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 4, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Written by Janet Ervin It’s Millennial Month at Next Stage! Earlier this week, we officially launched this survey of 1,000+ Charlotte-area millennials to support our Profit & Purpose research. This survey will help inform how next generation workers in the...
January 8, 2021 | Communications
by Josh Jacobson My staff team at Next Stage are saints. No, truly. They put up with a lot, because when I get excited about something, I sort of can’t shut up about it. Such is my fascination with win-win strategies. I’ve spent most of my working life trying to build...
December 30, 2020 | Communications
by Josh Jacobson, Caylin Haldeman & Janet Ervin We have arrived at the end of 2020 – congratulations! If you’re anything like us, you are glad to close the books on the most disruptive year in our lifetimes. As we look to the 12 months ahead, a number of themes...
October 13, 2020 | Corporate Impact
By Josh Jacobson This month, Next Stage embarked on a new initiative – to “rewire social good, building a new bridge between the private sector and nonprofits that creates a win-win-win value proposition.” Sorry, what? It is a pretty bold declaration for us but one...
September 29, 2020 | Communications
by Janet Ervin On Friday, September 25, our virtual roundtable for nonprofits, What’s Next, again took on nonprofit storytelling with guests Valaida Fullwood and Alicia Bell. Back in July, we talked about the need to ask better questions and the idea that the best...