Companies Reflect on Doing Good and Doing Well

With the recent release of Giving USA’s philanthropy report, which indicates that companies gave over $18 billion to charities in 2012, companies and nonprofits can reflect on all of the good work done by corporate philanthropy.  Instilling a culture of corporate philanthropy often takes time, however these three philanthropy initiatives show how companies have turned…

#DoGoodTuesday

On September 24th, I started a social media initiative called #DoGoodTuesday.  It had been an awful week.  The DC shooting had happened a few days prior and the government was on the brink of a shutdown.  I felt powerless (for about a second) and then had the thought that we, the people, can change the…

The New Generation of Service

Baby boomers, millennials, corporate employees, executives and students are responding to the national call for a new generation of service: Skilled-Based Volunteering (SBV). SBV is when company employees and/or individuals offer nonprofits their personal talents or professional competences to help organizations meet their demands. From the COO offering free strategic planning advice to the millennial…