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About Suzanne
- “In the Know” – Skoll World Forum 2013
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 3 Olympic Leadership Lessons
- 3 Pieces of Wisdom from the Greek Drama
- 4 Takeaways from the First 40 Years
- 4 Trends from the Aspen Ideas Festival to Spark Social Change
- 9 Lessons from a Founding Father of Social Enterprise
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2013
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2014
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2015
- Are Women Better at Social Enterprise?
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Being a “Bridge Out of Poverty” for Our Employees and Community
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Building Social Enterprises
- Changemaker Top 10 Music Playlist
- Community Development is a Team Sport
- Connecting Disciplines: Bridging Nonprofit and For-Profit Worlds
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- 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
- How to Build a (Social) Revolution: Hacks from Tech Innovators – Part 1
- How to Build a (Social) Revolution: Hacks from Tech Innovators – Part 2
- In Case You Missed It
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Lean In for the Social Sector: 3 Ways We Hold Ourselves Back
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Lessons on Scaling Wide from America’s Cowboy Leader, Hugh O’Brian
- 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 to Rising Social Entrepreneurs
- Social Enterprise Alliance Summit LIVE
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- START NOW: Leverage Internships for Your Summer To-Do List
- 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
- Things We Can Learn from Gladwell’s David and Goliath
- Top 5 Takeaways from Aspen Ideas Festival: Spotlight Health
- Tricks of the Trade for Social Sector Job Seekers
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
- What I Learned from John McCain
- 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
- 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 Nonprofits Can Sharpen Their Focus on Mental Health
- How to End Domestic Violence and Abuse
- Is this the Era of the Mayor?
- Keep Calm and Plan On! Scenario Planning Steps from the Brits
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Place is the Word: Innovative Placemaking
- Prescription from the Pulpit: What Pope Francis Teaches Us About Change
- 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 Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The Woman in the Arena
- Tips for Better Nonprofit Project Management from Tech Leaders
- Two for the Price of One: Two-Generation Approaches
- What I Learned from John McCain
- Why Now Is the Perfect Moment to Showcase Your Nonprofit to Policymakers
- Will Social Entrepreneurship Survive the Trump Era?
Annual Traditions
- 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
- 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
- Celebrating Fan Favorites and TrendSpotters
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- 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
- 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
- Happy Friendsgiving
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- The Dog Days of Summer 2015
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
- Why We Should Live by the “Cowboy Code”
Board Development
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 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
- 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
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- 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 is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- 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
- 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 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Success for Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- 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
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Bring Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan to Life with Action Plans
- 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
- 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 Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Start a Sustainable Social Enterprise in Four Steps
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- 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
- 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
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Coopetition: Combining Cooperation and Collaboration to Build A Better World
- 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
- 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
- Save Time and Money with Market Research
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Nonprofit Marketing Mistakes That Cost Money
- Top Questions on Nonprofit Business Planning
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning
- 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
- Which Nonprofit Strategic Plan Is Right for You?
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Business Planning
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Success for Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- 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
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Bring Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan to Life with Action Plans
- Building Trust through Radical Nonprofit Accountability
- Can Your Nonprofit Manage a Crisis? Follow These 5 Tips to Hold onto Your Halo in a Crisis
- Celebrating Social Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem Building and Advocacy from Jewish Innovators
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2023
- 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
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- 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 Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Start a Sustainable Social Enterprise in Four Steps
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- 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
- 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
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Coopetition: Combining Cooperation and Collaboration to Build A Better World
- 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
- 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
- Save Time and Money with Market Research
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Nonprofit Marketing Mistakes That Cost Money
- Top Questions on Nonprofit Business Planning
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning
- 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
- Which Nonprofit Strategic Plan Is Right for You?
