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7 Tips for Resonating With Millennial Employees & Their Desire to Do Good
By Kaitlin Carpenter and Sarah Ford Do you know what the year 2020 has in store for your organization? Less than 5 years from now, the…
Is the Death of Corporate Philanthropy Exaggerated?
By John Godfrey The end of corporate philanthropy was predicted in a post on the Forbes Leadership Forum. Paul Klein, who heads business and civil sector…
5 Ways Volunteering With Your Coworkers Will Make You Happier (And Help Your Career)
By Pamela Hawley Volunteering isn’t just a win-win for your company. By taking part in your company’s corporate social responsibility program, these volunteer activities can…
Engage Employees By Championing Their Interests
By Chloe Sharfin As I watched the NYC Pride Parade go down 5th avenue in all its glittery, wonderfully musical, rainbow glory, I was struck…
Passionate CEOs inspire environmental philanthropy at work
This story first appeared on June 21, 2014 in the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business. Ask any organizational development consultant and you’ll likely hear…
Jean Case Encourages Us to Embrace Failure
Jean Case of the Case Foundation encourages us to fail – because it’s the only way to approach truly transformative change. View a snippet of…
A Plea for More Executives to Do Pro Bono Work
By Patrick Proctor Companies that give money, donate goods and set up workplace volunteerism programs exhibit wonderful forms of corporate philanthropy. The value of executives’…
A New Form of Giving
By Ken Makovsky Philanthropy. We all know what it is: “the practice of giving money and time to help make life better for other people.” …
How Millennials Are Changing the Workplace — for Good
By Emily Yu What’s the secret to keeping millennials engaged and satisfied with their jobs? Create and provide meaningful opportunities for them as employees to…
If You Help Raise $20,000 Now, A Wider Circle Will Get $100,000 More!
At a recent dinner with the Wider Circle team, Don Brown, who along with his wife, Ann, had donated $100,000 to help A Wider Circle…
Bank of America’s enduring footprint—celebrating ten years of giving back to our community
By Rhonda Stern If you’ve been reading this column for a while, you know that I have a soft spot for “do-gooders,” those individuals who…
Update on the Morgan Stanley and Feeding America Partnership
In 2014, Morgan Stanley launched Healthy Cities, a philanthropic program designed to fuel innovation in coordinating the wellness, nutrition and play resources that can underpin a…