Innovation Sprint Cohorts
Creating innovative solutions together
It’s one thing to have a good idea. It’s quite another to see that idea come to life.
The best ideas take tenacity, creativity, empathy with those you serve, and access to funding and people who care about the same cause.
Innovation Sprint Cohorts are designed to integrate all these things to bring your innovation to the world!
Missio Nexus will be running 3 cohorts in 2026:
(Note: Members have already been selected and registration is closed at this time.)
Cohort 1: Hackathons, Incubators and Accelerators:
Organizations bringing people together to innovate through events and programs designed to give innovators space to work on new ideas.
Cohort 2: Global Mobilization:
Organizations who are seeking to recruit missionaries from a diverse set of sending countries and are seeking a sustainable approach for their work.
Cohort 3: Media in the Muslim World:
Organizations utilizing multi-media in innovative ways to engage Muslim audiences.
Stay tuned for updates from the cohorts and reports on the collaborations that come out of these unique innovation working groups.
Meet the Facilitator – Jon Hirst
With over 25 years of experience leading innovation efforts in global ministry, Jon is committed to helping nonprofits to explore how they can explore new ideas, identify areas for growth and pivot to meet new opportunities.
Jon brings together a unique mix of innovation leadership, marketing & branding experience, and technology expertise to help ministries to reimagine ministry approaches in the face of disruption. He is a trainer for the Seeds Innovation Lab, a facilitator for CoStarters, and has completed the MITx Disciplined Entrepreneurship Course.
He has helped write four books and regularly writes and speaks on topics related to innovation and new approaches to ministry. Currently he serves as the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Innovation in Mission, a fractional innovation leader service. In the past he served as Chief Innovation Officer for SIL Global, CEO of Global Mapping International, Communications Director for Reach Beyond, along with other ministry, business as mission and start-up roles.
Jon lives in Wisconsin with his wife Mindy, three kids and three dogs. He grew up as a missionary kid in Argentina and Venezuela and has traveled in 30 countries in support of global mission.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonhirst/
Innovation Substack: https://innovationinmission.substack.com