It’s been 11 years since we’ve opened the doors at Strategic Philanthropy (gasp!). I remember that 29 year old fondly. She was tough (or so she thought), a go-getter and felt like she had to do it all on her own. This past year, my husband and I welcomed our second child to this world…
The world continues to be plagued with not only Covid-19, but with natural disasters. California has been ravaged by wildfires, Ida has hit the US, Haiti has recently had another devastating earthquake, and storm season is in full swing for coastal states in the US. Despite volunteers constituting for 94% of the total workforce to…
As of June 2021, only 46% of Americans are vaccinated, which is a ways away from the 70% we were hoping to achieve as a country. Continuing to navigate Covid-19, a year and half later, has been an ongoing battle for many corporations. We’ve spent most of this past spring on Zoom calls and conference…
We are well over a year into the pandemic (are you still counting days?) and while there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, no one is really sure when we’ll return back to normal or what the “new normal” will actually be like. And while there are a million questions that still need answers,…
Confession. I’m late to the game on podcasts. It could be that raising a 4 year and growing a business had something to do with it. Nonetheless, I was invited to be a guest on the Sticky Brand Lab to share how I was able to get a single client when there was no real industry…
2020 was a challenging year with the pandemic, politics, social injustice – to name a few. In a year that left us all reflecting, growing in patience and gratitude, and staying still (that being harder for some of us more than others!), we took the time to also look inward at Strategic Philanthropy to say…
This past week, I was contacted by a business event management firm who was looking to find ways to incorporate virtual volunteering and create unique ways for their attendees to give back. When volunteering has become a key activity for conferences throughout the country, how do we take the same activity and re-imagine it by taking volunteering, virtual?…
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit back in March, I truly thought I would be hunkering down for 2 weeks (and sending my loveable, yet energetic 4 year-old back to school). When my husband suggested it might be 4 weeks, this extravert panicked. With each passing week, I thought, “okay, I can do one more week.” Four months…
During these uncertain times, how can you help? I’ve been on a handful of calls with community relations and corporate philanthropy experts to talk through how we can continue to give employees and teams a safe outlet to volunteer and give back to help their communities during these uncertain and unprecedented times. As the pandemic…
These days there is a day, week or month for almost every cause, charity, nonprofit (or food!). When planning your corporate philanthropy, community relations, corporate giving, or volunteer programs, it’s always good do know what days or months you want to highlight that align with your company or employees’ interest. To make life easier, below…