The future belongs to the curious.

Welcome to the CauseMic blog, where we share insights to help nonprofit leaders scale your organization.

How Our Team’s Experiences Shape Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

How Our Team’s Experiences Shape Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

For many, the end of a year brings opportunity for reflection, followed by resolutions to guide the months ahead. Perhaps you’ve got a new practice or habit in your life you plan on starting. Maybe you have a word that will guide your decision making over the next 12 months.

At CauseMic, we’re moving into the new year with increased resolve to strengthen our existing commitment to making our world a more just place to live in.

Years ago, with a vision of assisting nonprofits to become fully funded, CauseMic was founded by two women of color and me.
 
We knew we wanted a socially eclectic team, giving us the benefit of divergent views when seeking new business opportunities and dealing with clients of varying makeups.
 
So we hired accordingly. Today, diverse hiring remains a core pillar of CauseMic and a critical component of our success to date.

Leadership Lessons From a Champion, One-Handed Rock Climber

Leadership Lessons From a Champion, One-Handed Rock Climber

When you surround yourself with good people, whether you hire them or hang out with them, you can’t help but want to discover the best version of yourself.

For me, I enjoy learning from people smarter than me or drawing comfort from those who walk in similar shoes or being inspired by victors over enormous odds.

Building a Culture of Original Thought

Building a Culture of Original Thought

Forget about brainstorming. 

The telegraph was just fine, until Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. So were covered wagons for cross-country travel, until George Stephenson’s successful train. And after that, the Wright brothers’ plane.

The point is, the status quo is only good enough until someone’s bright idea for improvement takes hold. I don’t mean Apple’s greedy fascination for making whatever iPhone I have obsolete.

The CauseMic Hot Start

The CauseMic Hot Start

If you want to keep going, you need to hit “Pause”

It’s been way too long since we had a Zoom-less Hot Start, and wow! It was great on several levels.