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
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
- On Being a Social Entrepreneur: A Decade of Lessons Learned
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice to Rising Social Entrepreneurs
- START NOW: Leverage Internships for Your Summer To-Do List
- Tricks of the Trade for Social Sector Job Seekers
Client Flow/Design Thinking
- 2021 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting Our Focus to Upstream Nonprofit Work
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- 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
- (Almost) Free Wi-Fi for Nonprofit Clients
- 2015 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Talent Management
- 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
- 2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms
- 3 Olympic Leadership Lessons
- 4 Trends from the Aspen Ideas Festival to Spark Social Change
- 5 Leadership Lessons from Coach K
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 5 Ways to Take Social Entrepreneurship to Scale/Dear Mr. President
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- 6 Virtual Fundraising Event Tips to Combat “Zoom Fatigue”
- 7 Actions Nonprofits Can Take to Be Anti-Racist Organizations
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- Advancing Equity as a Core Value of the Social Sector
- Are Nonprofits in the Customer Service Business?
- Are Performance Reviews Still Relevant? 6 Tips for Making Nonprofit Reviews More Effective
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Being a “Bridge Out of Poverty” for Our Employees and Community
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Bringing Impact Investing Back to Earth
- Can Nonprofits Lobby? The Answer is YES!
- Can We Really Cut Child Poverty in Half?
- Can Your Nonprofit Manage a Crisis? Follow These 5 Tips to Hold onto Your Halo in a Crisis
- Celebrating Social Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem Building and Advocacy from Jewish Innovators
- Changemaker Top 10 Music Playlist
- 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?
- Elevating Policy as a Priority: How Advocacy Adds Value to Your Organization & the Greater Good
- Etiquette for Effective and Enjoyable Online Meetings
- Everyone Counts: Why Census 2020 Must be a High Priority for Nonprofits
- 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
- 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
- Helping First-Generation College Students Reach for the Stars
- 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 2020
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2022
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How a System Change Mindset Can Improve Nonprofit Collaboration and Impact
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- 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 Faith-Based Organizations and Nonprofits Are Working Together to Solve Social Issues
- How Mindfulness Can Make You and Your Nonprofit More Productive
- 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 Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How Nonprofits Can Sharpen Their Focus on Mental Health
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to End Domestic Violence and Abuse
- How to Spot Your Nonprofit Competition
- 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
- Improve Your Nonprofit Financial Management with our Financial Sustainability Check-up
- Is this the Era of the Mayor?
- Keep Calm and Plan On! Scenario Planning Steps from the Brits
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Advice for Nonprofits on Accepting Gifts of Real Estate
- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power of Social Movements
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Boards Behaving Badly
- Nonprofit Coopetition: Combining Cooperation and Collaboration to Build A Better World
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2014
- 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
- On Being a Social Entrepreneur: A Decade of Lessons Learned
- Place is the Word: Innovative Placemaking
- Playing the Long Game: Best Practices for Fighting Poverty
- Prescription from the Pulpit: What Pope Francis Teaches Us About Change
- Q&A on COVID-19
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Should Nonprofits Become Landlords?
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- Solving Social Issues in the Biden Era
- State of Social Enterprise 2016 (Crowd-sourced!)
- System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?
- 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 Collaboration Commandments
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- 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 Light at the End of the Tunnel: Opportunity Zones
- 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 Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The Rise of the Whole Child
- The Roller Coaster Ride of Nonprofit Governance in 2020
- The Socio-Ecological Model Makes Large-scale Social Change Possible
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- The Woman in the Arena
- Tips for Better Nonprofit Project Management from Tech Leaders
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top 5 Takeaways from Aspen Ideas Festival: Spotlight Health
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Two for the Price of One: Two-Generation Approaches
- 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 Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What I Learned from John McCain
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- Why Nonprofit Teamwork Fails
- Why Now Is the Perfect Moment to Showcase Your Nonprofit to Policymakers
- Will Social Entrepreneurship Survive the Trump Era?
- “Out-of-this-World” Fundraising Ideas
Collection of Articles
Communicate
- (Almost) Free Wi-Fi for Nonprofit Clients
- 2014 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Building Better Nonprofits
- 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
- 4 Steps to Turn Your Nonprofit’s Volunteers into Evangelists
- 5 Leadership Lessons from Coach K
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 5 Tips to Hit a Social Business Pitch out of the Park
- 6 Virtual Fundraising Event Tips to Combat “Zoom Fatigue”
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- 9 Lessons from a Founding Father of Social Enterprise
- 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 Housing 2014 LIVE
- 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
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Do You Have an Impact Culture?
