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Investing in Creativity as Social Infrastructure

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This is apparent in families divided by online conspiracies, in children's struggles with social media-driven anxiety, in neighborhoods where local businesses struggle while corporate profits soar, and in the easy stereotypes many people reach for about urban elites or rural flyover country that mask our shared humanity.

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A Political Roadmap to Social Housing: How Do We Win?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Roman Kraft on Unsplash It’s becoming increasingly hard to find a housing justice organizer who hasn’t been to Vienna or extolled the virtues of its social housing sector, and wants to do something similar in the United States. What is Social Housing? What’s harder to find is a political strategy to achieve as much.

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Rough Draft of a Nonprofit Social Media Policy

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

During last week’s webinar on Creating a Social Media Policy for Your Nonprofit , we used the Policy Tool for Social Media to create a rough draft of a policy. What resulted is a crowd-sourced rough draft of a nonprofit social media policy (link to a Word doc for you to download).

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My Twitter Policy: How You Can Join “The 200?

Selfish Giving

Whether it is cause marketing, social media, philanthropy, public speaking or SEO, they are all experts in their respective areas. First, use Twitter search a lot and have an ongoing search on “Cause Marketing.&# It just screams “amateur&# to me and someone who doesn’t get the purpose of social media.

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5 Reasons Many Nonprofits Fail to Reach Their Highest Potential

NonProfit PRO

million nonprofit organizations play a crucial role in our society by addressing important community needs like healthcare, education, affordable housing, food insecurity and many other important social causes. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

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Guarding Trust: Overlooked Factors That Protect Your Nonprofit’s Reputation

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

While many organizations focus on public relations and fundraising strategies, smaller, often overlooked factors can significantly shape how your nonprofit is perceived. Regular updates through newsletters, social media, and community meetings create a culture of transparency, ensuring supporters feel included and engaged.