Causenation
A blog by Cause Consulting

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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.

Inventing a Better World – CES 2016

Entrepreneurship and innovation have driven the U.S. economy for generations. Numerous case studies support this claim including the invention of modern medicine, the World Wide Web, and today's communication technologies. Innovation is inherently beneficial to...

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How to Use Toy Blocks to Tackle Social Challenges

It is increasingly clear that global health, education, poverty and environmental challenges are profoundly interconnected.  Getting to the root of the problems and driving toward new solutions is complex. Unlike trying to assemble the pieces of a puzzle to arrive at...

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How to Engage Hard to Reach Employees

Employee engagement is a challenge, especially if your employees are hourly, remote or facility workers. During a dynamic conversation session at this year’s Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Conference in Austin, an impressive group of panelists shared...

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The Power of Putting the Human Story First

Dorris, Shana, and Jennifer are all women who previously worked as prostitutes on the streets of Nashville. Coming from broken families and difficult childhoods, these women found themselves working the streets at as early as 12 years old. After years of drug and sex...

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Review of Global CSR Report

The Ajinomoto Group is a 105 year old, global Japanese food and chemical corporation which produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals. Since 2012, the Ajinomoto Group has been reporting its initiatives to help build a...

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Employee Engagement Tips & Potholes to Avoid

The following is the third in a series of excerpts from materials presented by Mark Feldman at the Employee Engagement workshop session at the 2014 Cause Marketing Forum (CMF) in Chicago. The interactive session brought together businesses, agencies and non-profits to...

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Employee Engagement Spectrum

The following is the second in a series of excerpts from materials presented by Mark Feldman at the Employee Engagement workshop session at the 2014 Cause Marketing Forum (CMF) in Chicago. The interactive session brought together businesses, agencies and non-profits...

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