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The Womxn of Color, Womxn of Power Program
The Womxn of Color, Womxn of Power program partners with LeaderSpring Center to create a healing, generative, and rigorous space for learning and growth. The program supports womxn of color in pursuing decision-making positions of power and ultimately building community power.
Women of Color LeadStrong Health and Well-being Survey Snapshot
Dive into the untold stories of resilience and empowerment with the Women of Color LeadStrong Health and Well-Being Survey Snapshot. Unveiling the stark realities encountered by Women of Color leaders within the non-profit and social sectors during the tumultuous COVID-19 pandemic, this snapshot illuminates the unique challenges they faced and conquered.
NeonOne: 10 Features Every Nonprofit Website Should Include
Building a new website for your nonprofit is a bit like designing your home. While there are going to be elements particular to your organization—much the same way that a couple might prioritize double sinks in their bathroom while someone else might really want a deep soaker tub—there will also be certain website features that you include no matter what.
How Nonprofit Organizations Can Leverage AI In 2024
Nonprofit organizations are starting to realize the potential of AI and how it can be leveraged to further their missions. If you’re in the nonprofit sector, here’s how you can start incorporating AI into your technology strategy in 2024.
Email Marketing 101 for Nonprofits: Best Practices to Boost Donor Engagement
Join Bryna Dilman (VP of Growth and Marketing at Keela) and Meredith Gray (Head of Marketing at Keela) as they dive into the wonderful world of email marketing for nonprofits. You’ll learn how to craft engaging subject lines and copy to boost your email open and conversion rates so that you can raise more money.
2024 Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising for Nonprofit Professionals
Customized for small nonprofits with limited time and financial resources, the 2024 Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising program covers the fundamentals of website design, email marketing, online fundraising, and social media for nonprofits.
What is a Giving Circle and Why Should Nonprofits Care?
Imagine a philanthropic force working outside your organization to amplify your fundraising. Giving circles, a collective donor group that acts as an external force, have witnessed a significant surge in popularity over this past decade.
Practical, Actionable SEO Tips for Nonprofits
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a term you’ve probably heard countless times, with the advice that all your nonprofit’s blog and website content should be optimized to drive traffic. But when you’re stretched thin on resources and manpower, just getting blog posts published and your website updated feels like a major accomplishment—let alone diving into SEO or content strategy.
10 Content Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits
Your online donors and supporters are bombarded daily with breaking news, advertising, and spam. As a result, your nonprofit only has a very brief moment to capture their attention and inspire them to act on behalf of your nonprofit.
Improve Your Event Marketing Strategies by Learning from Successful Real-Life Examples
Not every organization is going to have success using the same strategies — which is why we don’t preach that we have the be-all, end-all of event marketing advice. Instead, we will provide you with tactics and guides to improve your current strategies and results, and show you how to determine what is working for your specific donors, your specific event, and your specific organization.
Grant Application Management Template
Learn how to unlock the tools you need to streamline your grant application process in this blog post.
2024 Non-profit Conferences
Uncover a comprehensive list of Nonprofit Conferences. Find the best conferences for your team to attend.
LeaderSpring Center's 2023 Annual Women of Color (WOC) LeadStrong Fellowship Report
We are thrilled to present LeaderSpring Center's 2023 Annual Women of Color (WOC) LeadStrong Fellowship Report, showcasing the remarkable strides we've made in our ongoing efforts to transform the systems in which we operate.
Native American Heritage Month
LeaderSpring Center is proud to honor and recognize the rich and diverse cultures, and histories of the Native American people. This Native American Heritage Month, we are sharing Indigenous-owned businesses, captivating art works, impactful organizations, and community-led events that highlight Native American communities.
Moving from Oppression to Abundance: Shifting our Relationship to Money and Power with Liberation in A Generation
The relationships between money, power, and inequity are visible in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. LSC has expanded our analysis of these dynamics from the macro level to the micro level as we implement curricular elements that incorporate reflection of how an individual’s relationship to money and power can impact their leadership.
