10 Reasons Why Creativity Matters in Nonprofits

In an ever-evolving world, the nonprofit sector is constantly faced with new challenges, and new opportunities. Creativity emerges as a critical asset in addressing these challenges and optimizing these opportunities. This article explores ten compelling reasons why fostering creativity in the nonprofit workplace is essential in amplify impact and creating sustainable solutions for the communities we, as a sector, serve.

Measuring Innovation

Innovation is essential in progress; however, gauging the impact of innovative initiatives can have its challenges. Whether you're aiming to measure your organization's impact or evaluate problem-solving approaches, these tools will help you capture both the tangible and intangible outcomes of your innovation strategies.

Let Symbols Do the Heavy Lifting

Metaphors have the ability to transform abstract ideas into more relatable and tangible images that evoke empathy and inspire action. If you're tired of thinking of social impact/change processes as a line on a graph, here are some metaphors for how we create impact that can diversify how we understand, measure, and report against change.

Poetry for the Other Brain

Over many millennia of human history, and even today among the most rational fields of endeavor, it is recognized that the greatest leaps of insight and wisdom emerge from, often erupt from, the non-rational part of our brains—our hearts. There's no greater known food for the heart than poetry.  Dive in.