Senior Leader | Strategist | Facilitator
Economic Justice & Democracy
Fostering
collaboration
and learning.
For democracy, peace & justice.
About Dave Algoso
I've spent over two decades advancing democracy and economic justice, both within the United States and around the world.
My guiding principle is a seed planted early in my career: durable change only comes from shifting power, and power shifts when people work together. My work continues to center on that idea, even as I've moved from being a campaign organizer to roles as a coalition facilitator, strategy consultant, team builder, and managing director.
Some things I've done
Managed a team creating the conditions for bold new economic policies across guaranteed income, childcare, corporate power, and more.
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Designed an ecosystem-based strategy for countering authoritarianism for a major U.S. foundation.
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Organized coalitions and volunteers for over a dozen state-level campaigns on redistricting, campaign finance, and other election reform issues.
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Led a team of five facilitators and over sixty civil society leaders in launching a global initiative to protect civic space.
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Advised universities on how to increase faculty diversity and inclusion.
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Launched a micro-grant fund serving Kenyan youth groups as part of a peacebuilding and civic engagement program.
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Facilitated a global learning and collaboration workshop with fifty anticorruption reformers from a dozen countries.
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Designed a methodology for improving adaptive management, piloted it with a livelihoods program in Nepal, and created a training curriculum for global use.
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Where to find me
Most of my work doesn't show up publicly, but when I can, I share what I'm learning. Here's where to find my writing and more.
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How to Build Movements with Cyclical Patterns in Mind. NPQ. Co-written with Sol Gattoni and Flor Guerzovich.
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How do workplaces become toxic? Medium. Putting together what I've learned on organizational culture and change.
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Eight Practices for Strategic Agility. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Based on research for Oxfam America into new approaches to strategy, with support from the Hewlett Foundation. (Ungated PDF available here.)
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Demystifying strategic planning. Remote Culture Club with Alix Dunn.
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Shared goals without compromise. Candid / Philanthropy News Digest. How can we set goals that are both ambitious and realistic?
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Welcome to Peak Uncertainty. Population: You (and Your Team). Medium. Written during the first weeks of the COVID pandemic, with ongoing relevance.
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Yes, Expose the Neo-Nazis. Then Recruit Them Back to Humanity WIRED. Written in August 2017, following the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.​​​​​​​
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