MIAMI, July 8, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Many of the nation's top philanthropic foundations
including Robert Woods Johnson,
Annie E. Casey, McKnight, Prudential, New Commonwealth Fund,
Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Comcast Foundation, and Omidyar
Network are cosponsoring a summit for 200 of their peers to share
replicable strategies that have united people across political and
social divides and raised billions for social causes by appealing
to aspirations rather than to pity or fear.
Imagine if every foundation knew how to
apply cognitive and social psychology to get greater engagement and
results.
Hosted by nonprofit leadership network, BMe Community, the
Next Narrative Summit aims to showcase why modern philanthropic
initiatives that use social psychology create far greater
Power, Opportunity, and Community to
transform lives and systems than their traditional peers.
"Foundations often rely too heavily on worn tropes of crises,
pity, and fear," says Trabian Shorters, Co-founder and CEO of
BMe Community. "This aging practice inevitably breeds resentment
and underinvestment in the very communities that we aim to help.
Philanthropies that take much more dignifying approaches are
experiencing breakthrough successes that are replicable."
This shift from solely focusing on deficits to starting with
people's aspirations and contributions before highlighting their
challenges is called Asset-Framing. Though it sounds simple at
first blush, Asset-Framing elegantly applies breakthroughs in
cognitive and social psychology that prove human decision-making is
narrative-driven, not fact-driven.
At the Summit, leaders from Robert Woods Johnson Foundation to
Prudential Insurance Co. will share how they are using
Asset-Framing and other modern tools and tactics to inspire new
audiences and win major victories for economic mobility, racial
equity, public health, and dozens of causes.
McKnight Foundation CEO, Tonya
Allen, will share how, in 2023, her Groundbreak Coalition's
"next narrative" approach raised $ 1
billion regionally to create "a racially equitable and
carbon-neutral" future in Minneapolis-St.
Paul. Allen regards the $1
billion as just a beginning. The coalition plans to raise
$4.3 billion more and may replicate
the strategy in coming years.
Blue Meridian Partners President and CIIO, Jim Shelton, will share their analysis of why
economic mobility has declined for all Americans and what we can do
about it.
Nobel Prize Nominee Desmond Meade will share how, in 2018,
his "next narrative" approach persuaded 5 million Florida Democrats, Republicans, and
Independents to change the state constitution to allow freed people
to vote following incarceration.
"Imagine if every local, regional, or national foundation knew
how to apply social psychology to get greater engagement and
results like the leaders at this Summit," says Shorters.
Other featured speakers include:
- Soledad O'Brien, Owner and CEO,
Soledad O'Brien Productions
- David Bornstein, Co-Founder and
CEO, Solutions Journalism Network
- John Powell, Director, The
Othering and Belonging Institute
- Sheena Meade, Chief Executive
Officer, Clean Slate Initiative
- And representatives from sponsoring organizations listed
earlier
The Next Narrative Summit is invitation-only, September 4-7, 2024 in Hollywood, Florida but foundation leaders and
heads of their communications firms can still submit their names
for consideration through July 12th
at www.BMeCommunity.org/NNS
About BMe Community
BMe Community is an
award-winning nonprofit leadership community dedicated to expanding
Black people and all people's freedoms to live, own, vote, and
excel. BMe Community runs incredibly high-trust, high-impact
leadership communities including the BMe Vanguard Honors for Black
leaders, and the Next Narrative Summit for leaders improving
philanthropic culture and impact. In 2024, The Bridgespan Group
found that BMe was the #1 leadership community in its national
comparison group for attention to positively impacting members,
communities, and systems. www.bmecommunity.org.
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