1. Growing focus on impact and scale

Larger, multi-organization initiatives

Clear community improvement goals and measures

New structure options, "virtual" organizations

Capacity building with clusters/networks of organizations to achieve these goals

Clear success measures for capacity building work

Capacity builders need to model these approaches in our industry

2. "Implementation" of devolution--effective community action

Stronger local organizing, planning, and response

Multi-sector responses--more work with business, community groups, faith communities, local government

Financing from multiple sources

Need new view and vision of the appropriate role of the sectors, their contribution, and social compact

Need to help package and finance these larger initiatives and help them succeed

New forms of capacity building needed

3. Globalization and immigration patterns

An increasing number of NPOs and immigrant-led groups with specific capacity building needs and resources

More work that links action across U.S. and other regions of the world

Need to understand these needs, cultures, and traditions-and how to be helpful

New staffing, relationships, and alliances

4. Aging of baby boomers and concurrent economic trends

Transfer of wealth

Growing gap between the very wealthy and middle class people in a survival mode

"Venture philanthropy", social entrepreneurship

Educate the stewards of this new wealth and get them into the game-i.e., their wealth, their skill, their networks

Help NPOs learn how to appropriately connect with and tap these resources

Need for concrete outcomes, less jargon, moral and pragmatic rationale, and clear understandable strategies

5. Continuing rapid development of information technologies

Many new ways to build and share knowledge

Information overload

Digital divide

Appropriate use of these technologies in capacity building

work-e.g., partnership web sites, e-tools for very large projects, "blended solutions"