Adapting What Works to Support a Community of Doers
To counter disruptive market forces changing the media, nonprofit communicators can adopt ideas from other sectors, their own programmatic strengths, and communities.
Leadership - Articles
Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities (more)
Leadership for a Healthy Tomorrow
Public health leaders must develop new competencies to guide the systemic change necessary to improve human well-being.
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A Blueprint for Liberation
Decolonize Design founder Aida Mariam Davis challenges settler-colonialist paradigms to offer a new pathway to freedom for Black, Indigenous, and oppressed peoples.
SSIR Online, Winter 2025 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about strategic philanthropy, strengthening global democracy, crisis planning, and nonprofits leveraging AI innovations
Sharing Meals
Food systems leadership as a pathway to civic engagement
Communication in a New Era of Social Change
This essay series, presented in partnership with The Communications Network, will share stories, strategies, and lessons from forward-thinking foundations and nonprofits that have begun evolving the way they think and do communications.
The Strategic Art of Ambiguity
When the deck is stacked against change, ambiguous actions can change the game.
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The Infinite Organization
An excerpt from The Viking Code on flourishing through collective spirit
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Boston
An excerpt from From White Folks Who Teach in the Hood on unplugging from the nonprofit industrial matrix
A ‘Pull’ Approach to Scaling Proven Nonprofits
Starting with the need instead of the solution can lead to stronger impact.