July 16, 2024 | Talent
Introducing Oscar Gomez The Next Stage team is thrilled to introduce Oscar Gomez — our newest member serving as Marketing Operations Manager. Oscar brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to our team. With a robust background in digital marketing and strategy,...
July 9, 2024 | Communications
Next Stage’s 5-Part Series on Community Voice is Back for Round 2! After publishing Inside-Out: The Case for Community Voice in October 2023, Next Stage recognized the need to create a platform where we could discuss findings from the latest trends and comparative...
June 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Position Description: Executive Director (F/T) Organization: Catawba Indian Nation Foundation Location: Multi-Site/Hybrid – Kings Mountain, NC & Catawba Indian Nation Reservation (as appropriate) About the Catawba Indian Nation Foundation The Catawba Indian Nation...
June 25, 2024 | Communications
By: Anamaria Zgimbau, Next Stage Summer Community Voice Fellow Public transportation has become a prominent topic nowadays not only in Charlotte but on a global scale, praised for its environmental benefits and accessibility. In my 21 years of life, my exposure to...
June 20, 2024 | Community Voice
Tags: Community Voice, Social Good,
Next Stage is a social innovation company, so of course we are big fans of Stanford Social Innovation Review (ssir.org), which serves as a clearinghouse of social change efforts. We greatly recommend signing up for the free weekly newsletter, and if you are so...
June 18, 2024 | Community Voice
Tags: advocacy, Community Voice, Social Good, Webinar,
On June 27, Next Stage will present its fifth and final webinar on the power of community voice, with this one focused on its essential role in advocacy (Sign up here!). Of all the topics covered as a part of the series thus far, this one holds special interest for...
June 11, 2024 | Talent
Introducing Anamaria The Next Stage team is thrilled to introduce Anamaria Zgimbau – our newest member of the team serving as our summer Community Voice Fellow. Anamaria, a rising junior at Davidson College, is majoring in Sociology and Political Science. Originally...
June 4, 2024 | Talent
Introducing Wendy The Next Stage team is thrilled to introduce Wendy Orrego – our newest member of the team serving as a Visual Design Manager. Wendy is a skilled art director, graphic designer and project manager who uses visual design to communicate big ideas. From...
June 4, 2024 | Impact for Health
Innovation vs. Status Quo We’ve all heard the phrase “survival of the fittest” applied to our species and the biological world. Should that not also apply to our organizations? It seems that staying relevant to a changing environment is what Charles Darwin was talking...
May 28, 2024 | Community Voice
“Welcome to our webinar. We’re so glad you could join us!” This quarter, Helen Hope Kimbrough and I are leading a series of free webinars on the topic of community voice. Specifically, we are outlining how the process of listening to the constituents closest to where...
May 23, 2024 | Community Voice
Helen Hope Kimbrough is many things. She’s the Senior Director of Community Voice at Next Stage, recent Charlotte Ledger 40-over-40 Winner, Board Chair of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation, podcast host and children’s author. She’s also a wife and mother...
May 21, 2024 | Community Voice
Tags: Communication, Culture, DEI, Hiring, Innovation, Organization,
As I reflect on my major career shift two years ago from ministry to consulting, and how Next Stage welcomed this “social impact outsider,” to the team, I’m thinking about the mutual ways we’ve benefited from our pairing. I took a risk using my skills and interests in...
