When the Rhythm Changes, So Must the Dance
Why careful listening is important to starting and scaling positive social change.
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The Road to Scale Runs Through Improved Donor Strategies
Less donor fragmentation can lead to impact at a transformative scale.
Planning for Uncertainty
Leaders of social change organizations should embrace the uncertainty of strategic plans.
Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World
Foundations need to adopt a more emergent approach to strategic philanthropy.
Planning Meets Strategy
The work of transforming an organization starts with a readiness to question its scale, its scope, and even its core identity.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
The Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector
More nonprofits are managing their brands to create greater impact and organizational cohesion.
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
The Dawn of System Leadership
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.