- 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
- 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
- Help Your Nonprofit Team Take Flight with Tips from Southwest
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2015
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2024
- How Faith-Based Organizations and Nonprofits Are Working Together to Solve Social Issues
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using SROI as a Tool
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Land the Big Fish: Try a Nonprofit Prospectus
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- 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
- Inspire Donors to Invest in Your Work with a Nonprofit Year-End Report
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- 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 & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- 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 Appeal
- 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 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 Woman in the Arena
- Tips for Knocking Your Next Staff or Board Retreat Out of the Ballpark
- Top Nonprofit Marketing Mistakes That Cost Money
- 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
- Vision vs. Mission: How to Hit the Bullseye of a Perfect Combination
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- 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 Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What Did We Learn from the Giving USA Report?
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
- 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
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
- 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
- How Nonprofits Can Sharpen Their Focus on Mental Health
- 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 “Messy Middle”: Tips to Combat Nonprofit Burnout
- 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 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 a System Change Mindset Can Improve Nonprofit Collaboration and Impact
- How Can Nonprofits Help Get Community Back?
- Is this the Era of the Mayor?
- 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
Evaluation Planning
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using SROI as a Tool
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- 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
- Which Nonprofit Strategic Plan Is Right for You?
Executive Coaching
- 15 Years and Counting: Making Social Impact the Bottom Line
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- 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 Make Culture a Priority in Your Social Sector Work
- Inspiring Nonprofit Resilience: 6 Tips for Building a Mindset to Rise Strong
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Tips for Combating Leadership Fatigue in the Social Sector
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Employee Turnover Should be a Key Metric for the Social Sector – Our Collective Canary in the Coal Mine
Feasibility Studies
- Building Trust through Radical Nonprofit Accountability
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- How Can Nonprofits be Agile?
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- Where is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
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
- 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
- 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 Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- 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
- Inspire Donors to Invest in Your Work with a Nonprofit Year-End Report
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Trends and Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2023
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeal
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 2016 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on System Change
- 2017 Nonprofit Trends: Shifting our Focus to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Nonprofits
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 2020 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Technology
- 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
- 4 Elements of Entrepreneurial Culture and How to Incorporate Them into Your Nonprofit
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Success for Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 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
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- 7 Tips to Tap into CARES Act-Stimulated Charitable Giving
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- 9 Lessons from a Founding Father of Social Enterprise
- 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
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2013
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2014
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2015
- Are Nonprofits in the Customer Service Business?
- Are Performance Reviews Still Relevant? 6 Tips for Making Nonprofit Reviews More Effective
- Are Women Better at Social Enterprise?
- Are You Chasing Money or Your Mission? The Mission-Money Matrix Can Help You Find Out!
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Bring Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan to Life with Action Plans
- Building Trust through Radical Nonprofit Accountability
- Can Nonprofits Lobby? The Answer is YES!
- Can Your Nonprofit Manage a Crisis? Follow These 5 Tips to Hold onto Your Halo in a Crisis
- 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
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Death by Meeting? Tips to Energize Your Next Nonprofit Meeting or Retreat
- Decision-Making Traps and Triumphs for Nonprofit Leaders
- Do Competitions Help or Hinder Social Enterprises?
- Do You Have an Impact Culture?
