Find exercises and resources that propel nonprofits forward to tackle leadership challenges, integrate service and social change, and work together to build movement momentum. Feel free to adapt these tools to your needs.
What Are My Personal and My Generation’s Accomplishments and Lessons?
This is a primarily individual reflective exercise, with opportunity for a larger group discussion or small group reflections. You may decide to have participants fill the worksheet out before attending a large-group discussion, or you may […]
Finding Leaders, Finding Solutions
This exercise can be used at a staff meeting or board retreat or in workshops for nonprofit leaders. We recommend using a facilitator to help keep the group on track and encourage people to move beyond […]
Alliances for Change: Organizing for the 21st Century
The election of President Obama with his history and identification as a community organizer sent a message of hope and possibility to the community organizing world. For decades, community organizing […]
Working Across Generations: Defining the Future of Nonprofit Leadership
Working Across Generations offers a comprehensive look at the leadership and generational shifts in the nonprofit sector. It presents ideas and gives practical advice on how to approach generational changes in […]
Nonprofit Service Organizations and Civic Engagement
Nonprofit service organizations in the U.S. have contact with millions of people in need each year. As a result, local communities often view them as places where the neglected and […]
Criteria for Setting Priorities for Policy/Program Work
Based on an actual document developed by a service agency, this is an example of a set of criteria that an agency might set to determine which policy campaigns the […]
What’s Next? Baby Boom Leaders in Social Change Nonprofits
With its enormous size, the Baby Boom generation has and continues to make an important impact on U.S. society and history. Like many others, nonprofit sector leaders have begun to […]
Nonprofit Service Organizations and Civic Engagement Addressing Challenges and Moving Forward
Nonprofit service organizations in the U.S. have contact with millions of people in need each year. As a result, local communities often view them as places where the neglected and […]
Next Shift: Beyond the Nonprofit Leadership Crisis
Since 2007, there has been a rising sense of alarm in the nonprofit sector about the future of its leadership. Study after study pointed to an impending crisis, with roughly […]
What’s Next? Baby Boom-Age Leaders in Social Change Nonprofits
With its enormous size, the baby boom generation has and continues to make an important impact on U.S. society and history. Like many others, nonprofit sector leaders have begun to […]