Future-Ready
Nonprofit Voices to Follow
Explore the Voices
Every person on this list focuses on what’s actually working now, challenges inherited assumptions, and shares practical ideas that connect fundraising, culture, branding, and strategy — not just theory.
These are the voices we consistently learn from — and recommend to EDs who want to stay ahead of where the sector is going.

Amber Melanie Smith
Social Impact Skill Building
Amber's YouTube channel builds a library of genuinely useful, substance-over-polish content that respects your time and helps nonprofit leaders actually improve at the work.

Brooke Richie-Babbage
Strategic Planning
Brooke doesn't just help organizations plan — she helps them think about how to operate as modern, future-ready organizations, treating strategy as a real operating system, not a document exercise.

Brynne Krispin
ED Thought Leadership
Brynne helped shape how we think about personal content strategy at Proimpact — she's exactly the kind of voice who keeps posting from sliding to the bottom of your to-do list.

Christina Martin Kenny
Long-Term Fundraising & Retention
She connects two things most people address separately — effective fundraising tactics and sustainable fundraising cultures — a combination that's one of the most powerful growth recipes in the sector.

Dana Snyder
Monthly Giving
An early, all-in bet on monthly giving now powers her consistently excellent educational content — her podcast and LinkedIn are some of the best places to see what's actually working.

Evan Wildstein
Staff Retention
Co-creator of the Social Impact Sector Staff Retention Report, which surfaces the nuanced reasons staff stay or leave beyond pay — giving EDs a real framework for keeping their team invested.

Floyd Jones
Movement Building
What makes him worth following is his core belief: community isn't a strategy — it's the whole game.

Jess Campbell
Email Marketing
She's constantly running experiments and sharing real results, making her one of the most useful follows in the sector for anyone trying to get more out of email.

Julia Campbell
Social Media Marketing
Her work is grounded in storytelling — the skill that makes every other digital channel work better — paired with practical, hands-on guidance small teams can actually use.

Lauren Atherton
Branding
A brand rework at CoachArt led to a practice focused on helping nonprofits understand branding as a strategic growth lever — not just a logo refresh.

Meena Das
Data Equity
She operates in the practical middle ground between jumping in and being careful — helping organizations do more with data and AI while keeping the humans behind the numbers in focus.

Nic Gagliardi
Governance
Governance conversations that usually only happen behind closed doors come into the open here — practical advice, honest takes, and anonymous stories that make EDs feel less alone.

Rachel Bearbower
Automation
She delivers quick, immediately implementable ideas rather than abstract frameworks, making her one of the most practical follows for any ED looking to run more efficient operations.

Rhea Wong
Major Gifts
She brings a rare dual lens — deep understanding of donor psychology and the internal psychology of fundraising teams — plus sharp thinking on how AI can ease burnout in development.

Tasha Van Vlack
Community
The Nonprofit Hive grew into one of the sector's fastest-growing communities under her, built by pairing real community psychology with the tactical chops to actually execute.

Tim Lockie
Artificial Intelligence
He consistently teaches simple, immediately usable AI tactics that directly improve how your team applies these tools — not just how you think about them.

Veronica LaFemina
Change Leadership
Her entire practice is built around helping organizations navigate critical inflection points, and her thinking on strategic alignment and change leadership sharpens how you lead.





