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Simple Ways to Support CancerCare's Services During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Press Release from CancerCare

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) New York, NY - October 5, 2010 - CancerCare, a co-founder of the original Breast Cancer Awareness Week in 1985, is partnering with a number of generous and compassionate companies this October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The promotions below offer consumers a variety of ways to support Cancer Care’s free, professional support services for people …

Business and Community: Pairing with the Right Partner

Blog from Taiga Company

The link between business sustainability and a thriving business community is more visible today than at any time in recent past.  While we address the two questions of "How does a business define its role in the community" and "how does it know if it’s succeeding" in the post Business and Community: A Growing Love Affair, the real question is how does a business …

World Centric Launches Certified Compostable Retail Line Nationwide

Press Release from World Centric

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Palo Alto, CA - October 5, 2010 - World Centric’s diverse line of fully compostable products has now grown into the retail sector. World Centric has launched their retail line of certified compostable plates, bowls and utensils at over 1,000 stores nationwide. Consumers can purchase the environmentally sustainable line at Whole Foods, Cost Plus World Market, …

A Location Based, Cause Marketing, Volunteer Mash-up

Blog from Benevity

Originally posted by Megan Strand on the Incouraged blog Oct 3, 2010.Imagine this:  a mainstream location-based marketing app like Yelp, FourSquare, GoWalla or Scvngr that allows you to “check in” when you’re volunteering and earn points from a sponsoring organization for doing so.It would go something like this:  You find a volunteer opportunity through an …

World Business Forum Launches in Midtown

Blog from Good Business International

Get ready, set, go! The home of the famous Rockettes, Radio City Music Hall, will be turned into a buzzing business conference full of movers and shakers in the world of commerce. The famous high-kickers will lend their stage to some of the business world’s highest producers. The 2010 World Business Forum opens Tuesday, October 5 at 9:00am and Good-B Blogger Monika Mitchell will be there in …

CGI: Lemelson Foundation -- A Philanthropy Investing in Market-Based Solutions

Blog from Korngold Consulting LLC

In a private meeting with Julia Novy-Hildesley, Executive Director, the Lemelson Foundation, I found out what went on behind closed doors at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) when the media were not present. Novy-Hildesley was the track leader for "Strengthening Market-Based Solutions," one of CGI four key tracks. I also learned from her about the Lemelson Foundation's extraordinary …

Welcome to Our Microsoft 2010 Citizenship Report

Blog from Microsoft Philanthropies

Microsoft's 2010 Citizenship Report ReleasedRead a good book lately? If not, try “Social Responsibilities of Business Corporations. Sorry to disappoint you Kindle and Nook junkies but it likely isn’t available for download since it was published in 1971. Amazing isn’t it? Corporate Social Responsibility (we call it Corporate Citizenship here at Microsoft), isn’t a new …

Business Strength Through Adversity: A Keynote from Deepak Chopra

Press Release from The Conference Board Of Canada

Plenary Session 1Opening Keynote: Business Strength Through DiversityFeaturing:Deepak Chopra, President, Pitney Bowes Canada Ltd.Rejecting the idea of “fitting in,” Pitney Bowes Canada celebrates and harnesses employees’ differences to drive business success. Long-time champion of workplace diversity, Deepak Chopra will examine the business imperative for diversity, and …

35,000 Trees to be Planted During National NeighborWoods Month

Press Release from Home Depot Foundation

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) College Park, Md. - October 4, 2010 - In more than 150 cities around  the country, local nonprofit organizations and their partners will participate in this year’s National NeighborWoods Month, organized by the Alliance for Community Trees and sponsored by The Home Depot® Foundation and the USDA Forest Service.  Throughout October, participating …

Energy Efficient Superstars: Are You One of Them?

Blog from Taiga Company

According to the post, Best States for Energy Efficiency, "if you live in Connecticut, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, North Carolina, New Jersey or Ohio your state is doing something right – a lot right – when it comes to energy efficiency.  The ten states deserve kudos, in that order, for policies that encourage energy efficiency, …

Introducing the BoardSource Certificate of Nonprofit Board Education

Press Release from BoardSource

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) October 4, 2010 - Helping lead a nonprofit organization in today’s challenging and changing environment is heady business. It requires you to be: thoroughly educated in the critical concepts of nonprofit governance up-to-date on the latest developments in compliance committed to serving your organization and community …
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