Build leaders. Build networks. Build impact.
BMe Community uses Asset-Framing® and vetted peer networks to help foundations, corporations, and philanthropic leaders achieve measurable change at the leader, community, and systems level.
Rated #1 by Bridgespan for impact across leader, community, and systems levels.
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BMe Members, Clients, and Partners
Leadership support services built for systems change
Our four core partnership begins with rigorous vetting of leaders for authenticity, competence, and core motivation, because real impact starts with the right people.
Brand Strategy
We help leaders align their capital, narrative, and relationships into a coherent strategy so their brand reflects the full weight of their work and moves the right people to act.
Summits
Partner with BMe at NNS and other flagship convenings to reach the most influential leaders in social progress fields. Sponsorship, programming, and co-presentation opportunities available.
Engagement Programs
Invitation-only SOAR retreats and support that bring together leaders of leaders for peer learning, strategic alignment, and high-trust relationship building.
Training Bootcamps
Intensive, cohort-based programs that equip teams with Asset-Framing®, strategic communications tools, and the frameworks BMe's most effective partners use to win.
Why do the top foundations and corporations work with BMe?
Because trust is the ultimate currency of impact.
BMe is a field-leading leadership support organization helping foundations and corporations achieve extraordinary social impact by strengthening the leaders and networks behind the work. We don’t guess - we vet. Then we bring the right people together in experiences designed to expand trust, collaboration, and wellness.
There’s no shortcut to influence that lasts.
But there is a proven approach.
Our method is rooted in social psychology, social networks, and Asset-Framing® - used by 30,000+ leaders and hundreds of institutions to shift how impact is built and communicated.
Asset-Framing®
The foundation of everything we do
BMe CEO and Co-Founder, Trabian Shorters, is a leading social entrepreneur and developer of the award-winning cognitive framework, Asset-Framing®. Asset-Framing defines communities by their aspirations and contributions, rather than their challenges and deficits. This proprietary framework transforms how leaders communicate impact, build narratives, and move institutions.
Every service we offer is rooted in it. Every partnership we build is shaped by it. If you work with BMe, you work with the people who wrote the playbook.
Over 1,000 Successful Partnerships.
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“People leave BMe-run events and programs feeling like their soul was fed, and relationships form. We continue to connect after to do impactful work together.”
— Jim Shelton, CEO, Blue Meridian Partners
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“This Summit isn't feel-good networking; it's strategic positioning. You get access to what actually works, amplify your impact through collective action, and help shape the narrative before others write it for you. In times like these, going it alone is a luxury none of us can afford.”
— CEO
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“I arrived at this retreat feeling like the external world had dimmed my light. I left completely reignited — clearer on my purpose, my 'why,' and how I need to show up as a leader. The 25+ luminaries in that room didn't just inspire me — they helped me rebuild. Profoundly grateful.”
— Justin Dean,
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“BMe knows how to build community, inspire and move people to take action. This work is truly transformaitonal!”
— Alex Morgan, Small Business Owner
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“This is the type of experience I hope everyone can have. The information shared changed genuinely changed my life. I'm very grateful.”
— Ryan Wilson, CEO, The Gathering Spot
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“Such a wonderful group of peers with a generous spirit whom I wouldn’t have met otherwise. I expect to collaborate with half a dozen or more.”
— Taylor Brooks, CEO
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“Rare opportunities to hear new strategies and insights on a range of different topics, many of which are relevant to our work. Also really appreciated the range of people there.”
— Alex Morgan, Small Business Owner
Advantages no one else has.
For thirteen years, BMe has been doing the quiet work of building trust infrastructure: the relationships, frameworks, and communities that make leaders more effective. Asset-Framing®, our proprietary framework for communicating impact, is used by leaders across philanthropy, policy, and the social sector because it works.
Our national network of influential leaders, built through SOAR and NNN, opens doors that credentials alone can't. And our mutual benefit model means every partner gains more than they give. No one else has built what we've built. No one else can offer what we offer.
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A framework developed and owned by BMe’s CEO & Co-Founder t, is used by leaders across philanthropy, policy, and the social sector because it works. No one else has it. Certification and licensing available for organizations that want to go deep.
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Each of BMe's top-rated offerings includes psychological vetting of your peers, grantees, and partners for their authenticity, competence, and core motivations. Our 700+ member network consists of the top influencers of leaders in philanthropy, policy, and social progress, business, finance, and nonprofits. They trust us, use Asset-Framing®, and run institutions that:
Invest over $200B annually
Grant over $10B annually
Influence 100x that via their narratives
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BMe's community structure is designed to generate referrals and additional value for every member — not just the most visible ones. When you win, the network wins. support a wide range of service-based businesses across various industries. Our systems are designed to be flexible and adapt to different business models and workflows.
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National name recognition, strong partner credibility, and a track record of multi-year partnerships mean you're joining something that's already earned its seat at the table.
Proven narrative strategies that raise billions,
assist millions, by denigrating no one
Next Narrative Network
The Next Narrative Network is for leaders in foundations, associations, and communications firms that want to learn and apply high impact strategies that succeed by dignifying rather than stigmatizing populations.
Members of our network COINED:
Asset-Framing®
Solutions Journalism
Targeted Universalism
Respect-Based Philanthropy
New Pluralism
Built for leaders who are changing history.
I started BMe because I believed the people closest to the problems are closest to the solutions — and that what holds them back is rarely talent or will. It's access. Narrative. The right room at the right moment.
Thirteen years later, that belief is a framework, a national network, and a community of leaders who have learned to lead with their strengths instead of apologizing for their circumstances. Asset-Framing® didn't come from a think tank. It came from watching what happens when you define people by who they are becoming instead of what they have survived.
Whether you are a foundation looking to invest more effectively, a corporation trying to align your social impact with your brand, or a leader ready to do the most important work of your career — BMe was built for this moment. And so were you.
— Trabian Shorters, Founder & CEO
Work with BMe
Let's put the right leaders in the right rooms.
BMe works with a select group of foundations, corporations, and social sector leaders each year. If you're doing meaningful work in social progress and want the network, the tools, and the trust infrastructure to win in this rapidly changing environment, this is where it starts
