A man stands in a field in front of solar panels

Photo By: Mahfuzul Bhuiyan is licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

NGO Futures

NGO Futures convenes leaders virtually and in-person to learn and collaborate—increasing overall organizational adaptability and creating a safe space for dialogue on transformational change. NGO Futures also catalyzes scaling of innovation and best practices through leading work with partners. In a time of both challenge and opportunity, NGO Futures creates a pathway forward for civil society organizations.

Interested in receiving updates on NGO Futures?

Join Our Newsletter

Updates

Leadership Development

NGO Leaders on Current & Future Change

During this unprecedented time, 115 executives responded to the InterAction NGO Futures 2022 annual survey, representing the full spectrum of size and diversity across international…

Deborah Willig

Apr 25, 2022

Leadership Development

Five Tips Toward Virtual Team Success

Virtual team collaboration has clear potential advantages. It also comes with real challenges in terms of trust, bonding, motivation, and conflict management. As virtual work becomes…

Ahmed Abdelhakim Hachelaf

Deborah Willig

Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken

Jan 18, 2022

Leadership Development

Tips for Combatting Workplace Burnout

Summer 2021 executive conversation circles that I lead dropped in attendance by 60-80%. As one executive shared, “I opted out of the last meeting just…

Deborah Willig

Jul 20, 2021

Leadership Development

Five Essential Attributes to Expand Impact and Advance in a Disrupted World

To not only survive but thrive as mission-driven, world-changing nonprofits, one thing is clear—we are in the age of adaptation. In a January 2021…

Deborah Willig

Jun 14, 2021

Leadership Development

NGO Leaders on Keeping Up with Change and Shoring Up Business Models

In January 2021, InterAction conducted its fourth-annual survey to assess and reflect back perceptions of the changing global development and humanitarian operating ecosystem, how NGOs…

Deborah Willig

George E. Mitchell

May 12, 2021

Leadership Development

Nine Tips for Leading Critical Change

There are signature patterns that can undermine vital internal change efforts. Conner Advisory, a firm that advises organizations on pursuing changes that matter, recently…

Deborah Willig

Nov 17, 2020

Leadership Development

2023 Prudent Assumptions and Critical Uncertainties

Dramatic change is shaping the sector, and on a global level, our achievements and goals for humanity are backsliding. As the recent Gates Goalkeepers…

Deborah Willig

Oct 22, 2020

Leadership Development

Localization in the COVID-19 Era

While it is still unknown how COVID-19 will ultimately change the development and humanitarian aid sectors, the current crisis has provoked further discussion on the…