Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This required a sustained emergency posture and high degrees of creativity, agility, and collaboration. The mindset shift, here, is critical: It is no longer enough to set sights on big improvements to current services, important as that is; city leaders must invest time, energy, and resources to understand what’s around the corner.

Nonprofit governance and management 138

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Because these approaches also come with cultural differences and operate along different time scales, it can be hard for organizations to mobilize and organize at the same time. The principles created a methodology for shared leadership. In June, the two wings prosecuted different people power strategies together.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Medical 113

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We are here to talk about philanthropic leadership. That’s awesome, really involved in their nonprofit leadership program, which is really cool. I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors.

Leadership 61

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Philanthropy 61

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

All of this ultimately requires major changes in the culture, infrastructure, and practices of climate and conservation funders, including international NGOs, private foundations and philanthropies, and government funding agencies.

Civil Society 108

Civil Society Environmental Governance Public and Social Policy 108

Fundraising Leadership

MARCH 17, 2023

#leadershipdevelopment ” Register here for Intentioning Mastermind Series Kicking off the live series created for women leaders who are mid-career, management and C-suite levels during Women’s History Month is a nod to the collective power of community and what Feldt calls “the infinite pie” of possibilities for women in leadership.

Curriculum and Teaching 52

Curriculum and Teaching Leadership Energy Education 52

Fundraising Leadership

MARCH 15, 2024

Women in government STEM jobs, including those in the Air Force, Army, Navy, the energy and transportation departments, departments of Veterans Affairs, State, Interior, Homeland Security, Defense and Commerce, in 13 years increased from 25.33% to 25.63%. Each Tech Hub stands to receive $40 to $70 million,” according to Innovate Illinois.

Environmental 69

Environmental Technology Manufacturing Culture 69

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2023

Many of the mentors and healers I’ve been lucky to work with were always clear about the importance of balancing energy and refusing urgency. Headwaters provides paid sabbaticals to all staff after five years of service and prioritizes a culture of openness.

Health 91

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Medical 91

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Food changes into blood, blood into cells, cells change into energy which changes up into life. This work we’re doing in food culture is ultimately healing work. Rowen White, Mohawk seedkeeper, writer, culture worker. But systems and practices do not exist in a vacuum; they are an expression of the culture that underpins them.

Food 136

Food Culture Agriculture Health 136

Beth Kanter

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It begins with learning, habituation, and cultural shifts to fully harness AI benefits responsibly. He described how volunteers, previously spending hours on research for culturally resonant welcome baskets, turned to Copilot for quicker insights. The path may seem daunting, but the key is to start with your people.

Public and Nonprofit Management 62

Public and Nonprofit Management Production Construction Nonprofits 62

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We derive these findings from a report we collaborated on, recently published by the National Resources Defense Council, that explored these issues. Because public dollars often have extensive reporting requirements, CTC feared that accepting these funds might invite financial instability and divert energy from existing programs.

Governance 75

Governance Community Development Collaborations Environmental 75

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Because we offer expert training and technical assistance across the continuum of sexual violence prevention and response (as well as to a wide variety of professions in both nonprofit and public service systems), having so many advisory committees ensures that we are collaborating with people working in all aspects of the sexual violence field.

Race and Ethnicity 90

Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Production Collaborations 90

Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 2, 2024

Enlist some of your more experienced staff members to become mentors and strengthen their leadership skills while serving as positive role models to their mentees. Nurture a culture of learning in your workplace by inviting employees to host lunch and learn sessions. Lunch and learn sessions. Improved employee retention.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofits Retention Management 52

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

With a uniquely holistic approach to nonprofit leadership strategy, this book functions as a handbook to help leaders examine their existing organization, identify trouble spots, and resolve issues with attention to all aspects of operations and culture. They are CALM.

Communication 70

Communication Energy Nonprofit Leadership Collaborations 70

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 102

Culture Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 102

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

In today’s tumultuous climate—global political turmoil; emboldened White supremacists; mass gun violence; environmental degradation; pandemics; lack of access to quality, affordable healthcare; and counting—we need leadership that can grapple with the challenges. People still want to maintain culture and camaraderie.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Culture 89

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

And it is leadership that triggers this essential evolution. The Need for Different Leadership In 2021, when the Kaiser Family Foundation looked at how people fare across 27 key health measures , they found that Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans fared worse than their White counterparts in most areas due to chronic underfunding.

Leadership 70

Leadership Healthcare Health Medical 70

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 19, 2023

By Elikem Tomety Archer & Jessica Harrington In 2017, as part of her participation in the youth leadership program Global Citizen Year , Dora—an 18-year-old from Huntington Beach, California—spent seven months in Thiadiaye, Senegal. Leadership program projects are not typically designed with the long term in mind.

Leadership 111

Leadership Participation and motivation Collaborations Health 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

Scott Momaday During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global shutdown sparked an unexpected return to and reinvigoration of Indigenous culture in Peru. Community-Driven, Collective Leadership Community-driven, collective leadership is tough to measure or understand using surveys or quantitative research methodologies.

