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Millennials Can Help Businesses Put the Value of Profit, Society and Cause on Equal Footing
MCON14 | June 18-19, 2014 | Register Now By Sarah Ford This past week in his article, Where Profits Aren’t Enough, Marc Ross stated, “If we…
Corporate Giving Yields Many Benefits; Not Just ‘The Right Thing To Do’
By Jane Adler Business leaders know philanthropy is its own reward. Giving back to the community is just the right thing to do. But philanthropy…
Four Learnings for NGOs and Non-profits to Better Align Themselves With Corporations
How can you truly create innovative partnerships? The Social Innovation Summit was held on May 28-29 at the United Nations. While the focus was on…
Boosting Employee Engagement Through Volunteer Work
By Scott Wooldwridge Charitable giving has long been important to both employers and employees. American companies and their workers have traditionally seen giving back to…
Diversity and Inclusiveness in Corporate Philanthropy
Companies are realizing that thoughtful attention to issues around diversity can offer many benefits, from helping to drive employee retention and productivity to improving the…
Bringing (Corporate Social) Responsibility To The Future Of Work
By Shelly Dutton With 87 percent of the global workforce disengaged with their work, executives are constantly seeking ways to empower employees to do their best…
Four Workplace Giving Myths
I had a conversation with a family member recently when asking him if he “gives at the office.” He stated that he does not participate…
Corporate Philanthropy: How to leverage your relationship capital for good
By Evan Bleier Corporate philanthropy has been an integral part of the fabric of American business culture for 100 years. According to a 2013 report by America’s Charities, workplace giving…
Validating Charities Through Donor Reviews
Perla Ni is CEO and Founder of Greatnonprofits.org, the largest nonprofit review site (think Yelp for nonprofits). Donors and investors want to know that their…
Increasing Employee Engagement in Your Corporate Volunteer Programs
By Ryan Scott Anyone involved in managing a corporate volunteer program always faces the same questions: what sort of cause curriculum makes sense for my…
Why Mid-Sized Businesses Should Prioritize Employee-Led Philanthropy
By Ryan Scott Mid-sized businesses – often defined as organizations with 100 to 5000 employees – comprise 26% of U.S. businesses, according to the Midmarket…
Celebrating National Volunteer Month at Panera Bread®
By Kate Antonacci At Panera, my job is to make sure we’re delivering on our company’s commitment to use our scale, expertise and resources to…