Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

JUNE 5, 2023

When it comes to making the best decisions for the future of your organization, you need to go about this strategically. Two very essential factors necessary for strategic planning are “intended impact” and “theory of change.” Rob’s guest is Preeta Nayak. Two very essential.

Nonprofits 52

Nonprofits Nonprofit Leadership Leadership 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. Nearly everyone conceives of this goal differently; what seems equitable to me may not to you. After all, social justice is by nature utopian.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 108

iMarketSmart

JUNE 6, 2022

Lab experiments, field experiments, and academic theory agree: Fundraising lives in “story world,” not “commerce world.” Plot requires change. A compelling story promises an emotionally relevant change. A compelling donation request does the same. If the gift doesn’t change anything, why make it?

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Altruism and Helping Insurance Culture 52

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

Reasons can include, “I need your help or advice.” Another is “I’m interested in your story.” Legitimate reasons If you don’t care what donors think, don’t ask. 3] This can appear as, “We need your advice … Oh, but now that you’re giving advice, we actually want your money.” Socratic fundraising asks questions.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 3, 2023

By Lisa Frantzen , Jared Raynor & Hannah Taylor The social sector generally considers leadership development a good investment, especially when it comes to cultivating systems-level change. But ask leadership program developers and evaluators, “What is leadership?”, So why is it so hard to do?

Leadership 110

Leadership Health Collaborations Foundations 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively. Yet the impact of trauma remains all but absent from mainstream discourse about systems change. Humanity is submerged in layers of individual, intergenerational, and collective trauma, but we generally don’t recognize it.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

iMarketSmart

JULY 17, 2023

Let’s look at theory, experiment, and practice. Theory: The primal-giving game The primal-giving game models the natural origins of giving.[2] In a non-sharing or non-reciprocal community, giving does not make sense. The smarter play is this: Follow the examples of others in your community. We want the donor to say, “Yes.”

Psychology 98

Psychology Altruism and Helping Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising 98