker Top 10 Music Playlist
- Connecting Disciplines: Bridging Nonprofit and For-Profit Worlds
- Duke – The Fuqua School of Business Alumni Q&A with Suzanne Smith
- Everyone Can Be a Changemaker
- Hot Topics in the Social Sector, Podcast-style
- In Case You Missed It
- Lean In for the Social Sector: 3 Ways We Hold Ourselves Back
- Master Time Management with these Nonprofit Productivity Hacks
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2019
- On Being a Social Entrepreneur: A Decade of Lessons Learned
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice for Rising Social Entrepreneurs and Nonprofit Leaders
- Reimagining the Social Sector: What 16 Years Has Taught Us
- Resilience at the Edge of the World: What Antarctica Teaches Us About Leading Through Uncertainty
- Social Enterprise Alliance Summit LIVE
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- Success, Significance and My Next Adventure
- The 2013 Social Enterprise Olympics
- The Dog Days of Summer 2015
- The Times They Are A-Changin’: “The Mission-Driven Venture” Shares Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs
- The Woman in the Arena
- Wisdom from Southeast Asia
Advocacy/Policy Change
- (Almost) Free Wi-Fi for Nonprofit Clients
- 4 Trends from the Aspen Ideas Festival to Spark Social Change
- 5 Ways to Take Social Entrepreneurship to Scale/Dear Mr. President
- 7 Actions Nonprofits Can Take to Be Anti-Racist Organizations
- Can Nonprofits Lobby? The Answer is YES!
- Celebrating Social Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem Building and Advocacy from Jewish Innovators
- Creating a Ripple Effect: How the Social Sector Can Lead on Mental Health
- Elevating Policy as a Priority: How Advocacy Adds Value to Your Organization & the Greater Good
- Everyone Counts: Why Census 2020 Must be a High Priority for Nonprofits
- Fast Facts on Federal COVID-19 Stimulus for Nonprofits
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Helping First-Generation College Students Reach for the Stars
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- How Can Nonprofits Help Get Community Back?
- How Coalition Building and Grassroots Campaigns Can Boost Your Nonprofit’s Advocacy
- How Faith-Based Organizations and Nonprofits Are Working Together to Solve Social Issues
- How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
- How Nonprofits & Social Entrepreneurs Can Answer the President’s Call to Action
- How to End Domestic Violence and Abuse
- Is This the Era of Local Government?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Leading in Uncertainty: How Scenario Planning Helps Nonprofit Leaders Prepare for What Comes Next
- Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Government Shifts
- Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Second Chance for Communities
- Place is the Word: Innovative Placemaking
- Solving Social Issues in the Biden Era
- The Five C’s of an Effective Policymaker Meeting
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Opportunity Zones
- The New Tax Law: How It Will Impact Your Nonprofit Organization and 5 Solutions to Mitigate Your Risk
- The People’s Pope: Lessons in Nonprofit Leadership and Change Management from Pope Francis
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The Two-Generation Approach: A Powerful Path to Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty
- The Woman in the Arena
- Tips for Better Nonprofit Project Management from Tech Leaders
- Urgent Attention Needed: Federal Bill Could Hurt Nonprofits and Our Communities
- What I Learned from John McCain
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Now Is the Perfect Moment to Showcase Your Nonprofit to Policymakers
- Will Social Entrepreneurship Survive the Trump Era?
Annual Traditions
- “Be the One” This Holiday Season
- 2013 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Nonprofit Customers and Donors
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 2019 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Mindset
- 2020 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Technology
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 2022 Nonprofit Trends: Leaning in on Global Interconnectedness
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- 2025 Nonprofit Trends: Uniting Generations in the Workplace
- 2026 Nonprofit Trends: Nonprofit Boards as a Force Multiplier
- 3 New Year’s Resolutions for the Social Sector
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- All You Need to Know about Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2022 Results
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2013
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2014
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2015
- Bend Without Breaking: How Resilience Can Help the Social Sector Prevail in the New Year
- Celebrating Fan Favorites and TrendSpotters
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2019
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2020
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2021
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2022
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2023
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2013
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2014
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2015
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2016
- Favorite Inspirations: Top 10 Life Hacks for a More Peaceful 2018
- For this Thanksgiving Season – An Irish Blessing for Nonprofits
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Happy Friendsgiving
- Holiday Inspiration from the Edge of the World
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2015
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2018
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2020
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2025
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2026
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2013
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2014
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2015
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2019
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2022
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Reasons Social TrendSpotter is Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful for YOU
- Reasons We Are Thankful this Year
- The Dog Days of Summer 2015
- The Story Behind the Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
Board Development
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 2026 Nonprofit Trends: Nonprofit Boards as a Force Multiplier
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- An Emerging Trend in Nonprofit Leadership: Professional Interim Leadership
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Five Strategies for Rethinking Revenue & Development
- Has your Board “Quiet Quit”? How to Build a Successful Nonprofit Board in 2023
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2026
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Government Shifts
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Boards Behaving Badly
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- The Color of Money
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Roller Coaster Ride of Nonprofit Governance in 2020
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
Book Reviews
- 9 Lessons from a Founding Father of Social Enterprise
- Being a “Bridge Out of Poverty” for Our Employees and Community
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Community Development is a Team Sport
- How to Build a (Social) Revolution: Hacks from Tech Innovators – Part 1
- How to Build a (Social) Revolution: Hacks from Tech Innovators – Part 2
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Lean In for the Social Sector: 3 Ways We Hold Ourselves Back
- Success, Significance and My Next Adventure
- The Times They Are A-Changin’: “The Mission-Driven Venture” Shares Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs
- Things We Can Learn from Gladwell’s David and Goliath
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
Buffet
Business Planning
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Boost Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- 5 Types of Strategic Plans Every Nonprofit Should Know (And When to Use Them)
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- Adding to Our Repertoire: Social TrendSpotter Launches New TED-Style Videos on Trending Topics in the Social Sector
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2014
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2015
- An Emerging Trend in Nonprofit Leadership: Professional Interim Leadership
- Avoiding Analysis Paralysis: Market Research in the Age of AI
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Can Your Nonprofit Manage a Crisis? Follow These 5 Tips to Hold onto Your Halo in a Crisis
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Fast Facts on Federal COVID-19 Stimulus for Nonprofits
- Four Keys to Successful Nonprofit Strategy Execution from D-Day
- From Strategic Planning to Action: How Nonprofits Turn Vision Into Execution
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- How Are Nonprofit Business Plans Different From Strategic Plans?
