Erin-Kate Escobar Erin-Kate Escobar

What Does It Really Mean to Be a Human-Centered Nonprofit?

Human-Centered Strategic Planning & Retreats for Nonprofits: Feeling disconnected or stuck? This post explores how human-centered design can transform your nonprofit's strategic planning and team retreats, fostering clarity, connection, and purpose.

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Erin-Kate Escobar Erin-Kate Escobar

Values-Aligned Handbook Changes That Support Growth: Lessons from a Grant-Funded STEM Research Team

This post breaks down how one STEM research org used smart, values-driven updates to their handbook to make onboarding smoother, offboarding more respectful, and their team culture stronger — even with high turnover.

If you’re scaling, managing grants, or just tired of reinventing the wheel with every new hire, this one’s for you.

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Erin-Kate Escobar Erin-Kate Escobar

Time to Refresh Your Strategic Plan

A successful strategic plan provides a roadmap for how the mission and vision will come to life and can be utilized throughout the year. At the heart of a more holistic strategic plan, in addition to meeting the needs of leadership and the company, the plan should center on human/employee wellbeing and include ways to produce that over the tenure of the strategic plan. 

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