Leadership Development Beyond Projects
The most impactful leadership programs prioritize broadly applicable skills, strengths, and capacities that serve participants and communities over the long term.
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Living Calm in New Hybrid Environments
An excerpt from Calm Living on feeling with colors.
Leading to Local
How philanthropists can learn to better partner with locally led organizations.
Reading List: Labor, Tech, and the Future of Work
Ahead of SSIR’s 2023 Data on Purpose conference, Making Tech Work for Workers, here’s a collection of articles and books exploring the risks of tech innovation and what is needed to build a better, more worker-centered digital economy.
Riding the Wave of Abundance
Five tips for navigating the opportunities and risks that come with unexpected funding, from nonprofit leaders who have successfully deployed windfall support.
Honoring and Supporting Women of Color Leaders
The social sector must recognize the full humanity, gifts, and genius of women of color leaders and the vital role support programs play in their well-being.
A Social Movement Requires Momentum
New strategies and mindsets for fueling local leaders and solutions.
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The Hard Work of Hope
An excerpt from From Generosity to Justice on the spectrum from comforting the afflicted to afflicting the comfortable.
Don’t Feed the Zombies
When funders aren’t accountable for impact, it ruins the party for everyone.
Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?
As ecosystems of networked organizations, cities provide the necessary scale, reach, and resources to bridge the gap between small experiments and big problems.