Leadership 105

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

You helped launch the National Health Plan Collaborative, aimed at reducing racial and ethnic disparities within large health plans, and you also contributed to the first National Healthcare Quality & Disparities reports. Can you say more about how you think of leadership in this realm and what you did at Robert Wood Johnson around that?

Medical 88

Medical Health Leadership Healthcare 88

EveryAction

JULY 18, 2018

By doing so, you’ll avoid the extra time and energy required to redo this work and ensure your forward-facing messaging about your organization is consistent. What about our organization, its leadership, its mission, its supporters, etc. Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc. Volunteers + Current Donors.

Fundraising 107

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Foundations 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The CLIMA Fund , a collaboration across four public foundations supporting tens of thousands of grassroots groups advancing climate justice solutions, has learned a lot about the diverse and powerful ways grassroots movements create scaled impact. Grassroots movements accelerate scaling through distributed impact and leadership.

Agriculture 117

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 117

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In this collection of 12 recent books by Black women authors, Take The Lead salutes the energy, advice and brilliance of authors producing nonfiction, poetry, graphic novels and more. Their insights on work, entrepreneurship, life, history, art and culture can be inspiration and information for everyone. “ This is my truth.”

Entrepreneurship 98

Entrepreneurship Culture Leadership Collaborations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When we don't have the means to process the impact of the experience, our autonomic nervous system fragments off the related energy and information from our awareness, but we hold it unconsciously in our body and mind until we heal from it. Others have embarked on a collective healing process. But what does systemic trauma actually look like?

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Leadership is a renewable resource—but only if approached with a spirit of self-renewal. “Then the delight, when your courage kindled, / And out you stepped onto new ground, / Your eyes young again with energy and dream, / A path of plenitude opening before you.” By Jordan Kassalow.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Health Energy Leadership 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In the context of leadership, separation manifests as leadership by domination—those with power and those without, and those trying to achieve power over others rather than finding power with others. And we need our understanding of leadership to evolve, too. Countering the Myth of Separateness.

Leadership 106

Leadership Civil Society Collaborations Universities 106

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

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 105

Non-Profits Energy Leadership Children 105

Fundraising Leadership

JUNE 19, 2023

All of this is why Take The Lead’s mission includes the word “propel” in the phrase delineating what we do: “prepare, develop, inspire, and propel all women of all diversities and intersectionalities to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025.”

Leadership 52

Leadership Entrepreneurship Construction Education 52

Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

The kind of strategic planning processes that I lead are inclusive and participatory which means that the group is consulted, the vision of the group, the energy, we kind of tap into the energy, vision, knowledge, experience of the people who will be doing the work in order to make plans. Where are we not putting our energy?

Nonprofit governance and management 122

Nonprofit governance and management Energy Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 122

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. And that might involve collaboration, saying, “We acknowledge that there are others in the community that do this better or more effectively. So, obviously, going to be a really great presenter for you. Grant proposals.

Children 80

Children Curriculum and Teaching Education Education 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The lucky grantees included clusters on clean energy, next-gen agriculture, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, and robotics, among others. A year into implementation, both regions have learned important lessons about leadership, governance, DEI, and more. Establish a strong leadership and governance model from the start.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Manufacturing Governance 102

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

For staff, frustrations over the gaps between public rhetoric and internal operations can lead to public callouts of leadership, open letters, and work avoidance. These forms of staff resistance often trigger fears among leadership about losing issue campaigns, falling short on base building or turnout metrics, and other reputational risks.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Values 104

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

The passage of the THRIVE Act prioritized renewable, environmentally sound, ethically sourced energy production, from development to deployment. This led to the requirement of US federal agencies to secure the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of Indigenous Nations related to their environment, lands, water, livelihoods, and culture.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 110

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, corporate and philanthropic dollars don’t always flow toward economic justice movements for a variety of reasons, which include everything from a lack of understanding of new leadership and organizational structures to grappling with supporting leaders of color dismantling systems of economic and social oppression.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2023

2 Through 15 years of developing more sophisticated climate justice policies and advocacy strategies, the California EJ movement’s climate leadership is shining. Car culture was peddled by oil companies to great success, breaking down public transportation systems. I’ve seen colonizers decimate our people, from Asia to the Americas.

Environmental 85

Environmental Public and Social Policy Energy Law 85

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 23, 2020

Remember, we started our nonprofits to solve problems, not to spend all our energy proving our worth and asking “how high” when funders tell us to jump. Does your team now use collaboration or project management software that has made you more efficient? Have you developed leadership, fellowship, and mentorship in your community?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Nonprofit governance and management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 31, 2023

In collaboration with a national foundation, I recently had the opportunity to research some of the most longstanding community-led funds in the nation and to learn from them about what it takes to embed effective participatory grantmaking in philanthropic institutions and create authentic community engagement.

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Foundations Leadership Education 96

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision? 4 We see, too, movement energy in the organizing at Amazon, at the over 200 Starbucks branches that have unionized, in the new vigor behind the pursuit of worker cooperatives and community land trusts. Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision?

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 76