Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities. When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization.

Nonprofit governance and management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Another path leads to it being purchased by a “farm incubator” who will make it available to refugee farmers growing culturally meaningful crops and contributing to their economic mobility. One path leads to this arable land being sold to a developer and turned into a small strip mall. Next, imagine where these crops go after harvesting.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

During each performance, actors and audiences collaborate to think critically about the social justice problems posed in the play, and brainstorm possible resolutions together. The result is a democratic culture built on interlocking “circles,” where roles remain clear, yet power circulates.

Public and Social Policy

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Community & Culture Working together lifts everyone up! Learn how nonprofit collaboration strategies can help you partner with like-minded people and organizations and create a deepened impact, more sustainable relationships, and a stronger funding pool for your nonprofit. Updates by topic!

Nonprofit governance and management

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 8, 2025

As the leader of one of Minnesota’s most impactful environmental organizations, Hoffman shared valuable insights on strategic planning, measuring impact, and creating a healthy work culture. At MCEA, their mission to use law and science to protect Minnesota’s environment and the health of its people serves as a crucial touchstone.

Leadership

Bloomerang

MAY 5, 2025

This methodology provides a structured framework for intentional hiring, professional growth, and mentorship programs that help cultivate an empowered and inclusive culture of people who genuinely want to stay with an organization. In reality, strong donor relationships are built through collaboration across multiple teams.

Management

Candid

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Now, I control my time and energy investments.” My favorite part is choosing who I work with [as] clients and collaborators.” Forward-thinking nonprofits should create and budget for more fluid, project-based roles, and focus on fostering a culture where Autonomists and traditional employees can coexist.

Participation and motivation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Other schools are observing the energy and momentum, and they are eager to join the movement. The Secret Sauce: Making Connections It is tough to pin down the factors that have enabled nafda schools to defy the odds and spread hope, energy, and innovation in their schools and communities during one of Lebanons darkest periods.

Education

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 23, 2025

In his book The Careless Society , McKnight indicts the ways paid professionals, agencies, and organizations outside of communities harm them by replacing, disrupting, and ultimately discouraging the leadership, self-determination, collaboration, and mutual care of community members by taking over functions those residents historically played.

Disaster Relief

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 12, 2025

What We Gain and What We Lose Consultants can bring fresh perspectives, objectivity, and entrepreneurial energy. Internal trust, mentorship, and long-term relationship building—all essential elements of nonprofit culture—start to fray. That pressure, she said, cast a “dark cloud that hung over my head every day.” It was survival.

Leadership

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 23, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Immediately, the energy in the room changed, and the rest of the workshop took on more gravity. Three whys. Three times each.

Participation and motivation

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Is the organizations leadership building a healthy and effective work culture that supports diverse staff and is responsive to community needs? Theres no need to guilt or shame people into staying on your board when the best choice is to step away, rest, or shift where your energy is focused. We can let go of what doesnt serve us.

Governance

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

AIs ecological footprint extends through water-intensive demands, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and resource extraction, all of which pose serious risks to human health and fragile ecosystems. The data centers that power AI systems consume vast amounts of water for cooling, exacerbating water insecurity in vulnerable regions.

Public and Social Policy

Blue Avocado

APRIL 8, 2025

Sure, you may get an idea or two through, but it will take an inordinate amount of effort, energy, and capital. The split is also racially, financially, culturally, and gender divided, furthering the perception of “us versus them.” They won’t. ” Not healthy.

Management

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Now more than ever, we need to borrow from the energy, optimism, courage, and interconnectedness that characterize the social innovation ecosystem. We need these folks as champions and collaborators. Greater, more intentional collaboration can provide our partners with more predictable funding streams as they scale.

Governance

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Informal networks of social supports do existas they have for millenniaand help people manage the challenges they face; however, under the atomizing pressure of our economy and culture, these supports are often too underresourced to fill in the gaps. The United States is in a societal mental health crisis.

Health

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

6 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in Climate Work Geography and geospatial science, which are integral parts of Earth system science, use tools such as geographic information systems and remote sensing to study the physical and cultural environments on Earth. degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.36 degrees Fahrenheit (1.30

Race and Ethnicity

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 25, 2025

What’s interesting is it was just random chance; their father was in the military, and it made the three of us bond immediately,” says Palmer, who with BETTY has been featured in award-winning films, television series, ads, off-Broadway musical, and musical collaborations including “The L Word,” “Ugly Betty,” Love Bites,” and scores more.

Energy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 22, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Compensating by Collaborating Organizations consciously respond to these disparities and biases. 2009a; Hula 1999).