Learn how to take advantage of the Facebook Fundraising Tool
In this, fast-moving, interactive session, Director of Hancock Creative, and award winner educator Alecia Hancock, will walk you through the three steps to a successful Facebook Fundraiser.
Lifting Tides’ Leaders to Advance Black Collective Power and Equity
In March 2021 Tides, LeaderSpring Center’s fiscal sponsor, hosted an inaugural Tides Talk panel, Advancing Black Collective Power and Equity, to hear from four transformational leaders including Executive Director Sonia Mañjon about what is needed to advance racial equity and healing and how they’re navigating challenges within the nonprofit world.
Coache's Night
Coaching is often embraced as a vital tool in leadership development, but the coach's voice is seldom heard outside of the coaching session. Join members of LeaderSpring's talented coaching pool as they share valuable insights and tools for those who provide, receive, and fund coaching services.
Women Of Color Cohort Will Address Social Justice, Racial Equity
In this SFGate article, Bay City News Service interviews LeaderSpring staff Sonia Mañjon, Safi Jiroh, and Molly Linares and Women of Color LeadStrong Fellow Adria Moss about the importance of empowering female leaders of color in the social sector.
Case Studies in Distributed Leadership
What is distributed leadership? Find out in a new series of thematic case studies looking at how forward-thinking nonprofit organizations—including LeaderSpring Center—are vesting real decision-making authority among more of their staff members. Click here to view the five-part series.
How should nonprofits prepare for the 'nonprofit killer' bill becoming law?
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director of CAIR California, shares ““We are now managing people’s fears about this and other government targeting internally and externally to our workloads,” Billoo said. “That is in addition to everything we must do to serve our community and clients.”
Chinatown Public Health Center’s long-awaited remodel has a timeline
Malcolm Yeung, director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, said it’s a “relief” that voters overwhelmingly approved the measure.
BUSD celebrates mural recognizing Ohlone people
“I’m still here in the district, but you never hear anything about Indigenous people,” Betti said. “So to finally have something come up here, you know, (I am) really thankful for the Berkeley Public Schools Fund that continues to support diverse projects.”
After the election, programs under mayor to support Black residents will seek new home
“I’d like to see a service driven leadership style grounded in moral courage, and committed to bringing forward the wisdom of all the voices in the community to actualize the potential of the community,” Wilson said.
Rachael Meyers on Changemaking Through Environmental Justice
“In college, I was very engaged in anti-police brutality and fighting against mass incarceration. I had environmentalists saying what we were fighting for was a distraction from the cause because if we didn’t have a planet, it didn’t matter,” Meyers said.
For Támal-ko daughter, memory is medicine
Beneath a sky heavy with the promise of rain, supporters of the Alliance for Felix Cove—a group dedicated to rematriating the only Coast Miwok-built home that still stands within the Point Reyes National Seashore—assembled on Sunday morning to build and launch a traditional tule-reed canoe.
By supporting BIPOC fundraisers’ growth and amplifying our voices, we usher in a new way of funding movements
"But before pushing for diversity and inclusion, we must really ask ourselves, inclusion of what? Are we aiming to uphold the current status quo in nonprofit fundraising, or are we striving for something that truly transforms our field?"
Empowering Nonprofits During Critical Election Season: Resources and Strategies for Success
We hope the resources provided—from legal insights on voter engagement to strategies for effective fundraising and fostering equity—will equip your organization to navigate these challenges and opportunities with confidence.
Social Media Marketing 101 for Nonprofits - CFRE Certified (Webinar with Lidia Varesco Racoma)
This is a collaborative session focused on the who, what and why of social media marketing for nonprofits. We will talk about who you are targeting, what you are sharing, and why it’s relevant to the audience (and channel).
Celebrating Pride Month and Juneteenth: Honoring Diversity & Freedom
This June, we have the privilege of celebrating two significant events that highlight the rich diversity and resilient spirit of our communities: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and Juneteenth.