- How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Fatherhood Programs Are Helping the Next Generation
- How Nonprofits Can Compete and Collaborate Through Coopetition
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Start a Sustainable Social Enterprise in Four Steps
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Land the Big Fish: Try a Nonprofit Prospectus
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Spot Your Nonprofit Competition
- How to Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- If You Can Write a Grant, You CAN Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- Impact Investing Series 1 of 2: 3 Greatest Challenges to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Impact Investing Series 2 of 2: 3 Greatest Opportunities to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Is Pay for Success Making an Impact?
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Is Your Nonprofit Ready for an Executive Transition? A Quick Guide for Nonprofit Succession Planning
- Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Advice for Nonprofits on Accepting Gifts of Real Estate
- Looking for the Perfect Match? 4 Nonprofit Interview Tips for Hiring the Right Employees
- Managing Nonprofit Conflict Resolution by Inviting Dissent in Decision-Making
- Market Research Tools for Nonprofits: How to Channel Your Inner Oprah
- Mission Meets Metrics: Unlocking Nonprofit Potential with KPIs
- Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Government Shifts
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2018
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2022
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Second Chance for Communities
- Q&A on COVID-19
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Smart Nonprofit Marketing — Avoid the Mistakes that Cost You Money and Momentum
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning (and the Answers Nonprofits Actually Need)
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Risk Management in the Social Sector
- What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Business Planning
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Celebrating Social Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem Building and Advocacy from Jewish Innovators
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- From Strategic Planning to Action: How Nonprofits Turn Vision Into Execution
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How Can Nonprofits Build Trust Through Radical Accountability?
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How to Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- Smart Nonprofit Marketing — Avoid the Mistakes that Cost You Money and Momentum
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Risk Management in the Social Sector
Career Advice
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2014
- Are Women Better at Social Enterprise?
- Building Social Enterprises
- Connecting Disciplines: Bridging Nonprofit and For-Profit Worlds
- Duke – The Fuqua School of Business Alumni Q&A with Suzanne Smith
- Hot Topics in the Social Sector, Podcast-style
- Master Time Management with these Nonprofit Productivity Hacks
- Nonprofit Internships: How to Recruit, Support and Pay the Next Generation of Talent
- On Being a Social Entrepreneur: A Decade of Lessons Learned
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice for Rising Social Entrepreneurs and Nonprofit Leaders
- Scare-Free Job Hunting: Tips for Finding the Right Fit in the Social Sector
Client Flow/Design Thinking
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- How Nonprofits Are Leading Efforts to Lift Women Out of Poverty
- How to Help Your Donors Create a Legacy With Planned Giving
- Secrets from the Fortune 500 – Design Thinking Hacks for Nonprofits
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- Tips for Better Nonprofit Project Management from Tech Leaders
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
Collaborate
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 2022 Nonprofit Trends: Leaning in on Global Interconnectedness
- 3 Olympic Leadership Lessons
- 30 Years, One Love Letter and a New Book
- 4 Trends from the Aspen Ideas Festival to Spark Social Change
- 5 Ways to Take Social Entrepreneurship to Scale/Dear Mr. President
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- 7 Actions Nonprofits Can Take to Be Anti-Racist Organizations
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- Are Performance Reviews Still Relevant? 6 Tips for Making Nonprofit Reviews More Effective
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Choosing Progress Over Partisanship: Reimagining our Political Future
- Creating a Ripple Effect: How the Social Sector Can Lead on Mental Health
- Everyone Counts: Why Census 2020 Must be a High Priority for Nonprofits
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Fast Facts on Federal COVID-19 Stimulus for Nonprofits
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2022
- From CSR Myths to Trust-Driven Impact: Highlights from The Trust Show Podcast with Yoram Solomon, PhD
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Here’s to the Dreamers: An Ode for 2017
- Holiday Inspiration from the Edge of the World
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2020
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How Can Nonprofits Help Get Community Back?
- How Can Nonprofits Show Leadership in the #MeToo Movement?
- How Nonprofits & Social Entrepreneurs Can Answer the President’s Call to Action
- How Nonprofits Are Leading Efforts to Lift Women Out of Poverty
- How Nonprofits Can Compete and Collaborate Through Coopetition
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How Social Entrepreneurship Can Become a Movement: Six Shifts Shaping What Comes Next
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to End Domestic Violence and Abuse
- How to Use Ecosystem Mapping to Drive Real System Change in Your Community
- Impact Investing Series 1 of 2: 3 Greatest Challenges to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Impact Investing Series 2 of 2: 3 Greatest Opportunities to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Is This the Era of Local Government?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2014
- Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Second Chance for Communities
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- Solving Social Issues in the Biden Era
- System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?
- The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
- The Collaboration Commandments
- The Five C’s of an Effective Policymaker Meeting
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The Two-Generation Approach: A Powerful Path to Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Want to Stand Out from the Crowd? Social Marketing Lessons from “Don’t mess with Texas.”
- What I Learned from John McCain
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Why Belonging May Be the Next Frontier in Community Design
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- Why Nonprofit Teamwork Fails
Collection of Articles
Communicate
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 2020 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Technology
- 30 Years, One Love Letter and a New Book
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 6 Virtual Fundraising Event Tips to Combat “Zoom Fatigue”
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2014
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2015
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Charitable Giving: Key Trends from Giving USA 2024 and What They Mean for Your Nonprofit
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- Email Etiquette: 5 Strategies for Clear, Concise Communication
- Etiquette for Effective and Enjoyable Online Meetings
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Five Strategies for Rethinking Revenue & Development
- Following Southwest Airlines’ Model for Taking Nonprofit Internal Communications to New Heights
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Help Your Nonprofit Team Take Flight with Tips from Southwest
- Holiday Inspiration from the Edge of the World
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using Social Return on Investment in Your Nonprofit’s Storytelling
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How Social Entrepreneurship Can Become a Movement: Six Shifts Shaping What Comes Next
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- Impact Investing Series 1 of 2: 3 Greatest Challenges to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Impact Investing Series 2 of 2: 3 Greatest Opportunities to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Lessons from Dr. Seuss on the Power of Storytelling
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Sharpen Your Story: Essential Storytelling Tips for Nonprofit Giving Days
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeals
- Smart Nonprofit Marketing — Avoid the Mistakes that Cost You Money and Momentum
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- The Art & Science of Donor Engagement (with an added bonus: templates!)
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Nonprofit Crowdfunding
- The Five C’s of an Effective Policymaker Meeting
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The New Tax Law: How It Will Impact Your Nonprofit Organization and 5 Solutions to Mitigate Your Risk
- The State of Generosity in America
- The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Year-End Impact Reports: 14 Tips to Boost Donor Trust and Support
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- Want to Stand Out from the Crowd? Social Marketing Lessons from “Don’t mess with Texas.”
