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Boosting “Fulfillment, People-Centricity, and Leadership”: Tips for Social Impact Professionals

Inspired by HP’s Work-Relationship Index, these strategies offer a blueprint for creating a thriving, purpose-driven work environment. Discover actionable recommendations for designing impactful programs and leadership opportunities.

Newsletter: Essential Tips for Your Social Impact Playbook

As business strategists, program architects, and storytellers, we embrace best practices, draw insights from those closest to the issues, and engage...
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A Pep Talk: Calling on Social Impact Professionals to Be Bold

Leadership, or lack of leadership, is a hot topic right now on many fronts, including within the business world. With so many urgent challenges across the globe, deeply troubling local tragedies, and ongoing community concerns, it’s a critical moment for professionals at all levels to step up, get engaged, and lead. Check out three tips for social impact leaders to navigate increased scrutiny, trust themselves, and lead with courage.

5 Ways to Advance Your Corporate Community Investment Efforts

Today more than ever, corporate community investment work demands flexible and adaptive approaches. Social impact professionals need to regularly assess strategies, aligning them with the shifting community needs and expectations of stakeholders, as well as emerging trends. Explore these 5 ways to advance your corporate community investment efforts.

A Pep Talk: Calling on Social Impact Professionals to Be Bold

A Pep Talk: Calling on Social Impact Professionals to Be Bold

Leadership, or lack of leadership, is a hot topic right now on many fronts, including within the business world. With so many urgent challenges across the globe, deeply troubling local tragedies, and ongoing community concerns, it’s a critical moment for professionals at all levels to step up, get engaged, and lead. Check out three tips for social impact leaders to navigate increased scrutiny, trust themselves, and lead with courage.

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5 Ways to Advance Your Corporate Community Investment Efforts

5 Ways to Advance Your Corporate Community Investment Efforts

Today more than ever, corporate community investment work demands flexible and adaptive approaches. Social impact professionals need to regularly assess strategies, aligning them with the shifting community needs and expectations of stakeholders, as well as emerging trends. Explore these 5 ways to advance your corporate community investment efforts.

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3 Ways Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Can Amplify Your Social Impact

3 Ways Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Can Amplify Your Social Impact

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) have become vital to corporate DEI efforts. Discover how ERGs can drive social impact, enhance engagement in volunteer giving and service, and connect with local communities to create meaningful change. Explore these three strategies to harness your ERG community’s potential and align DEI with corporate responsibility goals.

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6 Tips for Writing Your First ESG Report

6 Tips for Writing Your First ESG Report

Companies of all sizes and stages of development are feeling new pressures to write Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Responsibility (CR) reports for the first time. Check out these six report writing strategies to set you up for success.

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5 Keys to Prioritizing the “Social” in ESG

5 Keys to Prioritizing the “Social” in ESG

“How should we address the ‘S’ in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice?” With increasing frequency, corporate executives are asking me this question as they try to better understand renewed public reporting and business practice expectations from...

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We Are Actively Working Remotely During COVID-19

We Are Actively Working Remotely During COVID-19

The Cause Consulting team is working remotely, actively engaging with our clients around social impact, diversity, equity + inclusion (DEI), and COVID-19 response strategy. We are continuously talking with industry leaders and tracking the many issues arising during...

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Gen Z’s Attitude During COVID-19

Gen Z’s Attitude During COVID-19

For the last 25 years, DoSomething has supported, encouraged, and promoted social change among young people through their digital platform powering real world impact. As part of their ongoing COVID-19 response, CEO Aria Finger and her team established a weekly survey,...

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Serving More Than Food

Serving More Than Food

My love for the restaurant business runs deep. Having spent most of my career working cross-functionally in the industry, I can’t get enough of the different concepts, innovation, partnerships but especially the people. It’s because of the people that the toll of...

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Making Small Business Our Business During COVID-19

Making Small Business Our Business During COVID-19

From the local coffee shop that knows my preferred beverage to the barber shop that has been cutting my family’s hair for four generations to the childcare center that we trust, these businesses create neighborhood culture, foster community vibrancy and make me feel...

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