- Easy Steps to Change Management in Your Nonprofit
- Elevating Policy as a Priority: How Advocacy Adds Value to Your Organization & the Greater Good
- 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
- Favorite Inspirations to Celebrate the Holidays 2016
- Five Strategies for Rethinking Revenue & Development
- Following Southwest Airlines’ Model for Taking Nonprofit Internal Communications to New Heights
- For-Profit and Nonprofit Social Enterprises Should Focus on Impact, not Labels
- Four Keys to Successful Nonprofit Strategy Execution from D-Day
- Four Self-Care Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
- Future-Proof Your Nonprofit Against a Recession
- Has your Board “Quiet Quit”? How to Build a Successful Nonprofit Board in 2023
- 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 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2018
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- 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 Coalition Building and Grassroots Campaigns Can Boost Your Nonprofit’s Advocacy
- How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Fatherhood Programs Are Helping the Next Generation
- How Mindfulness Can Make You and Your Nonprofit More Productive
- 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 & Social Entrepreneurs Can Answer the President’s Call to Action
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Inflation and 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 Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Land the Big Fish: Try a Nonprofit Prospectus
- How to Make Culture a Priority in Your Social Sector Work
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Spot Your Nonprofit Competition
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- Ideas to Impact: How Social Entrepreneurs Think About Social Change
- 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
- Improve Your Nonprofit Financial Management with our Financial Sustainability Check-up
- 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 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
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keep Calm and Plan On! Scenario Planning Steps from the Brits
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Keys to Major Life Changes from Harvard & Ted Lasso
- Lean Startup for Nonprofits
- Lessons on Scaling Wide from America’s Cowboy Leader, Hugh O’Brian
- 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
- Master Time Management with these Nonprofit Productivity Hacks
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Need Help with Market Research? Try Secondary Research First
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- Nonprofit Boards Behaving Badly
- Nonprofit Coopetition: Combining Cooperation and Collaboration to Build A Better World
- 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 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
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice to Rising Social Entrepreneurs
- Place is the Word: Innovative Placemaking
- Prescription from the Pulpit: What Pope Francis Teaches Us About Change
- Q&A on COVID-19
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Quiz: Is Your Nonprofit Organization Resilient?
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Save Time and Money with Market Research
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Should Nonprofits Become Landlords?
- Social Enterprise Alliance Summit LIVE
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- START NOW: Leverage Internships for Your Summer To-Do List
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- State of Social Enterprise 2016 (Crowd-sourced!)
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The “Messy Middle”: Tips to Combat Nonprofit Burnout
- The 2013 Social Enterprise Olympics
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The 5 Temptations of Nonprofit CEOs with a Game of Thrones Twist
- The Collaboration Commandments
- The Color of Money
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Nonprofit Crowdfunding
- The Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Opportunity Zones
- The Mary Poppins Guide to Making the Best Use of Nonprofit Downtime
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The Roller Coaster Ride of Nonprofit Governance in 2020
- The State of Generosity in America
- The Times They Are A-Changin’: “The Mission-Driven Venture” Shares Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs
- 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 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top 10 Quotes for the Social Sector
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Nonprofit Marketing Mistakes That Cost Money
- Top Questions on Nonprofit Business Planning
- Top Questions on Social Enterprise
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning
- Top Skill for 2022: Emotional Intelligence in the Social Sector Workplace
- 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
- Two for the Price of One: Two-Generation Approaches
- Vision vs. Mission: How to Hit the Bullseye of a Perfect Combination
- Want a More Diverse Audience or Clientele? Incorporate These 4 Pillars into Your Strategy
- What Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What is Social Intrapreneurship & How Will It Help Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs Create Positive Change?
- What is the Difference between Social Innovation, Social Enterprise & Social Entrepreneurship?
- 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
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Where is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- Which Nonprofit Strategic Plan Is Right for You?
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Employee Turnover Should be a Key Metric for the Social Sector – Our Collective Canary in the Coal Mine
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Nonprofit Teamwork Fails
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
- Why We Should Live by the “Cowboy Code”
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 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
- 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
- Are You Chasing Money or Your Mission? The Mission-Money Matrix Can Help You Find Out!
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- 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?
- 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
- 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 Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How Nonprofits Can Start a Sustainable Social Enterprise in Four Steps
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- Ideas to Impact: How Social Entrepreneurs Think About Social Change
- 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
- Lean Startup for Nonprofits
- Lessons on Scaling Wide from America’s Cowboy Leader, Hugh O’Brian
- Nonprofit Coopetition: Combining Cooperation and Collaboration to Build A Better World
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- 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?
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Stand Out From the Crowd: Develop a Unique Value Proposition
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- 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 State of Generosity in America
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top Nonprofit Marketing Mistakes That Cost Money
- Top Questions on Nonprofit Business Planning
- Two for the Price of One: Two-Generation Approaches
- What Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What is Social Intrapreneurship & How Will It Help Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs Create Positive Change?
