504. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024: It's No Longer Business As Usual. Period. - Jon McCoy, Becky Endicott, and Brett Hagler

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2024 Nonprofit Trends That Matter
This episode is part of our 2024 Nonprofit Trends That Matter Series. Tune in to the first episode here.

Overview
Discover the secrets to not just surviving but thriving in the nonprofit sector. Our 9️⃣Nonprofit Trends that Matter in 2024 Series continues🥳 This week, we’re diving into the 1st trend: It’s no longer business as usual. Period. Let’s face it things are never going back to “the way it’s always been.” We’re sharing who’s doing it well, our PRO tips and what we’re hearing in the community about this trend. Plus, we’re bringing on an expert guest to talk us through it. Brett Hagler, CEO and Founder of New Story, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company in the World, is joining us to share how New Story lives out this trend. It’s time to embrace creative solutions, new business models, collaborative partnerships, and technology-driven strategies to enhance our impact. Don’t miss this episode that’ll help adapt to the evolving landscape of social change💪

💡Learn in this series

Trends that’ll grow and elevate your mission
Pro tips for success
Case studies of who's already doing it well in the sector (because let's replicate what's working!💪)
Ways to infuse joy into your work 😊

“Business as usual is not cutting it anymore. We have to reimagine our work, we have to reimagine connection and it really starts with you.”

— Becky Endicott, We Are For Good, Co-Founder + Chief Storyteller

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Episode Highlights

Show up with a growth mindset (2:00)
It's No Longer Business As Usual. Period. Playlist + Who’s doing it well? (4:05)
Reflections from the We Are For Good Community (5:45)
PRO tips (8:20)
The latest chapter of New Story (11:45)
Re-risking what has been working for a bigger opportunity (19:30)
Opportunities to lean into innovation (22:55)
Playing the long game (26:35)
Powerful moments of philanthropy in Brett’s life (35:00)
Brett’s One Good Thing: Put a full day on your calendar to zoom out and ask yourself some of these questions. (37:30)
How to connect with New Story and Brett (39:20)

Impactful Quotes

“Business as usual is not cutting it anymore. We have to reimagine our work, we have to reimagine connection and it really starts with you.” -Becky

“How are we moving the needle in the actual impact we're trying to bring to the world?" -Jon

“We just believe it's time to embrace creativity and new solutions, new revenue models and business models for how we can show up and do our work.” -Jon

“if you want to really try to solve problems at a bigger scale, you've got to come at them in a different way than what the status quo is doing.” -Brett

"I don't believe that the scorecard is always about numbers and scale and growth.” -Brett

"We basically said, we're going to intentionally change this, because we think that there's an opportunity that could be over time, 1000 times, arguably a million times bigger potential." -Brett