Nonprofit Directors Dialogue Digest captures the most critical insights from the Nonprofit Dialogue, where board members and senior executives convene to tackle today’s toughest nonprofit governance challenges. A must-read resource for nonprofit boards, the Nonprofit Digest offers a roadmap to govern boldly, responsibly and generatively.
Nonprofit Directors Dialogue Digest, 2025
Governance and the Art of Impressions
The Nonprofit Directors Dialogue Digest captures the most critical insights from the October 2025 Dialogue at the Barnes Foundation, where board members and senior executives from more than 40 organizations convened to tackle today’s toughest governance challenges. This edition distills those conversations into practical, board-ready guidance — spotlighting advocacy, strategic communication, investment discipline and legal/political navigation — so directors can act with clarity and confidence.
In a year defined by regulatory volatility, technological disruption, and political polarization, the Nonprofit Directors Dialogue Digest is a must-read resource for nonprofit boards. It offers a roadmap to govern boldly, responsibly and generatively — aligning values with strategy, owning the narrative, and strengthening resilience — at a moment when the stakes for missions, communities, and democratic institutions have rarely been higher.
The 2025 Digest explores five critical themes shaping the future of nonprofit governance:
- Navigating the Changing Landscape: Legislation, Litigation and Executive Action
- The Composition of Capital: Integrating Strategy, Sustainability and Stewardship in Nonprofit Financial Governance
- Framing the Future: Board Oversight of Digital Transformation
- Influence by Design: Redefining and Reclaiming Nonprofit Advocacy
- Through the Stakeholder Lens: Managing Perception and Public Image