- What You Should Do Instead of Working on a New Nonprofit Strategic Plan This Year
- Where is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- Which Nonprofit Strategic Plan Is Right for You?
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Employee Turnover Should be a Key Metric for the Social Sector – Our Collective Canary in the Coal Mine
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
- Why We Should Live by the “Cowboy Code”
Guest Blogs
- 5 Leadership Lessons from Coach K
- 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
- 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 Mindfulness Can Make You and Your Nonprofit More Productive
- How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
- 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
- Improve Your Nonprofit Financial Management with our Financial Sustainability Check-up
- Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Advice for Nonprofits on Accepting Gifts of Real Estate
- 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
- “Out-of-this-World” Fundraising Ideas
Human Resources
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Four Self-Care Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
- How Mindfulness Can Make You and Your Nonprofit More Productive
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- Looking for the Perfect Match? 4 Nonprofit Interview Tips for Hiring the Right Employees
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2021
- START NOW: Leverage Internships for Your Summer To-Do List
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The Power of Dreams: Tips for Increasing Nonprofit Employee Engagement
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Top Skill for 2022: Emotional Intelligence in the Social Sector Workplace
- Tricks of the Trade for Social Sector Job Seekers
- Why Employee Turnover Should be a Key Metric for the Social Sector – Our Collective Canary in the Coal Mine
Impact
- 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
- 2018 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Collaboration
- 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 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?
- Are You Chasing Money or Your Mission? The Mission-Money Matrix Can Help You Find Out!
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Being a “Bridge Out of Poverty” for Our Employees and Community
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Building Trust through Radical Nonprofit Accountability
- Coopeting for the Gold Medal Using Theory of Change
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- Do You Have an Impact Culture?
- Falling in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
- Free (or Almost Free) Stuff for Nonprofits
- Gamechanging Study on Social Enterprise
- Helping First-Generation College Students Reach for the Stars
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- How a System Change Mindset Can Improve Nonprofit Collaboration and Impact
- How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Faith-Based Organizations and Nonprofits Are Working Together to Solve Social Issues
- How Fatherhood Programs Are Helping the Next Generation
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using SROI as a Tool
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- How to Help Your Donors Create a Legacy With Planned Giving
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- Impact Measurement Series 2 of 4: Measure What Matters
- Impact vs. Outcomes
- Inspire Donors to Invest in Your Work with a Nonprofit Year-End Report
- 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?
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keep Calm and Plan On! Scenario Planning Steps from the Brits
- Lean Startup for Nonprofits
- Market Research Tools for Nonprofits: How to Channel Your Inner Oprah
- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power of Social Movements
- 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 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
- Place is the Word: Innovative Placemaking
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Save Time and Money with Market Research
- 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 Appeal
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- The State of Generosity in America
- Tips for Better Nonprofit Project Management from Tech Leaders
- 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
- Two for the Price of One: Two-Generation Approaches
- Walk the Line, SEA-Style
- Want a More Diverse Audience or Clientele? Incorporate These 4 Pillars into Your Strategy
- What Are PRIs (Program-Related Investments) & MRIs (Mission-Related Investments)?
- What is Social Intrapreneurship & How Will It Help Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs Create Positive Change?
- What is the Difference between Social Innovation, Social Enterprise & Social Entrepreneurship?
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Where is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- Which Nonprofit Strategic Plan Is Right for You?
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- 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 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?
- Are You Chasing Money or Your Mission? The Mission-Money Matrix Can Help You Find Out!
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Being a “Bridge Out of Poverty” for Our Employees and Community
- Beyond Housing 2014 LIVE
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Building Trust through Radical Nonprofit Accountability
- Coopeting for the Gold Medal Using Theory of Change
- Do You Have an Impact Culture?
- Falling in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
- Gamechanging Study on Social Enterprise
- How a System Change Mindset Can Improve Nonprofit Collaboration and Impact
- 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 SROI as a Tool
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- Impact Measurement Series 2 of 4: Measure What Matters
- Impact vs. Outcomes
- Inspire Donors to Invest in Your Work with a Nonprofit Year-End Report
- 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?
