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Whether you seek practical strategies, thought-provoking analysis, or heartwarming tales, our blogosphere offers a collection of self-contained stories highlighting organizational journeys that will leave you with a wealth of inspiration and knowledge.
The Solutions Room Model for Effective Problem-Solving in Small Groups
In the realm of problem-solving, the old adage “two heads are better than one” often rings true. When minds come together to tackle challenges, new solutions can emerge that might have been elusive to us when we were alone, working, and thinking in isolation. The Solutions Room model is a structured, yet flexible approach that…
How to Create an Engaging Slide Deck for Your Nonprofit
They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” and a well-crafted pitch deck can capture the essence of your mission, convey your impact, and inspire potential funders and donors to support your work. In this article, we will explore the key elements of a compelling pitch deck for your nonprofit, outline what you really…
Preserving Historic Data in Google Analytics: Transitioning to Google Analytics 4
The deadline to transition to Google Analytics 4 (GA 4) is fast approaching! In the rush to get GA 4 set up on your website, preserving your historical Universal Analytics data is often overlooked. Google has already announced that it won’t store historical data forever and the timeline before they erase all of it is…
Interview With Reflecting Justice
Approaching Harm With Healing for Ourselves & Others Discussion between Reflecting Justice (Moneek Bhanot & Colleen Klus) and rootid (Sia Magadan & Val Neumark) around approaching harm with healing for ourselves and others. Transcript Sia Magadan 0:08 All right, hello everyone. So excited to kick off 2023 With this conversation with an organization that I admire and…
Communication + Capacity + Community: What Capacity Building Means to Us
Thoughtful communication is the most effective path to connect and engage communities. It was bell hooks who said, “Building community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must do continually to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination.” It’s this ‘continuous work’ that we believe speaks directly to…
Stuttering Awareness Week
By Maya Chupkov – stuttering advocate and community organizer “California has come a long way when it comes to fighting for disability rights, but those of us who communicate with verbal diversity, what most people understand as a stutter, still belong to a community that often goes unrecognized.“ I am a lifelong stutterer and I…
Women in the Sector
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton This month we are featuring womxn working towards purpose in their own way. We have compiled a group of women that we have not only ‘rubbed shoulders’ with, but are also diligently working to create change in their various fields. We posed…
4 Good Data Hygiene Habits for Fundraising Success
When planning a fundraiser for your nonprofit or university, your donor database shouldn’t hold you back. But all too often, a dirty database, full of misplaced, incomplete, duplicate, ambiguous, or inconsistent data, limits an organization’s ability to properly fundraise and fulfill its mission. For many, it can feel like trying to build a house on…
