Experts Weigh In: How Being an Entrepreneur Makes Me Feel Independent, MyCorporation.com, June 30, 2014
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Giving Back: 10 Ways Small Businesses Can Give Philanthropically, Go Riverwalk Magazine, July 2014
Giving Back 10 Ways Small Businesses Can Give Philanthropically By: Kelly Alvarez Vitale While we may be in awe of companies like Google, Apple and Disney, the vast majority of the U.S. is made up of small businesses, those with less than 500 employees. With over 50% of the working population working for a…
Lean In or Lean Out – Find What’s Best for You, Leadership Broward Blog, June 2014
Lean In or Lean Out Find What’s Best for You Sheryl Sandberg sparked an interesting conversation when she released her book, Lean In. For some, the book was inspirational. For others, it hit a nerve. Women across the country started Lean In Circles to support one another while others wrote articles about why they hated…
South Florida Ranks Worst for Volunteer Rate, Florida Trend, June 12, 2014
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Volunteering Could be the Secret to Happiness: How You Can Get Involved, Go Riverwalk Magazine, June 2014
What if there was a study dedicated to unearthing the secrets to a happy life? Researchers analyzed data from 40 published papers and found evidence that volunteering, in fact, boosts happiness. Volunteers had lower levels of depression, increased life satisfaction and enhanced well-being. More importantly, volunteers had a 20 percent lower risk of death than…
South Florida Dead Last Among 51 Metro Areas for Volunteering, SunSentinel, May 27, 2014
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101 Reasons Being an Entrepreneur Is Awesome, Business News Daily, May 15, 2014
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Nipro Diagnostics Manufactures a Sweet Community-Relations Plan, PR News Top Case Studies, November 2013
Nipro Diagnostics Manufactures a Sweet (“but sugar free”) Community Relations Plan By: Kelly Alvarez Vitale In 2012 corporate philanthropy, also referred to as community relations, accounted for six percent (or $18.97 billion) of the total giving in the U.S. While corporate giants account for millions in community relations efforts, the vast majority of the U.S.…
Manufacturing a ‘Sweet’ Community Relations Plan Case Study, PR News, May 5, 2014
Nipro Diagnostics Manufactures a Sweet (“but sugar free”) Community Relations Plan By: Kelly Alvarez Vitale In 2012 corporate philanthropy, also referred to as community relations, accounted for six percent (or $18.97 billion) of the total giving in the U.S. While corporate giants account for millions in community relations efforts, the vast majority of the…
Nonprofits Toast to the Foodie Donor, Go Riverwalk Magazine, April 2014
Our interest in food has undergone a cultural shift in the past few decades with the rise of the Food Network and other specialized food programing like Top Chef and Iron Chef, specialized magazines like Food & Wine and Fine Cooking, growing popularity of farmers’ markets, food-oriented websites like Zagat and Yelp, specialized kitchenware stores like Williams-Sonoma…