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
- What the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- Why Now Is the Perfect Moment to Showcase Your Nonprofit to Policymakers
- “Out-of-this-World” Fundraising Ideas
Conference Reviews
- “In the Know” – Skoll World Forum 2013
- 4 Trends from the Aspen Ideas Festival to Spark Social Change
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Social Enterprise Alliance Summit LIVE
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- The 2013 Social Enterprise Olympics
- Top 5 Takeaways from Aspen Ideas Festival: Spotlight Health
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
COVID-19
- (Almost) Free Wi-Fi for Nonprofit Clients
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 6 Virtual Fundraising Event Tips to Combat “Zoom Fatigue”
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- All You Need to Know about Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2022 Results
- Changemaker Top 10 Music Playlist
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Creating a Ripple Effect: How the Social Sector Can Lead on Mental Health
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Etiquette for Effective and Enjoyable Online Meetings
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Fast Facts on Federal COVID-19 Stimulus for Nonprofits
- Hoping for the Best While Preparing for the Worst: Nonprofit Risk Management Q&A with former Secret Service Agent James Savage
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2020
- How Coalition Building and Grassroots Campaigns Can Boost Your Nonprofit’s Advocacy
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Q&A on COVID-19
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Should Nonprofits Become Landlords?
- The Art & Science of Donor Engagement (with an added bonus: templates!)
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Mary Poppins Guide to Making the Best Use of Nonprofit Downtime
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- The Roller Coaster Ride of Nonprofit Governance in 2020
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Tips for Combating Leadership Fatigue in the Social Sector
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- What Nonprofit Leaders Can Learn From Great Coaches About Burnout
- What You Should Do Instead of Working on a New Nonprofit Strategic Plan This Year
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
Ecosystem Mapping
- How Can Nonprofits Help Get Community Back?
- How to Use Ecosystem Mapping to Drive Real System Change in Your Community
- Is This the Era of Local Government?
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2018
- System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?
- The Collaboration Commandments
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
Employee Engagement
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- 2025 Nonprofit Trends: Uniting Generations in the Workplace
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Keys to Boost Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
Evaluation Planning
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- 5 Types of Strategic Plans Every Nonprofit Should Know (And When to Use Them)
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using Social Return on Investment in Your Nonprofit’s Storytelling
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- Place is the Word: Innovative Placemaking
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- Tips for Better Nonprofit Project Management from Tech Leaders
- Top Tips for Mastering Nonprofit Logic Models
Executive Coaching
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- Etiquette for Effective and Enjoyable Online Meetings
- How Multiple Intelligences Can Improve Nonprofit Leadership
- How to Build a (Social) Revolution: Hacks from Tech Innovators – Part 2
- How to Build a Strong Nonprofit Culture That Drives Impact
- Inspiring Nonprofit Resilience: 6 Tips for Building a Mindset to Rise Strong
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Nonprofit Turnover Is a Warning Sign. Are You Paying Attention?
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 1: Self-Awareness as Your Superpower
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 2: Self-Regulation as a Catalyst for Culture Change
- Tips for Combating Leadership Fatigue in the Social Sector
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
Feasibility Studies
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- How Can Nonprofits Build Trust Through Radical Accountability?
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
Fundraising
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 6 Virtual Fundraising Event Tips to Combat “Zoom Fatigue”
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- All You Need to Know about Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2022 Results
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2015
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Bringing Impact Investing Back to Earth
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Charitable Giving: Key Trends from Giving USA 2024 and What They Mean for Your Nonprofit
- Email Etiquette: 5 Strategies for Clear, Concise Communication
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Five Strategies for Rethinking Revenue & Development
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How Faith-Based Organizations and Nonprofits Are Working Together to Solve Social Issues
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- Impact Investing Series 1 of 2: 3 Greatest Challenges to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Impact Investing Series 2 of 2: 3 Greatest Opportunities to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Government Shifts
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Resilience at the Edge of the World: What Antarctica Teaches Us About Leading Through Uncertainty
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeals
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- The Art & Science of Donor Engagement (with an added bonus: templates!)
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Nonprofit Crowdfunding
- The Five C’s of an Effective Policymaker Meeting
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The New Tax Law: How It Will Impact Your Nonprofit Organization and 5 Solutions to Mitigate Your Risk
- The State of Generosity in America
- The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Year-End Impact Reports: 14 Tips to Boost Donor Trust and Support
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- What Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
- What the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
- “Out-of-this-World” Fundraising Ideas
Giving Trends
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- All You Need to Know about Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2022 Results
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
Grow
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- 2026 Nonprofit Trends: Nonprofit Boards as a Force Multiplier
- 30 Years, One Love Letter and a New Book
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Boost Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 5 Types of Strategic Plans Every Nonprofit Should Know (And When to Use Them)
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- Adding to Our Repertoire: Social TrendSpotter Launches New TED-Style Videos on Trending Topics in the Social Sector
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2013
- An Emerging Trend in Nonprofit Leadership: Professional Interim Leadership
- Are Performance Reviews Still Relevant? 6 Tips for Making Nonprofit Reviews More Effective
- Are Women Better at Social Enterprise?
- Avoiding Analysis Paralysis: Market Research in the Age of AI
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Built to Bend: Is Your Nonprofit Designed for Resilience?
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Decision-Making Traps and Triumphs for Nonprofit Leaders
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2022
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2016
- Five Strategies for Rethinking Revenue & Development
- Four Keys to Successful Nonprofit Strategy Execution from D-Day
- Four Self-Care Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
- From Strategic Planning to Action: How Nonprofits Turn Vision Into Execution
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Has your Board “Quiet Quit”? How to Build a Successful Nonprofit Board in 2023
- Holiday Inspiration from the Edge of the World
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How Are Nonprofit Business Plans Different From Strategic Plans?
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- How Can Nonprofits Build Trust Through Radical Accountability?
- How Nonprofits Can Compete and Collaborate Through Coopetition
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How Nonprofits Can Start a Sustainable Social Enterprise in Four Steps
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How Social Entrepreneurship Can Become a Movement: Six Shifts Shaping What Comes Next
- How to Build a Strong Nonprofit Culture That Drives Impact
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Design Nonprofit Programs That Work: A Lean, Evidence-Based Framework
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Spot Your Nonprofit Competition
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- How to Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- If You Can Write a Grant, You CAN Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- Impact Investing Series 1 of 2: 3 Greatest Challenges to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Impact Investing Series 2 of 2: 3 Greatest Opportunities to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Is Innovation OUT? Is Impact IN? A Candid Discussion for the Social Sector
- Is Pay for Success Making an Impact?
