For Impact

Daily Nuggets:
A For Impact Blog

Funding • Oct 8, 2020

In school and in life, many of us are taught to present, but few of us are taught to engage. The difference...

Funding • Jan 22, 2020

I’m constantly trying to get people to think about what it means TO ENGAGE! I think we’re taught how to...

Funding • Nov 13, 2017

The definition of an artifact is any object made – or altered! – by human beings, where the alteration gives...

Funding • Nov 7, 2017

The most important story in the world is the story you tell yourself! Before a visit or an ask, take...

Funding • Oct 4, 2017

Andy Grove was the co-founder of Intel. More than an ‘executive,’ Mr. Grove was a teacher. He taught people how...

Funding • Sep 27, 2017

We spend a lot of time studying, practicing, and teaching the art and science of human engagement. It’s essential to...

Funding • Sep 26, 2017

Every few years there is a new fad in fundraising. For the past 2+ years (at least), it’s been crowdfunding...

Funding • Sep 18, 2017

Just Ask. This is a core tenet of the For Impact message. If you don’t ask, you don’t get. People...

Funding • Sep 13, 2017

Humans seek order. In a very primitive sense, we’ve evolved to recognize faces (the ‘whole’) over features (the ‘parts’). In...

Funding • Sep 8, 2017

I’ve been spending a lot of time ‘in-the-field’ the past few weeks coaching some remarkable social entrepreneurs from Mulago, StartingBloc,...

Funding • Aug 31, 2017

We’re big on vocab. Team vocabulary is especially important. [Think: CLEAR COMMUNICATION.] Here is some vocabulary for SALES TEAMS. In...

Funding • Aug 29, 2017

This nugget focuses on the power of one idea: authenticity. At the For Impact Boot Camp we have everyone practice...