February 2025 — Robot Love, Social-Emotional Learning and (Less) Traffic Client Spotlight: Urban Assembly Celebrates SEL Day Urban Assembly CEO David Adams Mark your calendars for the fifth annual SEL Day on March 3rd! This campaign, hosted by The Urban Assembly (in partnership with CASEL, the Social Emotional Learning Alliance for the United States and…

Momentum client Charity Navigator is working with the international news agency Reuters to understand the effect of the Trump administration's freeze on funding to many nonprofits. "We want to understand how it's affecting your organization," Charity Navigator wrote in an email to nonprofits. "We know this is a challenging time, and our goal is to…

Momentum last month did something new: We brought together clients with similar missions --  in this case, education nonprofits in New York City -- and listened to them talk about common challenges they expect to face this year. Over scones and croissants at the historic home of one client, the New York Society for Ethical…

Congratulations to Account Director Kylee Siaw, recently named one of the 15 under 35 by the New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The award recognizes Kylee as among the most inspirational and ambitious young talent working in and serving the communications industry in the New York City Metro Area. We knew…

For much of my working life, compassionate and caring leadership was so rare that whenever I encountered it, I thought I was being gamed. I was suspicious of it.   I worked in newsrooms, a high-pressure environment that seems to attract a high percentage of leaders without emotional maturity. In one of my first jobs,…