Living Our Core Values
By: Carrie Fox, Mission Partners CEO
As a purpose-driven B CorporationTM, our values are the heart and soul of our company. They drive our growth and inform our hiring processes. But it’s easy for those words to become empty promises…
12 Ways to Effectively Engage an Advisory Board
By Susanne Pirone
Time. Talent. Treasure. If you lead or manage a nonprofit board of advisors, you’re likely very used to those three words. At the broadest level, these words set shared expectations for what board members are expected…
Getting More out of Giving Tuesday
By Bayonia Marshall and Amira Barre
It’s mid-November and we can tell by our incoming emails that a big day (some would say the biggest day) in philanthropy is near.
With subject lines like “Save The Date for #GivingTuesday” and…
The Words Matter
By Elena Hilton
One of my favorite movies of the past few years is Arrival, which stars Amy Adams as a linguistics professor who’s recruited to figure out how to communicate with aliens that have landed on Earth. I’m not one for sci-fi…
Why we share our pronouns and why you should too.
You may have noticed that people share their pronouns in introductions, on name tags, or in their email signatures, and maybe you’re wondering, “what’s that all about?” This is happening to make spaces more inclusive for all people…
The Power of Equitable Design (And 3 Tips to Become a More Inclusive Communicator)
By Eleni Stamoulis
“Design creates culture.”
One of my professors from grad school said this to my class when teaching us about the ethics of graphic design. He then showed us national campaigns he designed that sexualized women or…
Why Listening to All Sides Matters
By Carrie Fox
Last weekend, I was listening to a radio program when I heard a fascinating interview. Truth is, I can’t remember the name of the individual being interviewed. I can’t even remember why he was chosen to be featured in the…
Four Ways that Organizations Miss the Mark on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts
At Mission Forward®, we create transformational trainings that model what is possible in the world. We believe that the future will be inclusive and just.
Listening and Taking Action on the Black Maternal Health Crisis in the U.S
By Bayonia Marshall and Elena Hilton
Early last week, Mission Partners hosted its 2019 Mission Forward® Spring Reception, Hear Her: A Call To Action on Maternal Mortality. Held at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Total Health in Washington,…
Bring on Your Unsolvable Problems
by Carrie Fox
What happens when you put a mechanical engineer squarely in the center of a university’s department of obstetrics and gynecology? No, this is not the start of a joke.
In fact, it’s at the center of one of the most fascinating…