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keep Calm and Plan On! Scenario Planning Steps from the Brits
- 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 Appeal
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- System Change: Do We Fix the System or Change it Altogether?
- 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 & Social Entrepreneurship?
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Inspirations
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 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 Can Sharpen Their Focus on Mental Health
- 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
- 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 Socio-Ecological Model Makes Large-scale Social Change Possible
Lead
- 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
- 3 Olympic Leadership Lessons
- 4 Elements of Entrepreneurial Culture and How to Incorporate Them into Your Nonprofit
- 4 Takeaways from the First 40 Years
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Success for Employee Engagement in Nonprofits
- 5 Tips for Corporate Sponsorship in the Face of COVID-19
- 5 Truths about Solving Social Issues
- 6 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Become More Eco-Friendly
- 8 Things Every Social Impact Leader Needs to Know Before Their Next Hire
- 9 Lessons from a Founding Father of Social Enterprise
- Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure
- Advancing Equity as a Core Value of the Social Sector
- All-You-Can-Read Holiday Buffet: 2013
- 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 Culture?
- Dog Days of Summer 2014
- Easy Steps to Change Management in Your Nonprofit
- Email Etiquette: 5 Strategies for Clear, Concise Communication
- 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
- Four Self-Care Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
- Free (or Almost Free) Stuff for Nonprofits
- From CSR Myths to Trust-Driven Impact: Highlights from The Trust Show Podcast with Yoram Solomon, PhD
- 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 Mindfulness Can Make You and Your Nonprofit More Productive
- 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 Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How to Build a (Social) Revolution: Hacks from Tech Innovators – Part 2
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to Make Culture a Priority in Your Social Sector Work
- 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?
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Learning in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Looking for the Perfect Match? 4 Nonprofit Interview Tips for Hiring the Right Employees
- Managing Nonprofit Conflict Resolution by Inviting Dissent in Decision-Making
- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power of Social Movements
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- 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
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice to Rising Social Entrepreneurs
- Prescription from the Pulpit: What Pope Francis Teaches Us About Change
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Quiz: Is Your Nonprofit Organization Resilient?
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- START NOW: Leverage Internships for Your Summer To-Do List
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The “Messy Middle”: Tips to Combat Nonprofit Burnout
- The 5 C’s of Employee Retention
- The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid Work for Nonprofit Leaders
- The Dog Days of Summer 2015
- 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
- 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 Skill for 2022: Emotional Intelligence in the Social Sector Workplace
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Tricks of the Trade for Social Sector Job Seekers
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- What is Social Intrapreneurship & How Will It Help Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs Create Positive Change?
- What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends
- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Is Good for Business
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Employee Turnover Should be a Key Metric for the Social Sector – Our Collective Canary in the Coal Mine
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Nonprofit Teamwork Fails
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
- Book Review: Make Waves
- Do You Have an Impact Culture?
- 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
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Innovation OUT? Is Impact IN? A Candid Discussion for the Social Sector
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Lean Startup for Nonprofits
- 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
- Save Time and Money with Market Research
- Social Impact Exchange LIVE
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- 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 & How Will It Help Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs Create Positive Change?
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Where is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Logic Model Development
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- Are You Chasing Money or Your Mission? The Mission-Money Matrix Can Help You Find Out!
- Impact vs. Outcomes
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Lean Startup for Nonprofits
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2013
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- 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
- 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
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2015
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- Inspire Donors to Invest in Your Work with a Nonprofit Year-End Report
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Lessons from Dr. Seuss on the Power of Storytelling
- 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 Appeal
- 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
- Top Nonprofit Marketing Mistakes That Cost Money
- 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?
- “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
- 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
- 4 Elements of Entrepreneurial Culture and How to Incorporate Them into Your Nonprofit
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Success for 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
- Are Nonprofits in the Customer Service Business?
- Are Performance Reviews Still Relevant? 6 Tips for Making Nonprofit Reviews More Effective
- Are You Chasing Money or Your Mission? The Mission-Money Matrix Can Help You Find Out!
- Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053
- Behavioral Economics Meets the Social Sector
- Bring Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan to Life with Action Plans
- 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 Culture?
