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6 Solutions for International Corporate Volunteering
By Christine Johnston Thinking about offering international volunteer opportunities through your company’s volunteering program? These opportunities can be rich for both personal and professional development, taking employees beyond their comfort zones and teaching them to use their skills in new ways while benefiting international communities. It’s in this unfamiliar space that employees are given the…
Read MoreWebinar: Aligning Employee Engagement with Corporate Strategy
By Elizabeth Rogers A crucial aspect of corporate citizenship is the ability and desire to engage your company’s employees. Implementing volunteer, giving, and other “responsible” programs help to not only enhance your company’s reputation image, but more importantly, the loyalty of your employees. To see how companies have been able to successfully integrate their CSR…
Read More4 Ways to Rewire the Corporate Brain to Compete in the 21st Century
By Lain Hensley The era of the robber baron is long gone and the days of the rapacious capitalist are dwindling. The corporate world that once rewarded aggression and strong-armed business dealings is now refocusing on collaboration, transparency and corporate responsibility. This amounts to an absolute cultural about-face for many companies — a rewiring of the corporate…
Read MoreSPLC Intelligence Report: Deadly Spring of Radical-Right Violence Examined
Extremists from various segments of the radical right lashed out this spring with three murder sprees that left a dozen victims dead – mass murders that are explored in the latest issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Report, released today. The three high-profile attacks were each driven by hatred of a distinct target: the government, women and…
Read MoreNew Research: The Challenges and Solutions of Going Global
By Angela Parker Several years ago, a corporate executive told Realized Worth he is tired of not being able to answer news outlets when they ask: What is your company doing with volunteer programs around the world? “I need to know what’s going on globally,” he told us. In 2007, LBG Associates and LBG Research Institute had anticipated…
Read MoreOverstock.com “Close the Loop” on Clothing Donations with Online Bin Benefiting Goodwill
Overstock.com is offering its own version of the “clothing donation bin,” giving consumers an easy way to donate items without even leaving their homes. The online retailer recently partnered with Give Back Box to turn mailers into donation vehicles. Consumers who purchase items on Overstock.com will now find a pre-paid shipping label included in each box, allowing them to re-use…
Read MoreIce Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?
By Beth Kanter Is success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? Can other nonprofits reproduce it? My answer: yes and no. The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised over $88.5 Million…
Read MoreVictory! Immigration Authorities Must Stop Coercing Immigrants Into Signing Away Their Rights
By Gabriela Rivera and Mitra Ebadolahi One night last summer, Patricia’s mother, Marta, did not come home. She had been in poor mental health, but it was unlike her to simply disappear without a word. Marta Mendoza was born in Mexico but lived in the United States for decades, where she raised six U.S. citizen…
Read MoreNurses’ visits curb deaths among poor, single women and their children
By Lenny Bernstein A program that provides poor, single, first-time mothers with intensive support from visiting nurses reduced death rates among both the women and their children, according to a study of 20 years of the program’s efforts published this week. The well-known Nurse-Family Partnership, founded in 1977 in Elmira, N.Y., but now in operation in nearly 600 counties…
Read MoreSmall-business Q&A: Ways to show social concerns
By Ron Consolino Q: You often read about the large donations major companies make to charities. How can a successful small business demonstrate social responsibility? A: Though the clout and resources of large corporations may make headlines, a small business can do much to improve the quality of its community. In some ways, crafting and…
Read MoreHow The ALS Association Should Spend Donations From the #IceBucketChallenge
Three weeks ago The ALS Association (The ALSA), known for global research, advocacy and care services for those fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease, launched the “Ice Bucket Challenge”. With its unexpected success resulting in more than $79.7 million raised (and still growing) in this three-week period (far surpassing the total $24 million they generated all of…
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