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2025

While they must act swiftly to address emerging gaps, they must also remain committed to a long-term vision, drawing on a spirit of collaboration, community-driven approaches, and the region’s rich traditions of informal giving. Embracing a Long-Term Vision In times of volatility, the long-term vision must guide philanthropic action.

Philanthropy

Fundraising Leadership

JANUARY 6, 2025

Personally, Ive found myself embracing a sense of rejuvenation scaling my energy and recommitting to the work of gender equality that fuels my passion. That includes owning the power of your voice, self-advocating, and being heard in workplace cultures that often dismiss or undervalue your perspectives.

Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2025

1 For the past 35 years, my focus has been on building up white antiracist vision, culture, strategy, leadership, and organization in white communities. In particular, the right positions itself as the political and cultural expression of white men. And they have been successful.

Culture

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 30, 2025

Support community production employing both digital fabrication technologies and regenerative agriculture-based materials and energy. This means decentralized manufacturing that empowers local communities to create goods collaboratively and sustainably using resilient local supply chains. Infuse art and culture in everything.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 7, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Social Issues Education, Health, Security, etc. share comment print order reprints related stories By Rohan Sandhu Aug.

Public and Social Policy

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 11, 2025

In a difficult, divisive cultural environment and a complicated economy, leaders identifying as women face silencing, resistance and erasure as funds disappear and companies, organizations and brands recalibrate to maintain. Adapt collaboration techniques for team building. Now more than ever each one of us needs the courage to lead.

Entrepreneurship

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2025

It was fueled by dedicated canvassers, robust social media collaboration and outreach, high-profile endorsements, and Mamdani’s ability to connect with the everyday New Yorker. Photo Credit: Andrew Osinbajo New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s primary win on Tuesday wasn’t lucky. Can I take a picture with you?’”

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 22, 2024

The military invests a lot of time, work, and energy into formal training in areas such as strategic planning, resource management and conflict resolution. The Power of Teamwork Teamwork is at the heart of all military operations, where success often hinges on seamless collaboration and unity of purpose.

Leadership

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 7, 2015

All this week, we are taking a look at what it means to be a CALM Communications Director ( Collaborative , Agile , Logical , and Methodical). I hear from so many nonprofit communications directors who are working in nonprofits with mediocre management cultures. Today, let’s talk about being Methodical. Use an editorial calendar.

Collaborations

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 20, 2023

By Phil Buchanan , Alyse d’Amico & Leaha Wynn Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. Often, culture is simply neglected. We have come to believe in six people and culture approaches that in many respects go against the grain.

Culture

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A scarcity mentality – or scarcity mindset, refers to a human’s instinct to see life, work, personal energy, et cetera, as a finite pie. Insert time, resources, volunteers, energy, equipment, for X. It stops us from considering collaborations and strengths between groups. A Scarcity Mindset.

Non-Profits

Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 28, 2022

“ According to a new study of 2,000 workers by @Traliant, “If companies are to rid their workplaces from unethical behaviors and practices, #HR and business leaders must prioritize building a ‘speak up’ culture.” . “ My message is we need to seek out peers, women below and above us to collaborate with specifically.

Collaborations

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 20, 2020

One of my coaches helped me realize that it’s often about energy. I like getting my energy from active involvement in events and having a lot of different activities. Now friends from on all sides of the extrovert spectrum are offering advice on how to handle the cancellation culture and stay-at-home orders.

Public and Nonprofit Management

NonProfit Leadership Center

MAY 6, 2024

A positive climate supports employees’ well-being and fosters a culture where team members feel valued. Leaders should facilitate positive energy and minimize self-sabotaging behavior to strengthen interpersonal connections and encourage collaboration.

Leadership

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 16, 2021

To enhance the effectiveness of green marketing, consider hiring professionals that have already collaborated with eco-friendly companies. Make Green Collaborations with Big Industry Players. They teamed with Energy Star, a program run by the U.S. Department of Energy. The program promotes energy efficiency.

Marketing

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to Ernest Hooper, renowned storyteller and nonprofit leader in Tampa Bay, it’s collaboration and shared knowledge. The event capitalizes on the joy of human connection and channels that electric energy into provocative presentations and conversations. What is the secret to nonprofit success?

Nonprofit Leadership

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This week we have social media trends, donation form best practices, how to spot a toxic work culture and more. If you are looking for a new job, find out How To Identify A Toxic Culture Before Accepting A Job Offer. And if you drag after lunch, Robin Lee talks about Using Afternoons to Gain Energy.

Communication

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This week we have social media trends, donation form best practices, how to spot a toxic work culture and more. If you are looking for a new job, find out How To Identify A Toxic Culture Before Accepting A Job Offer. And if you drag after lunch, Robin Lee talks about Using Afternoons to Gain Energy.

Communication