Nonprofits and 12 Current Trends

Published on: August 12, 2024August 14, 2024 by Gene Takagi

Nonprofit leaders can and do react to current conditions in developing their plans and advancing their organizations’ missions. Effective leaders also proactively prepare for the future while looking back for lessons and context. Among the many trends and forces for the future worthy of consideration: Many nonprofits have adopted devices and strategies incorporating their thinking […]

Nonprofit Radio: Gene & Amy’s 2023 Outlook

Published on: January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 by Gene Takagi

I recently joined fellow Nonprofit Radio contributor Amy Sample Ward in conversation with host Tony Martignetti about what we expect to see in the new year. Listen to the podcast here. Our esteemed contributors, Gene Takagi and Amy Sample Ward, reveal what they’re thinking about for the New Year. We’re talking about Twitter, donor advised […]

Nonprofit Radio: Getting Ready for 2022

Published on: January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 by Gene Takagi

I recently spoke with Tony Martignetti on Nonprofit Radio about the legal outlook for 2022. Here are some areas we discussed along with some bonus areas and additional resources – Technology Trends Cryptocurrency Nonprofits Get a New Type of Donation: Cryptocurrency (NY Times) How Your Nonprofit Can Accept Gifts Of Cryptocurrency (Forbes) Mozilla stops accepting cryptocurrency, Wikipedia […]

Some Trends for 2022

Published on: January 3, 2022January 2, 2022 by Gene Takagi

8 Trends | Nonprofit Law Blog Purpose-driven governance, taking the ecosystem into greater consideration (see The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership; Purpose-Driven Board Leadership, Legally Speaking) Boards making a more conscious effort of adding younger board members, understanding that their perspectives are part of their critical contribution (see Welcoming the Next Generation of Board […]

Predict-a-palooza: Civil Society Forecast 2019

Published on: January 22, 2019January 25, 2019 by Gene Takagi

On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, I’ll be joining a panel of experts in discussing key trends and predictions for 2019. Our focus will be on civil society, discussing emerging developments in philanthropy, technology, data governance, public policy, and more. You can learn more about, and register for, this webinar organized by Digital Impact, an initiative […]

Independent Sector: Threads

Published on: June 9, 2015June 11, 2015 by Gene Takagi

Independent Sector and its convening partners are holding critical community conversations (“Threads”) about the key trends, obstacles, and opportunities that will affect every organization and individual working toward the common good over the next 20 years. A Threads conversation was held in Silicon Valley on Monday and another will be held in Oakland (where I’ll […]