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Keys to Major Life Changes from Harvard & Ted Lasso
- Looking for the Perfect Match? 4 Nonprofit Interview Tips for Hiring the Right Employees
- Managing Nonprofit Conflict Resolution by Inviting Dissent in Decision-Making
- Market Research Tools for Nonprofits: How to Channel Your Inner Oprah
- Mission Meets Metrics: Unlocking Nonprofit Potential with KPIs
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Government Shifts
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Change Management: A Superhero’s Playbook for Leading Transformation
- Nonprofit Internships: How to Recruit, Support and Pay the Next Generation of Talent
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2015
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2022
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Should Nonprofits Become Landlords?
- Smart Nonprofit Marketing — Avoid the Mistakes that Cost You Money and Momentum
- Social Enterprise Alliance Summit LIVE
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The 2013 Social Enterprise Olympics
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 1: Self-Awareness as Your Superpower
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 2: Self-Regulation as a Catalyst for Culture Change
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Mission-Money Matrix: A Smarter Way to Set Nonprofit Funding Priorities
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- The State of Generosity in America
- The Times They Are A-Changin’: “The Mission-Driven Venture” Shares Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning (and the Answers Nonprofits Actually Need)
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Risk Management in the Social Sector
- What Is Social Intrapreneurship — and Why It Might Be the Smartest Way to Create Social Change
- What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends
- What Nonprofit Leaders Can Learn From Great Coaches About Burnout
- What You Should Do Instead of Working on a New Nonprofit Strategic Plan This Year
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Why Belonging May Be the Next Frontier in Community Design
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Why Mindfulness Is a Nonprofit Performance Tool — Not Just a Wellness Trend
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Growth/Scaling Plans
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2020 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Technology
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 New Year’s Resolutions to Make Our Hearts Grow
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- 5 Types of Strategic Plans Every Nonprofit Should Know (And When to Use Them)
- Adding to Our Repertoire: Social TrendSpotter Launches New TED-Style Videos on Trending Topics in the Social Sector
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- An Emerging Trend in Nonprofit Leadership: Professional Interim Leadership
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Can Nonprofits Lobby? The Answer is YES!
- Celebrating Social Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem Building and Advocacy from Jewish Innovators
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Charitable Giving: Key Trends from Giving USA 2024 and What They Mean for Your Nonprofit
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- Do Competitions Help or Hinder Social Enterprises?
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- Elevating Policy as a Priority: How Advocacy Adds Value to Your Organization & the Greater Good
- Falling in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2022
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2016
- Five Strategies for Rethinking Revenue & Development
- Four Keys to Successful Nonprofit Strategy Execution from D-Day
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Here’s to the Dreamers: An Ode for 2017
- How Are Nonprofit Business Plans Different From Strategic Plans?
- How Coalition Building and Grassroots Campaigns Can Boost Your Nonprofit’s Advocacy
- How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Nonprofit Conflict Management Can Create Better Results
- How Nonprofits & Social Entrepreneurs Can Answer the President’s Call to Action
- How Nonprofits Can Compete and Collaborate Through Coopetition
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How Nonprofits Can Start a Sustainable Social Enterprise in Four Steps
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How to Design Nonprofit Programs That Work: A Lean, Evidence-Based Framework
- How to Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- Ideas to Impact: Why Most Social Change Fails Early and How to Do Better
- Is Pay for Success Making an Impact?
- Is Your Nonprofit Ready for an Executive Transition? A Quick Guide for Nonprofit Succession Planning
- Keys to Major Life Changes from Harvard & Ted Lasso
- Lessons on Scaling Wide from America’s Cowboy Leader, Hugh O’Brian
- Mission Meets Metrics: Unlocking Nonprofit Potential with KPIs
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Turnover Is a Warning Sign. Are You Paying Attention?
- Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Second Chance for Communities
- Place is the Word: Innovative Placemaking
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Should Nonprofits Become Landlords?
- Smart Nonprofit Marketing — Avoid the Mistakes that Cost You Money and Momentum
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The Collaboration Commandments
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Nonprofit Crowdfunding
- The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Opportunity Zones
- The Mission-Money Matrix: A Smarter Way to Set Nonprofit Funding Priorities
- The State of Generosity in America
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- The Two-Generation Approach: A Powerful Path to Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- What Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What Is Social Intrapreneurship — and Why It Might Be the Smartest Way to Create Social Change
- What is the Difference between Social Innovation, Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship?
- What You Should Do Instead of Working on a New Nonprofit Strategic Plan This Year
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Why Belonging May Be the Next Frontier in Community Design
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
- Why We Should Live by the “Cowboy Code”
Guest Blogs
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 6 Virtual Fundraising Event Tips to Combat “Zoom Fatigue”
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- An Emerging Trend in Nonprofit Leadership: Professional Interim Leadership
- Are Nonprofits in the Customer Service Business?
- Are Performance Reviews Still Relevant? 6 Tips for Making Nonprofit Reviews More Effective
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Bringing Impact Investing Back to Earth
- Can Your Nonprofit Manage a Crisis? Follow These 5 Tips to Hold onto Your Halo in a Crisis
- Changemaker Top 10 Music Playlist
- Decision-Making Traps and Triumphs for Nonprofit Leaders
- Do Competitions Help or Hinder Social Enterprises?
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- For-Profit and Nonprofit Social Enterprises Should Focus on Impact, not Labels
- From CSR Myths to Trust-Driven Impact: Highlights from The Trust Show Podcast with Yoram Solomon, PhD
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Here’s to the Dreamers: An Ode for 2017
- Hoping for the Best While Preparing for the Worst: Nonprofit Risk Management Q&A with former Secret Service Agent James Savage
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- How Can Nonprofits Show Leadership in the #MeToo Movement?
- How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to Write Nonprofit Job Descriptions That (Actually) Attract Top Talent
- Impact Investing Series 1 of 2: 3 Greatest Challenges to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Impact Investing Series 2 of 2: 3 Greatest Opportunities to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Advice for Nonprofits on Accepting Gifts of Real Estate
- Managing Uncertainty: How Nonprofit Leaders Can Reclaim Their Energy
- March Madness Tribute: 5 Teamwork Lessons from Duke’s Coach K
- Nonprofit Boards Behaving Badly
- Should Nonprofits Become Landlords?
- State of Social Enterprise 2016 (Crowd-sourced!)
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
- The Art & Science of Donor Engagement (with an added bonus: templates!)
