Post-Election Wake-Up Call
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld In the wake of Tuesday’s elections, I was left wondering how many nonprofits had registered and turned out voters. This year’s midterms will probably be remembered […]
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BMP Conference Sessions on Community Engagement
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Austin may be famed for the South by Southwest music festival, but from September 17 to 19, it was the gathering place for nonprofit leaders, capacity […]
Announcing New Partnership with the Alliance for Nonprofit Management
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld The Building Movement Project and the Alliance for Nonprofit Management are excited to announce that we are joining forces to create the “Nonprofits Integrating Community Engagement” project. NICE […]
“5% Shifts” Series Featured in Working Strategies Magazine
We are excited to announce that a profile of our series, “5% Shifts to Social Change”, was featured in this year’s winter edition of Working Strategies magazine. The profile, […]
Featured Tool: Root Cause Analysis
One essential shift that organizations make as they embrace a social change perspective is to begin examining the underlying systemic and structural issues that are really behind the reasons that […]
Praise for Service and Social Change Tools
The Building Movement Project relies on the feedback, guidance and encouragement of other practitioners in the nonprofit sector. We are so thankful for all of our friends who have supported […]
The Crucial 5% Shift: Building Relationships
Written by Frances Kunreuther In 2013 we released five mini-reports on 5% Shifts for service groups to engage in social change. We were able to draw on the work of organizations – […]
Catching On
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld At BMP we have talked a lot – and for many years – about how service providers are the groups in the nonprofit sector with the […]
Building Unlikely Partnerships to Create Change
A Series of 5% Shifts Written by Caroline McAndrews Most communities have a wide range of groups aimed at addressing the needs of community members; however, due to both the […]
Report Back on “Making it Real with 5% Shifts”
Written by Caroline McAndrews On Tuesday, BMP Co-directors Frances and Sean led a webinar on 5% Shifts for Grassroots Grantmakers. The webinar included what we’ve learned so far about how small shifts […]