Join Demos and the Building Movement Project for a forum with scholar and activist David Bollier about his new book, Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own. Bollier argues that during a period when the Bush Administration promoted privatization and brought digital policy innovation to a standstill, the web was […]
Frances Kunreuther and Kim Klein will participate in this comprehensive gathering of Long Island’s nonprofit sector, including arts, health and human service, and environmental organizations. Frances will present on new models of leadership, in which she will identify ways to develop and rethink assumptions about leadership roles and organizational structure for a new nonprofit world. Kim will act […]
Frances Kunreuther, co-author of Working Across Generations, will present on the type of leadership we need in these historic times at this year's forum, MINDSHIFT: Empowering Others to Strengthen Your Organization .
Building Movement Project and Idealist.org have conducted a survey to identify organizational practices in nonprofits that create a positive workplace, build leadership, and respect the skills and contributions of employees. We are now hosting focus groups around the country to share some initial results of the survey and hear more about what allows you to […]
Demos will host an expert panel discussion on the 2010 decennial census count and its implications for residents (citizens and non-citizens alike) and communities all around the nation. This event coincides with U.S. Census workers beginning their outreach and efforts to reach the nation's nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants which has already raised concerns over whether […]
Leadership transition and generational shift in the nonprofit sector has created a time of great hope and possibility as well as challenge and loss. Join Frances Kunreuther, Helen Kim, and Robby Rodriguez, authors of the new book Working Across Generations: Defining the Future of Nonprofit Leadership, for a discussion on the ways we can work […]
Join Demos, the Building Movement Project, and Common Cause/NY for a special forum with author and activist Paul Loeb on the new version of his book, Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in Challenging Times. The book has become a classic handbook for budding social activists, veteran organizers, and anyone who wants to make a […]
Trish Tchume, Director of Civic Engagement for the Building Movement Project, will lead a session at GEO 2010 titled, “The Emerging Culture of Civic Engagement Evaluation." This session is based on new models and tools – such as theories of change, developmental evaluation and embedded evaluators – that offer funders and organizations the opportunity to […]
Join Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) for a conversation about how to improve the evaluation of civic engagement efforts. In response to the call for better tools for assessing progress and framing the impact of civic engagement, the Building Movement Project (BMP) has partnered with groups like the Innovation Network to collect these new […]
Catch Frances Kunreuther and Project Team Member, Helen Kim, at the 30th IFUW Triennial Conference: "Education, Empowerment, and Development," in Mexico City. Frances and Helen will be running a training session on how to improve multi-generational dialogue within nonprofit organizations and how to also devise new approaches that will appeal and involve younger women.