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Nonprofit Crowdfunding
- The Roller Coaster Ride of Nonprofit Governance in 2020
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Want a More Diverse Audience or Clientele? Incorporate These 4 Pillars into Your Strategy
- Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Why Belonging May Be the Next Frontier in Community Design
- Why Mindfulness Is a Nonprofit Performance Tool — Not Just a Wellness Trend
- Your 2026 Nonprofit Financial Check-Up: What Every Leader Should Review Now
- “Out-of-this-World” Fundraising Ideas
Human Resources
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Emotional Intelligence: The Superpower Every Nonprofit Leader Needs
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Four Self-Care Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Write Nonprofit Job Descriptions That (Actually) Attract Top Talent
- Looking for the Perfect Match? 4 Nonprofit Interview Tips for Hiring the Right Employees
- Managing Uncertainty: How Nonprofit Leaders Can Reclaim Their Energy
- Nonprofit Internships: How to Recruit, Support and Pay the Next Generation of Talent
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Nonprofit Turnover Is a Warning Sign. Are You Paying Attention?
- Scare-Free Job Hunting: Tips for Finding the Right Fit in the Social Sector
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 2: Self-Regulation as a Catalyst for Culture Change
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Mindfulness Is a Nonprofit Performance Tool — Not Just a Wellness Trend
Impact
- “Be the One” This Holiday Season
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 2022 Nonprofit Trends: Leaning in on Global Interconnectedness
- 2026 Nonprofit Trends: Nonprofit Boards as a Force Multiplier
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- 30 Years, One Love Letter and a New Book
- Avoiding Analysis Paralysis: Market Research in the Age of AI
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Holiday Inspiration from the Edge of the World
- How Can Nonprofits Build Trust Through Radical Accountability?
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using Social Return on Investment in Your Nonprofit’s Storytelling
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Social Entrepreneurship Can Become a Movement: Six Shifts Shaping What Comes Next
- How to Design Nonprofit Programs That Work: A Lean, Evidence-Based Framework
- How to Help Your Donors Create a Legacy With Planned Giving
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- Impact vs. Outcomes
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Innovation OUT? Is Impact IN? A Candid Discussion for the Social Sector
- Is Pay for Success Making an Impact?
- Leading in Uncertainty: How Scenario Planning Helps Nonprofit Leaders Prepare for What Comes Next
- Market Research Tools for Nonprofits: How to Channel Your Inner Oprah
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2013
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2015
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2019
- Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Second Chance for Communities
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Secrets from the Fortune 500 – Design Thinking Hacks for Nonprofits
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeals
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- The Mission-Money Matrix: A Smarter Way to Set Nonprofit Funding Priorities
- The State of Generosity in America
- The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Year-End Impact Reports: 14 Tips to Boost Donor Trust and Support
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top Tips for Mastering Nonprofit Logic Models
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Impact Measurement
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 2022 Nonprofit Trends: Leaning in on Global Interconnectedness
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- Adding to Our Repertoire: Social TrendSpotter Launches New TED-Style Videos on Trending Topics in the Social Sector
- Advanced Thinking on Developing a Theory of Change
- Advancing Equity as a Core Value of the Social Sector
- Are Nonprofits in the Customer Service Business?
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Being a “Bridge Out of Poverty” for Our Employees and Community
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Coopeting for the Gold Medal Using Theory of Change
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Falling in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
- Gamechanging Study on Social Enterprise
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- How Can Nonprofits Build Trust Through Radical Accountability?
- How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Faith-Based Organizations and Nonprofits Are Working Together to Solve Social Issues
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using Social Return on Investment in Your Nonprofit’s Storytelling
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- How to Use Ecosystem Mapping to Drive Real System Change in Your Community
- Impact Measurement Series 2 of 4: Measure What Matters
- Impact vs. Outcomes
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Innovation OUT? Is Impact IN? A Candid Discussion for the Social Sector
- Is Pay for Success Making an Impact?
- Leading in Uncertainty: How Scenario Planning Helps Nonprofit Leaders Prepare for What Comes Next
- Market Research Tools for Nonprofits: How to Channel Your Inner Oprah
- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power of Social Movements
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2015
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeals
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?
- The Mission-Money Matrix: A Smarter Way to Set Nonprofit Funding Priorities
- The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Year-End Impact Reports: 14 Tips to Boost Donor Trust and Support
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top 10 Quotes for the Social Sector
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Tips for Mastering Nonprofit Logic Models
- What Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What is the Difference between Social Innovation, Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship?
- What the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Inspirations
- Bend Without Breaking: How Resilience Can Help the Social Sector Prevail in the New Year
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2019
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2020
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2021
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2022
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2023
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2013
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2014
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2015
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2016
- Favorite Inspirations: Top 10 Life Hacks for a More Peaceful 2018
- Holiday Inspiration from the Edge of the World
- Resilience at the Edge of the World: What Antarctica Teaches Us About Leading Through Uncertainty
- The Story Behind the Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Why We Should Live by the “Cowboy Code”
Issue Based Blogs
- 2022 Nonprofit Trends: Leaning in on Global Interconnectedness
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- 7 Actions Nonprofits Can Take to Be Anti-Racist Organizations
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- Advancing Equity as a Core Value of the Social Sector
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Can Nonprofits Lobby? The Answer is YES!
- Can We Really Cut Child Poverty in Half?
- Choosing Progress Over Partisanship: Reimagining our Political Future
- Creating a Ripple Effect: How the Social Sector Can Lead on Mental Health
- Elevating Policy as a Priority: How Advocacy Adds Value to Your Organization & the Greater Good
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Fast Facts on Federal COVID-19 Stimulus for Nonprofits
- Helping First-Generation College Students Reach for the Stars
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2020
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2025
- How Can Nonprofits Help Get Community Back?
- How Can Nonprofits Show Leadership in the #MeToo Movement?
- How Coalition Building and Grassroots Campaigns Can Boost Your Nonprofit’s Advocacy
- How Nonprofits & Social Entrepreneurs Can Answer the President’s Call to Action
- How Nonprofits Are Leading Efforts to Lift Women Out of Poverty
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- Impact Investing Series 1 of 2: 3 Greatest Challenges to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Impact Investing Series 2 of 2: 3 Greatest Opportunities to Bring the Movement Mainstream
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Second Chance for Communities
- Playing the Long Game: Best Practices for Fighting Poverty
- Q&A on COVID-19
- Solving Social Issues in the Biden Era
- The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
- The Mary Poppins Guide to Making the Best Use of Nonprofit Downtime
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The Social Ripple Effect: How Social Change Really Happens
- Urgent Attention Needed: Federal Bill Could Hurt Nonprofits and Our Communities
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
Lead
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2025 Nonprofit Trends: Uniting Generations in the Workplace
- 3 Olympic Leadership Lessons
- 30 Years, One Love Letter and a New Book
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- An Emerging Trend in Nonprofit Leadership: Professional Interim Leadership
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Built to Bend: Is Your Nonprofit Designed for Resilience?