- Easy Steps to Change Management in Your Nonprofit
- 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
- 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
- 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 Mindfulness Can Make You and Your Nonprofit More Productive
- 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 Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- How Shared Services Can Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Impact
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Make Culture a Priority in Your Social Sector Work
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- Ideas to Impact: How Social Entrepreneurs Think About Social Change
- Improve Your Nonprofit Financial Management with our Financial Sustainability Check-up
- 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
- Nonprofit Boards Behaving Badly
- Nonprofit Coopetition: Combining Cooperation and Collaboration to Build A Better World
- 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
- Prescription from the Pulpit: What Pope Francis Teaches Us About Change
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Q&A on Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Quiz: Is Your Nonprofit Organization Resilient?
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Save Time and Money with Market Research
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- START NOW: Leverage Internships for Your Summer To-Do List
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The “Messy Middle”: Tips to Combat Nonprofit Burnout
- 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 Mary Poppins Guide to Making the Best Use of Nonprofit Downtime
- The Roller Coaster Ride of Nonprofit Governance in 2020
- The State of Generosity in America
- The True Obstacle to Hybrid Work: Productivity Paranoia
- Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector
- Top 10 Quotes for the Social Sector
- Top 5 Traits of Successful Social Enterprises
- Top Nonprofit Marketing Mistakes That Cost Money
- Top Questions on Nonprofit Business Planning
- Top Questions on Strategic Planning
- Top Skill for 2022: Emotional Intelligence in the Social Sector Workplace
- 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
- Two for the Price of One: Two-Generation Approaches
- Want a More Diverse Audience or Clientele? Incorporate These 4 Pillars into Your Strategy
- What is Social Intrapreneurship & How Will It Help Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs Create Positive Change?
- 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
- What’s in a Name? Buzzwords in the Social Sector
- Where is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- Why Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
- Why Employee Turnover Should be a Key Metric for the Social Sector – Our Collective Canary in the Coal Mine
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- Why Nonprofit Teamwork Fails
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
- 4 Elements of Entrepreneurial Culture and How to Incorporate Them into Your Nonprofit
- 4 Takeaways from the First 40 Years
- 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 5 Keys to Success for 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
- Crossing the Rubicon: Navigating NEW Strategic Shifts in Your Nonprofit
- Decision-Making Traps and Triumphs for Nonprofit Leaders
- Do You Have an Impact Culture?
- Easy Steps to Change Management in Your Nonprofit
- Email Etiquette: 5 Strategies for Clear, Concise Communication
- 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 Mindfulness Can Make You and Your Nonprofit More Productive
- 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 Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Maximize Millennials’ Talents
- How to Build an Inclusive Board
- How to Make Culture a Priority in Your Social Sector Work
- 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?
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- 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 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
- Pearls of Wisdom: Advice to Rising Social Entrepreneurs
- Prescription from the Pulpit: What Pope Francis Teaches Us About Change
- Q&A on Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Exits
- Quiz: Is Your Nonprofit Organization Resilient?
- Refresh Your Nonprofit Skills with Six Free Webinars from Social Impact Architects
- Spinning Your Wheels? Tips for Avoiding the Activity Trap in the Social Sector
- START NOW: Leverage Internships for Your Summer To-Do List
- Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist
- The “Messy Middle”: Tips to Combat Nonprofit Burnout
- 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 Great Nonprofit RESET: Nonprofit Trends & Actions for 2021
- 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 Skill for 2022: Emotional Intelligence in the Social Sector Workplace
- Top Sources of Board-CEO Conflict and How to Resolve Them
- Tricks of the Trade for Social Sector Job Seekers
- Turn Donors into Fans with Best Practices for Donor Acknowledgments
- What is Social Intrapreneurship & How Will It Help Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs Create Positive Change?
- What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends
- Why Employee Ownership Will Help Nonprofits Survive a Turbulent Economy
- Why Employee Turnover Should be a Key Metric for the Social Sector – Our Collective Canary in the Coal Mine
- Why Failure Leads to Nonprofit Resilience and Success
- 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 to Rising Social Entrepreneurs
- 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?
- Are You Chasing Money or Your Mission? The Mission-Money Matrix Can Help You Find Out!
