Feedback Labs

The multigenerational panel on Flipping the Expert Narrative

Smiles (and laughs) all around as we close out Feedback+Bozeman with a Mad Libs-style reflection on the week.

In this unprecedented moment, Francesca Santos from Rural Climate Partnership challenges funders to respond with unprecedented action. Our future depends on what we do today.

From rethinking funding to redesigning outreach and basic income programs, these breakout sessions are showing what listening in action really looks like.

Storytelling isn’t just a tool — it’s a practice. When done with intention, it humanizes, heals, and disrupts erasure. A powerful opening plenary from the Flipping the “Expert” Narrative: Storytelling for Social Change panel.

Each conversation is a reminder: This work isn’t easy, but it’s worth it. Listening with courage means embracing the messiness and staying rooted in community.

What would your organization do with an additional $50k to invest in feedback and listening? GitLab Foundation leads table discussions on funder investment in nonprofit capacity building and feedback work.

Shoutout to MAPSMedia for providing beautiful coloring pages for the Summit!

“Be quick to listen, slow to speak.” The Movement Makers Lunch invited us to pause, reflect, and connect.

Misty Kuhl (Director of the Montana Governor's office of Indian affairs) and Art Taylor (President & CEO of association of fundraising professionals) kick off the movement makers lunch with a fireside chat

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' community engagement spectrum

Joyce McDonough from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations presents GEOs community participation spectrum

There’s a full house in “Stronger Together: Lessons from a Listen4Good Learning Community” breakout session!

“We need better community. We need empathy. We need to show up for each other.” This morning’s plenary reminded us that listening isn’t a checkbox—it’s a commitment. One that calls us to have richer, deeper conversations in more places with more openness.

Our opening panel describes the State of Mind community listening project. (From right: Melinda Tuan, Raymond DeBruycker, Josh Aaseng, Gina Lamb, Cassie Weightman)

Carly Hare, CEO of the Headwaters Foundation and Melinda Tuan, Managing Director of Fund for Shared Insight, kick off our opening plenary with a fireside chat

We’re back at Feedback+Bozeman for another day of listening, learning, and shifting power. The breakfast tables were buzzing with energy and beaming with connection this morning. ✨

planting in the Haven community garden during the LabStorm

Montana Nonprofit Association LabStorm

The Brainstorming has begun at the BYEP LabStorm