June 14, 2021 | Values & Culture
by Josh Jacobson, CEO, Next Stage “Employee engagement” is a big deal for businesses of all shapes and sizes. But what does employee engagement strategy even mean and how is social good playing a role? As outlined in our recently-published Social Good Report: Profit...
June 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Josh Jacobson By now, it is my hope that you have had a chance to download and skim our recent publication The Social Good Report: Profit & Purpose, our first annual community study focused on themes impacting social good in the Queen City. We have received so...
June 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
My name is Jacob Hertzinger and I am the 2021 Summer Research Fellow at Next Stage. First off, I am a freshman political science student at Davidson College on the pre-law track as well as a Bonner scholar. I enjoy politics, podcasts, learning languages and gardening....
June 3, 2021 | Corporate Impact
For the last year, Next Stage has studied the ways that businesses and nonprofits are intersecting in the Charlotte community. Our team studied a range of business and social good trends, interviewed more than 70 corporate and nonprofit leaders and conducted a study...
June 1, 2021 | Talent
by Josh Jacobson It is a huge week for us at Next Stage in a number of ways. This morning, our team is gathering at Community Matters Cafe for our first in-person staff meeting in more than a year. It is a chance for some of us to meet our colleague Candice Latham for...
April 5, 2021 | Communications
by Janet Ervin Next Stage recently launched a brand-new initiative, exploring the ways that nonprofits and businesses intersect. We think that it’s time to reconsider the ways that private sector and nonprofits work together – to ‘rewire’ social good and form creative...
March 29, 2021 | Emerging Organizations
By Caylin Haldeman Last Friday at noon, dozens of leaders from the local social good community gathered together virtually to celebrate the graduates of the 2020 CULTIVATE cohort. One of our favorite events every year, the annual CULTIVATE graduation is an opportunity...
March 16, 2021 | Thought Leadership
by Josh Jacobson The state of our community right now is heartbreaking. Across the board, people who entered the pandemic in poverty have been most adversely affected. I’ve heard it said that “nonprofits are a lagging indicator,” and if we think it will take 3-5 years...
March 8, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Check out a past What’s Next? episode that explores the intersection of the private sector and social good. This episode features Blair Primas, Senior Vice President + Marketing & Talent Management of OrthoCarolina and John Searby, the Executive Director of...
February 26, 2021 | Planning & Implementation
By: Caylin Haldeman Anyone who has been on Facebook over the last year could tell you – fundraising looked very different in 2020. Online giving in its many forms (such as crowdfunding and peer-to-peer) has never been more popular. The Blackbaud Institute’s 2020...
February 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
By: Josh Jacobson “We are a social enterprise.” When I’m asked to introduce myself and Next Stage as a part of a meeting (most often on Zoom these days), I sometimes struggle to summarize all that we do. A few years ago, we dropped “Consulting” from our name because...
February 12, 2021 | Values & Culture
Written by: Candice Latham When I was sitting at my graduation ceremony dressed in my cap and gown and absorbing the commencement speech, it never occurred to me just how important workplace culture is and how it will play a role in your success. Much of the...