- Creating Win-Wins with Nonprofit Feasibility Assessments
- How Fatherhood Programs Are Helping the Next Generation
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using SROI as a Tool
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- Self-Sufficiency: The New Norm in the Social Sector and How to Get There
- The Perfect Recipe for a Social Business Model
- Top Tips for Mastering Nonprofit Logic Models
- Two for the Price of One: Two-Generation Approaches
- Where is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- Why Nonprofits are Ditching Business Plans for the Social Business Model Canvas
Retreats
Storytelling
- 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 Leadership Lessons from Coach K
- 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
- Boost Your Nonprofit Donor Engagement with the 5 Love Languages
- Charitable Giving Trends from Giving USA 2021
- Do You Have an Impact Culture?
- Help Your Nonprofit Team Take Flight with Tips from Southwest
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2017
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2019
- How Much of a Difference Are We Making? Using SROI as a Tool
- How Nonprofits Can Get Ahead of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
- How Nonprofits Can Get the Best Talent
- How the Ice Bucket Challenge Still Teaches Us About Nonprofit Fundraising, Marketing and Storytelling
- How to Land the Big Fish: Try a Nonprofit Prospectus
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- Inspire Donors to Invest in Your Work with a Nonprofit Year-End Report
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of Neglecting Vision, Mission and Values?
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers Engaged During COVID-19
- Key Takeaways & Trends from Giving USA 2020 Results
- Lessons from Dr. Seuss on the Power of Storytelling
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2016
- Not-So-Scary Social Media Steps
- Sharpen Your Story: Essential Storytelling Tips for Nonprofit Giving Days
- Show Me the Money: Turning Donors into Investors Through Your Annual Appeal
- 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 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
- 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?
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 Easy Steps to Boost Your Organization’s Performance Through Core Values
- 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
- Bring Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan to Life with Action Plans
- Building Trust through Radical Nonprofit Accountability
- 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?
- Easy Steps to Change Management in Your Nonprofit
- Expert Advice on How to Reopen Your Nonprofit
- Four Keys to Successful Nonprofit Strategy Execution from D-Day
- 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 Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals
- How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
- How Opportunity Assessments Can Help Nonprofits Size up New Opportunities
- How to Create a Nonprofit Advisory Council and Why
- How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- Ideas to Impact: How Social Entrepreneurs Think About Social Change
- If You Can Write a Grant, You CAN Write a Nonprofit Business Plan
- Improve Your Nonprofit Financial Management with our Financial Sustainability Check-up
- Is Your Nonprofit Ready for an Executive Transition? A Quick Guide for Nonprofit Succession Planning
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keep Calm and Plan On! Scenario Planning Steps from the Brits
- Keys to Major Life Changes from Harvard & Ted Lasso
- Managing Nonprofit Conflict Resolution by Inviting Dissent in Decision-Making
- Navigating Nonprofit Megatrends: Strategies for a Shifting Landscape
- Nonprofit Board Icebreaker
- 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
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Board Members
- Starting a Nonprofit: Choose Your Own Adventure Carefully
- 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
- Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Risk Management in the Social Sector
- 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 is Your Organization in the Nonprofit Lifecycle?
- Which Nonprofit Strategic Plan Is Right for You?
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
- 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
- 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 a System Change Mindset Can Improve Nonprofit Collaboration and Impact
- How Nonprofits & Social Entrepreneurs Can Answer the President’s Call to Action
- How to Spot Your Nonprofit Competition
- 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 Bottom-Up Program Design Is the Future
Thanksgiving
Theory of Change
- 3 Steps to Make Evaluation Plans Easy
- Hot Nonprofit Trends for Summer 2021
- How to Use Theory of Change to Map Your Nonprofit’s North Star
- Inspiring an Impact Mindset in the Social Sector
- Is Your Nonprofit Sustainable and What Does Nonprofit Sustainability Really Mean?
- Keep Calm and Plan On! Scenario Planning Steps from the Brits
- Lean Startup for Nonprofits
- Nonprofit Trends & Inspiration: Top 5 TrendSpotter Favorites of 2017
- The State of Generosity in America
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
