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🌍 Social Impact & Service Professionals—this workshop is for you! Join us on Tuesday, October 1st at 12pm CT for a FREE workshop tailored for nonprofit executives, community organizers, activists, fellowship leaders, NGOs, and other social impact professionals. This session will help you connect deeply with your communities, understand diverse needs, and drive greater impact in your mission. Together, we’ll sharpen your skills as a listener and collaborator, working to identify the unique needs, values, and strengths of the communities you serve. Why join us? 1️⃣ Build Resilience Amidst Global Crises: Learn strategies to keep your mission and values intact in the face of adversity. 2️⃣ Enjoy a Healing Space for Collective Humanity: Reconnect with your purpose, reflect, and renew in a supportive environment. Let’s build smarter, stronger pathways for both personal and organizational growth. 📅 Register now and invite a colleague: https://lnkd.in/gXtJmd7f Together, we can transform communities and create real change.

Spending today at Google.org Impact Summit in Sunnyvale. Some quick take aways at the half way mark: - real emphasis on collaborations across business, academia, civil society, and government. It’s going to take all of us. - increasingly access to information is life or death. The timeline may be very immediate — refugee finding a safe house — mid term — improving drinking water in a community. We need data and access to respond. - we need to amplify the tools being discussed here to the small Civil Society Organizations that are most proximate to issues and to people. They are the last mile.

Check out the session line up! From practical applications of AI in fundraising to CRM conversion strategies to fundraiser metrics, I anticipate this will be another record-breaking Plug In #virtualevent for Apra! #prospectdevelopment #technology #crm #ai #philanthropy

Exciting news! We're launching our first Orlando-based Mastermind group for nonprofit CEOs. 🎉 At SImpact, we help nonprofit leaders scale their organizations, tackle challenges, and find new opportunities through peer learning and growth. Join us for a "Test Drive a Mastermind" session on November 13th, 12-1:30 PM, and see how this community can help you thrive. Interested? Comment below or email elizabeth@simpact.it to learn more!

It is very exciting to see our work at Brightpath Strategies continue to expand – our ability to provide a “how” for activating and incorporating community voice seems to resonate with those interested in the ever-elusive “real change”. As exciting as it is to see community change agents identified, it’s equally important for our public service systems to identify internal community change agents as well!  The same can be said for private or corporate clients: if we’re expecting a shift in the behavior of our customers, we must anticipate which internal changes will be required in order to support these changes. Whether an agency is public or private; nonprofit, start-up, or Fortune 500 – the status quo does not support transformative change.  ---------- Hi, I’m Michael. I believe that activating the expertise and capacity within each local community is the key to identifying and implementing transformative solutions. So, I facilitate discussions that help public and private systems alike to understand and engage their communities, using tools and practices that are science-based and field-tested. Does this resonate with you? 📢 Share a like or comment. 💡 Follow me for more Michael Emmart, Ed.D., CRP ☎ Use LinkedIn’s messaging function to share more about your hopes.

Highlights from our October Nonprofit CEO and Executive Director Peer Group Meet-Up - we covered a lot of ground! What’s resonating with you? Please share any relevant resources or thoughts! 💬 Storytelling is key to building trust with boards, especially after periods of instability. We talked about ways to foster engagement early and set the stage for lasting relationships. ⏳ Proper planning takes time, but board members often push for faster results. We shared strategies for advocating for leadership approaches and the value of early advocacy. 🔄 If you’re leading an initiative controlled by another nonprofit entity, and navigating layers of control and responsibility, you're not alone! Interested in joining a spinoff conversation? Ping me! 💡 Asks: Know of any grant opportunities for tech infrastructure upgrades for a social service org? Drop a note! Are you a nonprofit CEO or Executive Director looking for free support from a remarkable community of peers? Please join us! https://lnkd.in/ekPxj6cm

🚨 WANT TO BE A CHANGEMAKER WITHOUT QUITTING YOUR DAY JOB? Applications are now OPEN for the 2025 Morgridge Acceleration Program (MAP) Fellowship! 📝 Not just any fellowship—this is an OPPORTUNITY to SOLVE real-world challenges facing nonprofits while enhancing your professional skills and network. 🌎 MAP Fellows work closely with influential nonprofit executives, known as MAP Mentors, each presenting a challenge their organization is currently facing. Fellows COMMIT to solving these challenges over a six-month period while maintaining their full-time jobs. 🌱 Forbes called the MAP Fellowship "a powerful opportunity for collaboration and innovative thinking." Here’s what YOU get as a MAP Fellow: ✅ Hands-on guidance from mentors during nonprofit site visits.   ✅ $5,000 CHALLENGE FUND to innovate and test your solutions.   ✅ Leadership skill-building at the immersive kick-off event in Miami.   ✅ Public-speaking coaching for the culmination event in Denver. Meet some of the 2025 MAP Fellowship Mentors and the challenges they'll tackle with you: ✅ Laura Glenny, Accion – Exploring Financial Inclusion   ✅ Chantel Dominguez, American Rivers – Improving Community Engagement   ✅ Christina Ngo, MEd, MBA, Arizona State University Foundation – Designing Partnerships   ✅ Cindy Eggleton, Brilliant Detroit – Streamlining Processes   ✅ Sabrina Hargrave, Brooklyn Org – Capacity Building   ✅ Kate Keefer, The Climate Initiative – Impact Reporting   ✅ Regina Sharma, Detroit Justice Center – Development Forecasting   ✅ Dr. Angela Jackson, Future Forward Institute – Marketing the Future of Work   ✅ Tymerra Coleman, Merit America – DEI Onboarding   ✅ Matt Scott, Project Drawdown – Facilitating Climate Solutions Convenings   ✅ Courtney Lee, MBA, Public Knowledge – Developing Equity Plans   ✅ Meghan Curran, Shedd Aquarium – Increasing Conservation Engagement ✨ MAP Fellows commit about 15 hours a month to this journey. It's all about COMMUNITY, GROWTH, and LEADERSHIP development. And you’ll bring back these invaluable lessons and connections to your primary employer and colleagues. 👀 Ready to APPLY? Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3Xv9PsD Tag a friend who needs to see this, comment below with your thoughts, or share this post. SHARING is CARING! 💚

🚀 Ready to drive innovation in your nonprofit? Check out my blog post for practical steps to foster a culture of creativity and adaptability. Learn how to engage your team, leverage technology, and collaborate for maximum impact. Let's stay ahead of the curve together! 🌟

I just attended LinkedIn for Nonprofits #ImpactSummit! There was a focus on a few things, including how to tell stories to drive impact. Here are some takeaways that stood out to me: -Spend time understanding dynamic. Thinking about your audience, not just you. Remember everyone else you're talking to also has a story. -Short, declarative sentences tells them what to hold onto. -There's you, me, but that collective WE can be really impactful. -Turn an obstacle into a mountain/hill and just climb it. -Important skills = critical thinking, problem solving, communication AND curiosity, empathy, resilience. Focusing my story telling on what the audience actually needs/wants and getting away from what I think they need or what I want to share has been a huge shift for me in the past year. It was great to hear the presenters solidify that. Feeling inspired to share more impactful stories and help guide others to do the same. 💡