February 20, 2019 | Planning & Implementation
by Josh Jacobson On Tuesday, February 19, I had the opportunity to facilitate a workshop for the Arts & Science Council on a provocative topic – “Deepening, Expanding and Evolving: The Nonprofit Growth Mandate.” So what was it about? Organizations are apt to find...
February 6, 2019 | Thought Leadership
Tags: NonprofitBookClub,
By Caylin Haldeman 2019 is off to the races, everyone. How are you doing on your resolutions? Me? Work in progress. I made the resolution to read more books on things I feel passionate about. I even created a reading list of books that will help me get smarter on...
January 8, 2019 | Planning & Implementation
by Josh Jacobson Happy New Year! Can I still say that? I heard someone say that wishing someone a happy new year is valid until January 8, and then no longer. So looking at the calendar… it counts. Just barely. Did you have a great holiday break? Was it really a...
June 7, 2018 | Thought Leadership
Tags: Client Partnerships, CULTIVATE, Next Stage, Rebranded, Thought Leadership,
by Josh Jacobson We are proud to announce that our firm is rebranding… err, sort of… Going forward, we will be known simply as Next Stage, dropping the word Consulting. Our new(ish) logo is above. In truth, I never thought I would become a consultant. When I moved to...
September 28, 2017 | Thought Leadership
by Josh Jacobson The Glass is Half Empty: My Humble Beginnings with the Blue Chips When I launched Next Stage in late 2013, the stated goal was to work with “small-to-midsize organizations” looking to “get to the next stage.” The reason for this focus was as much a...
August 28, 2017 | Thought Leadership
by Caylin Viales “Importing” nonprofit organizations can be a tricky thing to talk about. In fact, I don’t even really like using the word “importing” to describe nonprofit scale. It evokes a mental picture of a cargo ship stacked with hundreds of identical shipping...
