by Next Stage | Jul 18, 2023 | Community Voice
Written by: Brooke Lackey In my first week as Next Stage’s Community Voice Fellow, I was given my main task of the summer: to explore the Albemarle corridor, one of six Corridors of Opportunity in Charlotte. I was to get knee-deep in the demographics, history and...
by Next Stage | Jul 11, 2023 | Thought Leadership, Values & Culture
Anyone else remember the number one question you were asked at the dinner table or when picked up from school while growing up: “What did you learn today?” For me, that question was sometimes easy to answer, and other times it made me realize I might need to pay more...
by Next Stage | Jun 27, 2023 | Communications
Written by: Janet Ervin Next Stages does a lot of strategic planning. This means we always have a front-row seat to the current trends that are affecting nonprofit and impact organizations in our community. While marketing has always been a piece of the puzzle, the...
by Next Stage | Jun 20, 2023 | Emerging Organizations, Thought Leadership
Written by Josh Jacobson It is nearing the end of June, and you know what that means — the end of the fiscal year for many nonprofits. Leaders at organizations across the region are in the final weeks of securing funding to balance their budgets, completing...
by Next Stage | Jun 14, 2023 | ESG
Written by: Josh Jacobson Why is collaboration so difficult? The longer we work to advance social good through Next Stage, the more we have come to understand that the biggest barrier to achieving success is a seeming inability of people to “play nice...