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Decision-Making Traps and Triumphs for Nonprofit Leaders
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- Emotional Intelligence: The Superpower Every Nonprofit Leader Needs
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2016
- From CSR Myths to Trust-Driven Impact: Highlights from The Trust Show Podcast with Yoram Solomon, PhD
- Help Your Nonprofit Team Take Flight with Tips from Southwest
- Holiday Inspiration from the Edge of the World
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- How Multiple Intelligences Can Improve Nonprofit Leadership
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How Social Entrepreneurship Can Become a Movement: Six Shifts Shaping What Comes Next
- How to Build a Strong Nonprofit Culture That Drives Impact
- In Case You Missed It
- Inspiring Nonprofit Resilience: 6 Tips for Building a Mindset to Rise Strong
- Looking for the Perfect Match? 4 Nonprofit Interview Tips for Hiring the Right Employees
- Nonprofit Change Management: A Superhero’s Playbook for Leading Transformation
- Nonprofit Internships: How to Recruit, Support and Pay the Next Generation of Talent
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Nonprofit Turnover Is a Warning Sign. Are You Paying Attention?
- Scare-Free Job Hunting: Tips for Finding the Right Fit in the Social Sector
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 1: Self-Awareness as Your Superpower
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 2: Self-Regulation as a Catalyst for Culture Change
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 4: Social Influence – Turning Vision into Momentum
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- What Is Social Intrapreneurship — and Why It Might Be the Smartest Way to Create Social Change
- What Nonprofit Leaders Can Learn From Great Coaches About Burnout
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Mindfulness Is a Nonprofit Performance Tool — Not Just a Wellness Trend
Lean Start-Up
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- Avoiding Analysis Paralysis: Market Research in the Age of AI
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Free (or Almost Free) Stuff for Nonprofits
- Helping First-Generation College Students Reach for the Stars
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How to Design Nonprofit Programs That Work: A Lean, Evidence-Based Framework
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Innovation OUT? Is Impact IN? A Candid Discussion for the Social Sector
- Market Research Tools for Nonprofits: How to Channel Your Inner Oprah
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2013
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2018
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- Want a More Diverse Audience or Clientele? Incorporate These 4 Pillars into Your Strategy
- What Is Social Intrapreneurship — and Why It Might Be the Smartest Way to Create Social Change
- What is the Difference between Social Innovation, Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship?
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Logic Model Development
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- How to Design Nonprofit Programs That Work: A Lean, Evidence-Based Framework
- Impact vs. Outcomes
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2013
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- The Mission-Money Matrix: A Smarter Way to Set Nonprofit Funding Priorities
- Top Tips for Mastering Nonprofit Logic Models
Marketing & Communication
- (Almost) Free Wi-Fi for Nonprofit Clients
- 2020 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Technology
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 6 Virtual Fundraising Event Tips to Combat “Zoom Fatigue”
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- All You Need to Know about Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2022 Results
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2014
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2015
- Are You Elevator-Ready? The 6 C’s for a Dynamite Nonprofit Pitch
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Charitable Giving: Key Trends from Giving USA 2024 and What They Mean for Your Nonprofit
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- Email Etiquette: 5 Strategies for Clear, Concise Communication
- Etiquette for Effective and Enjoyable Online Meetings
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Following Southwest Airlines’ Model for Taking Nonprofit Internal Communications to New Heights
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2015
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Lessons from Dr. Seuss on the Power of Storytelling
- Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Government Shifts
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Q&A on COVID-19
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Sharpen Your Story: Essential Storytelling Tips for Nonprofit Giving Days
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeals
- Smart Nonprofit Marketing — Avoid the Mistakes that Cost You Money and Momentum
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- The Art & Science of Donor Engagement (with an added bonus: templates!)
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Nonprofit Crowdfunding
- The Five C’s of an Effective Policymaker Meeting
- The State of Generosity in America
- The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Year-End Impact Reports: 14 Tips to Boost Donor Trust and Support
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Risk Management in the Social Sector
- Want a More Diverse Audience or Clientele? Incorporate These 4 Pillars into Your Strategy
- Want to Stand Out from the Crowd? Social Marketing Lessons from “Don’t mess with Texas.”
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
- What the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- “Out-of-this-World” Fundraising Ideas
Nonprofit Trends
- 2013 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Nonprofit Customers and Donors
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 2019 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Mindset
- 2020 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Technology
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 2022 Nonprofit Trends: Leaning in on Global Interconnectedness
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- 2025 Nonprofit Trends: Uniting Generations in the Workplace
- 2026 Nonprofit Trends: Nonprofit Boards as a Force Multiplier
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
Organizational Assessments
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- 2025 Nonprofit Trends: Uniting Generations in the Workplace
- 2026 Nonprofit Trends: Nonprofit Boards as a Force Multiplier
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Boost Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- Adding to Our Repertoire: Social TrendSpotter Launches New TED-Style Videos on Trending Topics in the Social Sector
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- Advancing Equity as a Core Value of the Social Sector
- An Emerging Trend in Nonprofit Leadership: Professional Interim Leadership
- Are Nonprofits in the Customer Service Business?
- Are Performance Reviews Still Relevant? 6 Tips for Making Nonprofit Reviews More Effective
- Avoiding Analysis Paralysis: Market Research in the Age of AI
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Built to Bend: Is Your Nonprofit Designed for Resilience?
- Can Your Nonprofit Manage a Crisis? Follow These 5 Tips to Hold onto Your Halo in a Crisis
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Charitable Giving: Key Trends from Giving USA 2024 and What They Mean for Your Nonprofit
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Death by Meeting? Tips to Energize Your Next Nonprofit Meeting or Retreat
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Emotional Intelligence: The Superpower Every Nonprofit Leader Needs
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Falling in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
- Following Southwest Airlines’ Model for Taking Nonprofit Internal Communications to New Heights
- Four Keys to Successful Nonprofit Strategy Execution from D-Day
- Four Self-Care Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
- From Strategic Planning to Action: How Nonprofits Turn Vision Into Execution
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Hoping for the Best While Preparing for the Worst: Nonprofit Risk Management Q&A with former Secret Service Agent James Savage
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2018
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2026
- How Are Nonprofit Business Plans Different From Strategic Plans?
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Fatherhood Programs Are Helping the Next Generation
- How Multiple Intelligences Can Improve Nonprofit Leadership
- How Nonprofit Conflict Management Can Create Better Results
- How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
- How Nonprofits Can Compete and Collaborate Through Coopetition
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How to Build a Strong Nonprofit Culture That Drives Impact
- How to Build an Entrepreneurial Culture in Your Nonprofit
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- How to Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- Ideas to Impact: Why Most Social Change Fails Early and How to Do Better
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Inspiring Nonprofit Resilience: 6 Tips for Building a Mindset to Rise Strong
- Is Innovation OUT? Is Impact IN? A Candid Discussion for the Social Sector
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Is Your Nonprofit Ready for an Executive Transition? A Quick Guide for Nonprofit Succession Planning
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Market Research Tools for Nonprofits: How to Channel Your Inner Oprah
- Master Time Management with these Nonprofit Productivity Hacks
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Thrive Amid Government Shifts
- Nonprofit Boards Behaving Badly
- Nonprofit Change Management: A Superhero’s Playbook for Leading Transformation
- Nonprofit Internships: How to Recruit, Support and Pay the Next Generation of Talent
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2015
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2022
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Nonprofit Turnover Is a Warning Sign. Are You Paying Attention?
