March 1, 2012
Corporate Responsibility Magazine announced its 2012 list of the top firms specializing in corporate responsibility and communications, ranking Cause Consulting as #2. This list appears in the January/February 2012 issue.
The biennial list evaluates firms against their peers based on customer feedback and rates their ability to provide a diverse range of high quality counsel. According to Corporate Responsibility Magazine, “current customers were asked to participate in an online survey regarding their experience with their provider. The survey measures three dimensions. The first is ‘Breadth of Service.’ The next dimension is ‘Deal Size’, a reflection of geographic reach or size of company. The final, and most important, component of the index is ‘Quality of Service.’ This is based on a series of questions that examined the performance, relationship, and trust between provider and customer.”
November 30, 2011
This week we’ll formally launch our new causeconsulting.com website. Now that our version 3.0 is up, we’ve forced ourselves to pause, reflect and take the time to read our own stuff. Wow, we’ve covered a lot of ground. We are truly grateful for the gift of being able to work with and learn from so many amazing clients, colleagues and friends. Each week as the corporate responsibility field evolves, we find ourselves engaged in even more new and exciting work. We are lucky!
As I step back to reflect, it is clear that what we do continues to be more relevant and important. Our progression from strategic signature programs, to corporate responsibility, to social innovation mirrors the maturation and expansion of our field. We are fortunate to work inside of some of the world’s most respected companies and brands and help them harness their resources toward creating both business and social value. It has been amazing to see how social impact-related ideas rally diverse groups of employees and consumers to action, and impact. This is how change happens.
August 29, 2011
Cause Consulting was proud to be a Youth Design partner and the sponsor of the 2011 Youth Design Time to Design Competition. This past summer, the urban high school teens in the Youth Design Internship program were tasked to design an image or a message about a social issue that was important to them. Over a seven week period, they were required to select and research social issues, develop design concepts, work with expert design mentors, go through two rounds of professional design reviews, and submit their work to a panel of expert judges. The final designs were nothing short of amazing.
We are honored to share the ten top designs with you. Click here to seem them all. Congratulations to Joseph Soto for his powerful winning piece on how smoking can kill your whole body and mind. Joseph spent his paid Youth Design summer internship at Blue Cross of Massachusetts and worked with his mentors to create this powerful piece of work.
August 22, 2011
“Opened my eyes to possibilities.” “Embraced and treated me like a professional.” “Best summer of my life.” These are some of the many testimonials that I heard from teens at the 2011 Youth Design graduation. For many of these students, this was the first time they had stepped out of their neighborhoods and into the design community.
This summer, twenty-eight lucky Boston, urban high school students were chosen for coveted paid summer jobs in the design world through the Youth Design program. Teens were paired with professional mentors at design and architecture firms, corporate design departments, university creative teams, and at ad agencies where they worked full-time for seven weeks. They were welcomed onto design teams to become part of collaborative and individual projects that quickly showed them how design translates to a range of careers and tangible assignments across many industries and fields. They also realized how design is a part of every facet of our lives; impacting where we live, work, travel, and play.Read More
July 16, 2011
I recently attended my first Adobe Youth Voices Live! event at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). I was blown away by the films and other media produced by the Boston AYV youth. Please take time to check them out
The issues the young people raised included peer pressure to fit in, the pain of that first heartbreak, the importance of friendship, bullying, and societal problems such as poverty, violence, and human rights. Their ability to articulate the complexity of these issues (which most adults have a hard time doing), express how their lives have been affected, and openly and honestly share personal stories was really inspiring.
June 3, 2011
I often say that one of my life’s purposes is to bear witness to the stories of human suffering and joy, to improve on and honor these circumstances, and to tell those stories.
And that theme could not have echoed more loudly than over the past twos days I spent at the 11thAnnual Cause Marketing Forum in Chicago. For the past nine years companies, nonprofits, and those of us who work with them to create meaningful, high impact programs, have gathered to share tales of success, missteps and growth in our field.
May 30, 2011
So my husband went to Home Depot this weekend and like any good Samuel Adams drinker, he was wearing his “Just Brew It” t-shirt.
The woman who helped him complimented him on his shirt and asked whether he works at Sam Adams. He said, “no, but my wife works closely with them on their philanthropy program.”
She said: “Oh, Brewing the American Dream?”
He said: “Yeah, do you know it?”
She said: “Yes, I have always had a dream of owning my own business. I am working on a loan application to open a meadery [ a winery that produces honey wines or meads] in Waltham, MA. I’m from Brazil where they are very popular. Brewing the American Dream is quite a program!”
April 18, 2011
Today is Patriot's Day in New England, a perfect day to celebrate news that another revolution is storming the country. We are thrilled to share that the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Magazine, among others have been spreading the word about the expansion of the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream Program. This philanthropic initiative provides small food, beverage, and hospitality businesses with micro-loans, access to business coaching, and opportunities to showcase their products.
This month the program formally expanded its Loan Fund from five New England states to small brewers nation-wide, and to food and beverage and hospitality entrepreneurs in Ohio, Greater Lehigh Valley PA, and the five boroughs of New York City.
April 14, 2011
This week I facilitated a panel at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship conference on how corporate social responsibility can fuel business innovation. We had a rock star panel with Amy Skoczlas Cole (eBay’s Head of Environment and Director of eBay Green Team); Eve Callahan, (Umpqua Bank’s SVP, Corporate Communications); and Kris Bowring (Best Buy’s Senior Director, Home Management).
We had a dynamic conversation about how each of these companies are being intentional about creating disruption in their cultures and challenging the status quo. They are doing this not because it’s fun and easy (we learned quite the opposite), but because ultimately their work will not only fuel their business and create new growth opportunities, but also positively impact society. From "real" community banking; to a sustainable shipping box; and a best-in-class electronics recycling initiative, we had a powerful session.
March 10, 2011
As a member of the Boston Cares board of directors I was thrilled to celebrate the organization's 20th Anniversary last week at Fenway Park. Joined by Boston's Mayor Menino, Massachussetts Governor Patick, and hundreds of volunteer award winners and guests, we toasted the past and announced an ambitious agenda for the future.
Under the leadership of Executive Director Patrice Keegan and Board Chair Howard Kogan, the staff created and filled over 70,ooo hours of opportunity for Bostonians to take action in 2010 alone. And take action they did; some 25,000 people volunteered and helped hundreds of Boston nonprofits achieve their critical social and educational missions.
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