New research from BCG finds that how a company talks about AI is a material predictor of adoption results. The companies where leaders’ stories provide clarity, hope, and growth are seeing outsized…

Discover the top pros and cons of multichannel campaigns to determine if your nonprofit is ready to evolve its strategy to a dynamic omni-channel approach.

When funders insist on certain categories of evidence, they are not simply asking organizations to count things. They are determining what—and whose voice—counts.

CEOs are judged not only by the strategies they choose but by the pace at which they execute them. Move too quickly and organizations burn out, make avoidable mistakes, or outrun their capabilities.…

Discover how to find the perfect fundraising niche for your organization by understanding supporters, assessing resources, and building lasting traditions.

Organizations often equate eagerness to lead with readiness, overlooking employees who hesitate to step forward. But reluctance can reflect self-awareness, careful consideration of the role’s…

At a time when the nonprofit sector is navigating an existential breaking point, boards that lack interest in governance or the skills to meet fiduciary responsibilities are a weak link between a…

Employees’ speech patterns can shape their careers, not because speech reliably predicts ability, but because managers often mistake familiarity for social skill. A new study, which draws on decades…

Greater connectivity can make employees better at finding knowledge while leaving them less likely to retain it. Across five experiments involving more than 1,000 people, participants who formed…

Major gift conversations still take all your focus? That's normal. What a brewery taught me about basics, habit, and making fundraising boring.

Have you heard about the great wealth transfer? It’s already happening! From 2024 to 2025, bequest revenue grew 19.7% (unadjusted for inflation), according to Giving USA. In current dollars, adjusted…

Can A Nonprofit Find Strategic Ways to Grow in Unsettled Times? By: Eugene Fram                  …

In this week’s The Insider newsletter, managing editor Gretchen Gavett explores a common problem for leaders: your team is overloaded, but you can’t take on the extra work yourself. Plus, Gavett…

Listen to episode 384 featuring . Insights and strategies for nonprofit leaders on Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership podcast.

When teams face challenging times and are overwhelmed by negative news, failures, roadblocks, or uncertainty, the learned helplessness and pessimism they feel can erode engagement, energy, and…

Have you heard about the great wealth transfer? It’s already happening! From 2024 to 2025, bequest revenue grew 19.7% (unadjusted for inflation), according to Giving USA. In current dollars, adjusted…

Leaders sometimes inherit an underperforming employee they cannot remove, leaving them responsible for results without the authority to address the problem. They can limit the damage by testing…

Discover how common donor analytics mistakes stall fundraising. Learn to connect data silos, leverage predictive AI, and build deep donor relationships.

The nonprofit sector needs organizations that can deliver services without requiring extraordinary people to absorb extraordinary amounts of institutional pressure—organizational design provides the…

For the last year, we asked nonprofit leaders where they go for advice. See how webinars, peers, Google, AI, and YouTube stacked up.

AI’s perceived neutrality plays a role in reshaping how psychological safety is experienced in organizations. When employees use AI to surface concerns they don’t feel safe raising directly, they are…

Have you heard about the great wealth transfer? It’s already happening! From 2024 to 2025, bequest revenue grew 19.7% (unadjusted for inflation), according to Giving USA. In current dollars, adjusted…

Planned giving can be done without a big budget. Learn a simple three-step framework to launch your program and secure long-term donor support.

Want to incorporate stock gifts into your year-end fundraising strategy? Here’s how to accept and promote stock giving in your end-of-year appeal.

AI is making employee monitoring cheaper, more granular, and continuous—but lower costs can encourage companies to overuse controls without considering their broader consequences. Research shows that…