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- Smart Nonprofit Marketing — Avoid the Mistakes that Cost You Money and Momentum
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The 5 Temptations of Nonprofit CEOs with a Game of Thrones Twist
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 1: Self-Awareness as Your Superpower
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 2: Self-Regulation as a Catalyst for Culture Change
- The Mary Poppins Guide to Making the Best Use of Nonprofit Downtime
- The Mission-Money Matrix: A Smarter Way to Set Nonprofit Funding Priorities
- The People’s Pope: Lessons in Nonprofit Leadership and Change Management from Pope Francis
- The Roller Coaster Ride of Nonprofit Governance in 2020
- The State of Generosity in America
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- The Two-Generation Approach: A Powerful Path to Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top 10 Quotes for the Social Sector
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning (and the Answers Nonprofits Actually Need)
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Risk Management in the Social Sector
- Urgent Attention Needed: Federal Bill Could Hurt Nonprofits and Our Communities
- Want a More Diverse Audience or Clientele? Incorporate These 4 Pillars into Your Strategy
- What Is Social Intrapreneurship — and Why It Might Be the Smartest Way to Create Social Change
- What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends
- What Nonprofit Leaders Can Learn From Great Coaches About Burnout
- What You Should Do Instead of Working on a New Nonprofit Strategic Plan This Year
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Why Belonging May Be the Next Frontier in Community Design
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Why Mindfulness Is a Nonprofit Performance Tool — Not Just a Wellness Trend
- Why Nonprofit Teamwork Fails
- Your 2026 Nonprofit Financial Check-Up: What Every Leader Should Review Now
Organizational Culture
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2019 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Mindset
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- 2025 Nonprofit Trends: Uniting Generations in the Workplace
- 4 Takeaways from the First 40 Years
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Boost Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- 9 Lessons from a Founding Father of Social Enterprise
- Advancing Equity as a Core Value of the Social Sector
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2013
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Built to Bend: Is Your Nonprofit Designed for Resilience?
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Decision-Making Traps and Triumphs for Nonprofit Leaders
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- Email Etiquette: 5 Strategies for Clear, Concise Communication
- Emotional Intelligence: The Superpower Every Nonprofit Leader Needs
- Etiquette for Effective and Enjoyable Online Meetings
- Everyone Can Be a Changemaker
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2016
- Following Southwest Airlines’ Model for Taking Nonprofit Internal Communications to New Heights
- Free (or Almost Free) Stuff for Nonprofits
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Help Your Nonprofit Team Take Flight with Tips from Southwest
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- How Can Nonprofits Show Leadership in the #MeToo Movement?
- How Multiple Intelligences Can Improve Nonprofit Leadership
- How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How to Build a Strong Nonprofit Culture That Drives Impact
- How to Build an Entrepreneurial Culture in Your Nonprofit
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- In Case You Missed It
- Inspiring Nonprofit Resilience: 6 Tips for Building a Mindset to Rise Strong
- Is Innovation OUT? Is Impact IN? A Candid Discussion for the Social Sector
- Is Pay for Success Making an Impact?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Looking for the Perfect Match? 4 Nonprofit Interview Tips for Hiring the Right Employees
- Managing Nonprofit Conflict Resolution by Inviting Dissent in Decision-Making
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Change Management: A Superhero’s Playbook for Leading Transformation
- Nonprofit Internships: How to Recruit, Support and Pay the Next Generation of Talent
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2018
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2022
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Nonprofit Turnover Is a Warning Sign. Are You Paying Attention?
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice for Rising Social Entrepreneurs and Nonprofit Leaders
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Scare-Free Job Hunting: Tips for Finding the Right Fit in the Social Sector
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- The Dog Days of Summer 2015
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 1: Self-Awareness as Your Superpower
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 2: Self-Regulation as a Catalyst for Culture Change
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 4: Social Influence – Turning Vision into Momentum
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The People’s Pope: Lessons in Nonprofit Leadership and Change Management from Pope Francis
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Tips for Combating Leadership Fatigue in the Social Sector
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Top 10 Quotes for the Social Sector
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- What Is Social Intrapreneurship — and Why It Might Be the Smartest Way to Create Social Change
- What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends
- What Nonprofit Leaders Can Learn From Great Coaches About Burnout
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Mindfulness Is a Nonprofit Performance Tool — Not Just a Wellness Trend
- Why Nonprofit Teamwork Fails
Personal
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 4 Takeaways from the First 40 Years
- Changemaker Top 10 Music Playlist
- Hot Topics in the Social Sector, Podcast-style
- Lessons on Scaling Wide from America’s Cowboy Leader, Hugh O’Brian
- Master Time Management with these Nonprofit Productivity Hacks
- On Being a Social Entrepreneur: A Decade of Lessons Learned
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice for Rising Social Entrepreneurs and Nonprofit Leaders
- Reimagining the Social Sector: What 16 Years Has Taught Us
- Success, Significance and My Next Adventure
- The Woman in the Arena
- What I Learned from John McCain
Program Development
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- Are Nonprofits in the Customer Service Business?
