Museums Can Be a Force for Social Change

Victoria Munro, Executive Director of the Alice Austen House, on what museums can do for their communities once people stop seeing them as places that…

Oct 6 • Eric Ressler

September 2026

What to Take and Leave From Design Thinking and the Scientific Method

Why the sector's trouble with naming failure may be the thing holding impact back

Sep 29 • Eric Ressler and Jonathan Hicken

Learning Isn't What's Slowing Philanthropy Down

Katherine Haugh of the Convive Collective on why ego and control, not evaluation, keep foundations from moving money.

Sep 22 • Eric Ressler

Your Difference Is the Superpower

Sandy Gould, longtime GLAAD advisor and author of Interlightening, on why conformity is the real risk.

Sep 15 • Eric Ressler

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Run Your Nonprofit Like a Scientist

Bob Moog wrote "didn't work" across his own notebooks and turned the page. Michelle Moog-Koussa on what that teaches social impact leaders.

Sep 8 • Eric Ressler

If Only They Got Us, They'd Fund Us

Why the story you tell yourself about misunderstood impact is usually a you problem, not a funder problem.

Sep 1 • Eric Ressler and Jonathan Hicken

August 2026

Don't Coast on Your Momentum

What got you here won't get you to the next level. Why the safe move is the one that stalls you out.

Aug 25 • Eric Ressler and Jonathan Hicken

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You Design Your Culture. Here's How

Why culture is built by the choices you make every day, not the values statement you hang on the wall.

Aug 18 • Eric Ressler and Jonathan Hicken

Decisions Are Being Made For Us, Not With Us

PLAI's Kaz McGrath and Stephen Silveira on why the sector has to step into the AI conversation before it's over.

Aug 11 • Eric Ressler

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How to Avoid the Executive Bottleneck Trap

Why the leader who has to touch everything ends up capping everything

Aug 4 • Eric Ressler and Jonathan Hicken

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July 2026

Get Seen, Get Supported

Saralynn Finn on why visibility on LinkedIn is the fastest path to real support for your cause.

Jul 28 • Eric Ressler

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Claiming Your Role in the Social Impact Ecosystem

Why passion isn't a strategy, and what it actually takes to earn funders, staff, and support

Jul 21 • Eric Ressler and Jonathan Hicken

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