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Eileen Everett In Nonprofit, The BIG Blog

What We’ve Learned (So Far) From Disrupting the Path & What We’re Doing Next

Disrupting the Path: A New Way Forward for New Mexico’s Social Sector was a series of conversations held in December 2024, along with an online survey distributed in December 2024 and January 2025, that brought diverse voices together toward developing…

Eileen Everett In Nonprofit, The BIG Blog

Where is the Line? A Special Message for Nonprofits

There are many techniques and tricks that exist for getting people to comply with things that seemingly go against their values. For example, in psychology, there is a compliance tactic called “Foot-in-the-door” which is about making a small request to…

Vicki Pozzebon In Activism, Businesses, Community, Economy, Local, Nonprofit, People, Planet-Profit, , Socially Responsible, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Emergent Process for Unpredictable Times

“The most successful networks and movements are defined not by their strategies for action, but by a common purpose informed by shared values and principles. By a process of collective sensemaking and discovery, informed by work happening on the ground,…

Vicki Pozzebon In Activism, Community, Jobs, Nonprofit, People, , Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Some Reflections on Disrupting the Path in New Mexico

Graphic illustration by Taslim Van Hattum It’s been a little over a month since we hosted and facilitated four discussions as part of Disrupting the Path: A New Way Forward for New Mexico’s Social Sector in early December 2024. These…

Vicki Pozzebon In Activism, Community, Economy, Ethics, Nonprofit, People, , Socially Responsible, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Think Local, Transformational Leadership

Stats and Facts the Shop Small Campaigns Don’t Bother to Share

We are well into the December holiday shopping season and it’s time to talk about supporting locally owned independent businesses – again. I know, I know . . . I’m a little late this year and probably should have mentioned…

Vicki Pozzebon In Activism, Community, Economy, Ethics, Nonprofit, People, , Socially Responsible, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Think Local, Transformational Leadership

So. What Now?

Resources and Reflections after the Election We are a woman immigrant owned, and queer, woman, and disabled led company and the outcome of the recent election was, well, the worst. Leaders are now empowered to create a world centered on…

Eileen Everett In Community, Nonprofit, People, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Your Conversation about Equity Shouldn’t Exclude People – But Probably Is

A few months ago, I saw a social media post thanking a federal agency for bringing together “communities” for a day of conversations around outdoor equity to increase access in New Mexico. The word community was thrown around quite a…

Staci Golar In Community, Nonprofit, People, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Connecting the Dots and Disrupting the Path: Resources and a Vision for the Future of Nonprofits

For years, good people who are trying their best to do good work in nonprofits have told us about the obstacles they face when trying to really change things for the better within the nonprofit system. This includes frustration with…

Vicki Pozzebon In Community, Nonprofit, People, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

“Help! We Need a Strategic Plan” and Other Things We Hear Midway through the Year

Every nonprofit consultant has heard it – the desperate tone in an executive director’s voice when they call, breathlessly asking for help with a strategic plan. “And, we need to do it in the next 90 days.” Ah, that's a…

Vicki Pozzebon In Community, Nonprofit, People, , Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Six Months of Community Engagement: What Have We All Learned?

As facilitators who love to design community engagement processes, you know we love a good check-in! And, since we can’t stop talking about community engagement this year, we thought we’d host a mid-year check-in on our community engagement work and…

Vicki Pozzebon In Community, Nonprofit, People, , Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Community-Centered vs. Regular Strategic Planning. What’s the Difference?

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a strategic planning process that reinvigorates your team, inserts lots of space for creativity, supports deeper thinking like finding and addressing root causes, and centers the needs and priorities of people and communities?…

Staci Golar In B Corporation, Community, Economy, Ethics, Jobs, Living Economy, Nonprofit, People, Published Works, , Socially Responsible, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Vicki’s Guest Spot on the Impact Boom Podcast

Impact Boom, a B Corp and certified social enterprise that is focused on the support and development of social enterprise globally, hosted Vicki on their podcast this month. She was grateful to spend some time chatting with host Indio Myles…

Staci Golar In Community, Economy, Nonprofit, People, Published Works, , Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

Nonprofit Boards: Yes, We Have a Problem

Vicki's op-ed, "Nonprofit Boards: Yes, We Have a Problem," was published in the Santa Fe New Mexican this month. In it she responds to an earlier piece ("The Pleasures and Perils of Nonprofit Board Service in Santa Fe") that explores…

Staci Golar In Community, Economy, Nonprofit, People, Published Works, , Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

NPQ: How to Do Community Engagement Right

Vicki authored "How to Do Community Engagement Right" for NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) this month. In it she asks: What is community engagement and how do you really, actually center a community in your social impact conversations? She also offers plenty…

Vicki Pozzebon In B Corporation, Community, Economy, Ethics, Living Economy, Nonprofit, People, , Socially Responsible, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Think Local, Transformational Leadership

Doubling Down on Community Engagement: What is It?

It’s only a few weeks into 2024 and we’ve been seeing a lot of organizations and foundations looking to community engagement as a way to renew their impact efforts. So, what is community engagement and how do we do it…

Vicki Pozzebon In B Corporation, Buy Local, Community, Corporations, Economy, Living Economy, Nonprofit, People, Socially Responsible, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Transformational Leadership

We’re the Real Deal

Twice in my professional life I have been asked if I was the real deal. The first time was over lunch with a theatrical colleague who I pitched a social justice theater project to, back in my theater directing and…

Vicki Pozzebon In Businesses, Buy Local, Community, Corporations, Drink Local, Eat Local, Economy, Ethics, Living Economy, Living Wage, People, Socially Responsible, Systems Change, The BIG Blog, Think Local

Talking Radical Business with David Gaines

Social entrepreneur, author, current chair of the Social Enterprise Alliance board, and long time friend and colleague of Vicki’s, David Gaines visits the Impact Out Loud podcast this month for a lively talk about all things social enterprise. In part…