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.
#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 […]
New Roles, Few Rules: Planning for Purpose Beyond Position
New Roles, Few Rules tells a vivid story about transitions of long-term nonprofit executive leaders who built, and often founded, their organizations.
Introduction: Roles & Tasks for Each Generation
Tools in this Section: Reflections on My Roles and Supports New Lifecycle of Work Vision for Change Introduction: Differences in how generations approach leadership are based not only on each cohort’s […]
Key Readings
A few pieces that have been particularly helpful in our own study of movement building Building Organizations in a Movement Moment (Beth Zemsky and David Mann) Zemsky and Mann use the […]
The Center for Popular Democracy
The Center for Popular Democracy promotes equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with base-building organizations local and state networks, and progressive unions across the country.
The Movement Strategy Center
The Movement Strategy Center is helping build the movement for social and racial justice by increasing the capacity of individuals, organizations, alliances and sectors to be more strategic, collaborative and sustainable.