This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scenario: You’ve collected the data from your organization’s stakeholders. You’ve analyzed it six ways to Sunday and made a list of strategies, actions, and tactics that need review. Unfortunately, you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite logistical hurdles and pushback from city officials, organizers are making it their mission to protect community fridges, which have transformed into a combination of social hubs and distribution centers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just before COVID hit the U.S., the Leap Ambassadors Community published guidance on succession planning for high-performing CEOs and got great feedback on it from social-sector CEOs starting to think…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of us in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors prefer to concentrate on the social issues we’re passionate about and leave financial questions to others. But we fool ourselves if…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has, rightfully so, become a priority for companies. An estimated 90% of companies on the S&P 500 index published a CSR report in 2019, compared to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The idea of “pitching” is not new. We have been trained to do “elevator pitches” that are supposed to be pithy yet moving, sincere yet polished, inspiring yet grounded, all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Judy Belk leads The California Wellness Foundation in pursuing its mission to improve the health of the people of California. In her role, she uses her vision and her voice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The last eighteen months have seen dramatic and — not to wear out a word we’ve all seen too much of as of late — “unprecedented” change across all industries…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment and Impact Officer, respectively, of the philanthropic fund Blue Meridian Partners, Nancy Roob and Jim Shelton invest in strategies that can transform the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Local leaders and institutions have the expertise and inherent capacities to solve their problems and help humanity address the world’s most pressing systemic challenges. However, they need grant and investor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We created Magnify to help fully realize the opportunity to activate Silicon Valley’s breathtaking financial resources for good, and invest in the nonprofits in our own backyard, so that every…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Isolation, quarantine, and social distancing may be an effective strategy when dealing with a global pandemic like the Coronavirus. But, unfortunately, in a global economy that has been plagued by…