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...
May 14, 2024 | Thought Leadership
Tags: advocacy, covid, hope, mental health, pandemic, recovery,
In the wake of a tumultuous chapter of history, COVID-19’s impact on our nation’s mental health continues to echo through our communities. The aftermath of unprecedented isolation, uncertainty, overwhelming collective trauma and grief has highlighted the...
May 7, 2024 | Community Voice
Over the past several months, we have been developing a new approach to advancing social good — offering workshops and learning management for professionals on a range of topics including community voice, movement-building brand marketing, effective forms of...
April 30, 2024 | Thought Leadership
This week’s blog is from Randy Jordan, our Chief Advisor for Impact for Health. Randy is a nationally-known community health expert and thought leader who is committed to strengthening and improving healthcare systems, while ensuring that every individual has...
April 25, 2024 | Communications
Over the past few months, Next Stage has been developing a new approach to advancing social good — offering workshops and learning management for professionals on a range of topics including movement-building brand marketing, effective forms of collaboration and...
April 16, 2024 | Talent
Position Description: Content Manager (F/T) Company: Next Stage Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid Work Environment) About Next Stage Next Stage builds belonging at the intersection of social good. We are a social innovation company that partners with nonprofits, private...
April 9, 2024 | Communications
I’m fascinated by the origin stories of social movements. They are as varied as the people who make up their constituencies. Civil Rights, the fight for marriage equality, the Labor movement, women’s rights, abolition, anti-war demonstrations – these are just a...
