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.
Working Towards the Common Good 2014: Findings from the New Mexico Nonprofit Survey
In New Mexico, nonprofit organizations have long played an integral role in ensuring the well-being of the state by caring for its people, environment, and natural assets. Recognizing the important […]
The Respect ABQ Women Campaign: Winning through Vision Strategy and Relationships
The Respect ABQ Women campaign sent shock waves through the reproductive rights community with its resounding defeat of a ballot initiative banning late-term abortion in Albuquerque. When anti-abortion groups filed […]
The New Now: Working Together for Social Change
The astounding success of the marriage equality campaign has left LGBT groups reeling—both from giddiness and trepidation. The Supreme Court of the United States has movingly affirmed the right of same sex […]
The New Now Executive Summary: Working Together for Social Change
The 2015 victories related to the rights of LGBTQ people were astounding. The success on LGBTQ issues, especially marriage equality, is often attributed to a coordinated, unwavering, laser-sharp focus on […]
Coordinating Collaboration to End Homelessness
In Connecticut, the Partnership for Strong Communities and a group of advocacy organizations, government agencies, and community providers led a 2015 campaign to end homelessness in the state. Guided by the […]
#BlackWorkersMatter
Despite racial and economic progress in the Unites States, Black communities continue to endure disproportionate levels of inequality and injustice. The status of Black workers and their ability to address […]
Nonprofits Integrating Community Engagement Guide
The Nonprofits Integrating Community Engagement (NICE) Guide offers information, tools, case studies and other resources to help nonprofit groups develop core competencies on constituent and community engagement. The NICE Guide […]
Common Good Message Box
This agenda and worksheet can be used to create a “common good” message for a community issue or concern. This tool can be a useful first step towards crafting new […]
The Leadership in Leaving: Reflecting on Your Organizational and Personal Readiness
Interviews and surveys with long-term nonprofit leaders reveal the considerable tensions at play when making and carrying out the decision to leave an organization. At the center, the leader experiences […]
The New Bottom Line: Building Alignment and Scale to Confront the Economic Crisis
After the economic crash of 2008, policies at the federal level did little to impact the hardest hit communities or to hold banks accountable for the malfeasance that led to […]