Episode 2: Nonprofit Digital Teams + Baby Boomer Retirements




Fresh Research, a NonProfit Times Podcast show

Summary: <p><audio style="width: 100%;">Your browser does not support the audio element.</audio></p> <p>Digital leaders on senior nonprofit management teams can make a huge difference. So why doesn’t every organization do it? That’s part of the discussion with Jason Mogus, <a href="http://netchange.co/about/jason" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">principal strategist at NetChange Consulting</a>, and <a href="https://www.empowered.digital/new-page/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austen Levihn-Coon</a>, digital organizing director of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. They surveyed 80 advocacy organizations about their digital teams and programs. Some of the results may surprise you and there are a few new trends since the 2014 results. Their report, <a href="http://netchange.co/digital-teams-in-2018-the-new-landscape-of-digital-engagement" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Digital Teams in 2018: The new landscape of digital engagement,”</a> can be found here.</p> <p>Ten thousand Baby Boomers a day are turning 65. What’s that mean for the leadership of the nonprofit sector? <a href="http://bcnm.rmu.edu/AboutUs/Staff" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peggy Morrison Outon and Carrie Tancraitor</a> of the <a href="http://bcnm.rmu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management</a> at Robert Morris University discuss the implications for the Pittsburgh region and beyond and what the nonprofits can do to brace for the future. Their study, <a href="http://bcnm.rmu.edu/ProgramsServices/WhatNowResearch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“What Now? How will the impending retirement of nonprofit leaders change the sector?”</a>, can be found here.</p> <p>For more episodes of Fresh Research, <a href="http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/fresh-research-podcast/?platform=hootsuite" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.</p>