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- How Fatherhood Programs Are Helping the Next Generation
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using Social Return on Investment in Your Nonprofit’s Storytelling
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- The Mission-Money Matrix: A Smarter Way to Set Nonprofit Funding Priorities
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- The Two-Generation Approach: A Powerful Path to Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty
- Top Tips for Mastering Nonprofit Logic Models
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Retreats
- 2024 Nonprofit Trends: Building Your Dream Team
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 2: Self-Regulation as a Catalyst for Culture Change
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Urgent Attention Needed: Federal Bill Could Hurt Nonprofits and Our Communities
Storytelling
- “Be the One” This Holiday Season
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 4 Steps to Turn Your Nonprofit’s Volunteers into Evangelists
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 9 Lessons from a Founding Father of Social Enterprise
- Are You Elevator-Ready? The 6 C’s for a Dynamite Nonprofit Pitch
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Do You Have an Impact-Driven Culture? A Checklist for Nonprofits
- Dream No Little Dreams: A Tribute to Business Icon Clay Mathile
- Giving USA 2025: The Comeback and the Call to Action
- Giving USA 2026: Winning Donors Through Head, Heart and Hands
- Help Your Nonprofit Team Take Flight with Tips from Southwest
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2025
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using Social Return on Investment in Your Nonprofit’s Storytelling
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How to Land the Big Fish: Try a Nonprofit Prospectus
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Lessons from Dr. Seuss on the Power of Storytelling
- March Madness Tribute: 5 Teamwork Lessons from Duke’s Coach K
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Second Chance for Communities
- Sharpen Your Story: Essential Storytelling Tips for Nonprofit Giving Days
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeals
- The EQ Nonprofit Advantage, Part 4: Social Influence – Turning Vision into Momentum
- The Five C’s of an Effective Policymaker Meeting
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Mary Poppins Guide to Making the Best Use of Nonprofit Downtime
- The New Tax Law: How It Will Impact Your Nonprofit Organization and 5 Solutions to Mitigate Your Risk
- The State of Generosity in America
- The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Year-End Impact Reports: 14 Tips to Boost Donor Trust and Support
- The Woman in the Arena
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- Urgent Attention Needed: Federal Bill Could Hurt Nonprofits and Our Communities
- Vision vs. Mission: How to Hit the Bullseye of a Perfect Combination
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- Want to Stand Out from the Crowd? Social Marketing Lessons from “Don’t mess with Texas.”
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
- What the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
Strategic Planning
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Types of Strategic Plans Every Nonprofit Should Know (And When to Use Them)
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Can Your Nonprofit Manage a Crisis? Follow These 5 Tips to Hold onto Your Halo in a Crisis
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Decision-Making Traps and Triumphs for Nonprofit Leaders
- Do Competitions Help or Hinder Social Enterprises?
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Four Keys to Successful Nonprofit Strategy Execution from D-Day
- From Strategic Planning to Action: How Nonprofits Turn Vision Into Execution
- Hoping for the Best While Preparing for the Worst: Nonprofit Risk Management Q&A with former Secret Service Agent James Savage
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2018
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How Are Nonprofit Business Plans Different From Strategic Plans?
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- How Can Nonprofits Build Trust Through Radical Accountability?
- How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Possibilities
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- How to Write Nonprofit Job Descriptions That (Actually) Attract Top Talent
- Ideas to Impact: Why Most Social Change Fails Early and How to Do Better
- If You Can Write a Grant, You CAN Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- Is Your Nonprofit Ready for an Executive Transition? A Quick Guide for Nonprofit Succession Planning
- Keys to Major Life Changes from Harvard & Ted Lasso
- Leading in Uncertainty: How Scenario Planning Helps Nonprofit Leaders Prepare for What Comes Next
- Managing Nonprofit Conflict Resolution by Inviting Dissent in Decision-Making
- Managing Uncertainty: How Nonprofit Leaders Can Reclaim Their Energy
- Mission Meets Metrics: Unlocking Nonprofit Potential with KPIs
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Change Management: A Superhero’s Playbook for Leading Transformation
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2018
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2022
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- Q&A on COVID-19
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Resilience at the Edge of the World: What Antarctica Teaches Us About Leading Through Uncertainty
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- State of Social Enterprise 2016 (Crowd-sourced!)
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- Tips for Combating Leadership Fatigue in the Social Sector
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning (and the Answers Nonprofits Actually Need)
- Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Risk Management in the Social Sector
- Urgent Attention Needed: Federal Bill Could Hurt Nonprofits and Our Communities
- Vision vs. Mission: How to Hit the Bullseye of a Perfect Combination
- What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends
- What You Should Do Instead of Working on a New Nonprofit Strategic Plan This Year
- Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Nonprofit Lifecycle to Plan Ahead
- Why Great Ideas Aren’t Enough: What It Really Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Your 2026 Nonprofit Financial Check-Up: What Every Leader Should Review Now
Summer Reading
- Celebrating Fan Favorites and TrendSpotters
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2014
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2015
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2018
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2020
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2023
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2025
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2026
- The Dog Days of Summer 2015
System Change
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 2022 Nonprofit Trends: Leaning in on Global Interconnectedness
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 4 Trends from the Aspen Ideas Festival to Spark Social Change
- 7 Actions Nonprofits Can Take to Be Anti-Racist Organizations
- Advancing Equity as a Core Value of the Social Sector
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Choosing Progress Over Partisanship: Reimagining our Political Future
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Etiquette for Effective and Enjoyable Online Meetings
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Falling in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
- Fast Facts on Federal COVID-19 Stimulus for Nonprofits
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holiday Season 2022
- Hoping for the Best While Preparing for the Worst: Nonprofit Risk Management Q&A with former Secret Service Agent James Savage
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2020
- How Nonprofits & Social Entrepreneurs Can Answer the President’s Call to Action
- How Nonprofits Are Leading Efforts to Lift Women Out of Poverty
- How to Spot Your Nonprofit Competition
- How to Use Ecosystem Mapping to Drive Real System Change in Your Community
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- On Being a Social Entrepreneur: A Decade of Lessons Learned
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- State of Social Enterprise 2016 (Crowd-sourced!)
- System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?
- The Collaboration Commandments
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Opportunity Zones
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top 5 Takeaways from Aspen Ideas Festival: Spotlight Health
- Want to Stand Out from the Crowd? Social Marketing Lessons from “Don’t mess with Texas.”
- What Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What I Learned from John McCain
- Why Accessibility Needs to Be a 2025 Goal for All Nonprofits
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
Thanksgiving
- “Be the One” This Holiday Season
- For this Thanksgiving Season – An Irish Blessing for Nonprofits
- Happy Friendsgiving
- Reasons Social TrendSpotter is Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful
- Reasons We Are Thankful for YOU
- Reasons We Are Thankful this Year
- Reasons We Are Thankful this Year
Theory of Change
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- 5 Common Traps Boards Face When Hiring a Nonprofit CEO
- Beyond the Buzz: A Q&A on How Nonprofits Can Best Leverage AI
- Beyond the Buzzword: What Nonprofit Sustainability Really Looks Like
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- How Nonprofits Navigate an 80-Year Shift: Strategy Lessons from the Field
- How to Design Nonprofit Programs That Work: A Lean, Evidence-Based Framework
- How to Use a Theory of Change to Sharpen Strategy and Amplify Nonprofit Impact
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Leading in Uncertainty: How Scenario Planning Helps Nonprofit Leaders Prepare for What Comes Next
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- The State of Generosity in America
- What is the Difference between Social Innovation, Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship?
Top 5 Annual List
- 3 New Year’s Resolutions for the Social Sector
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2013
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2014
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2015
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2018
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2019
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2020
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2022
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
