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We apply our experience within companies to help leading nonprofits better position their organization for high impact partnerships. We don’t sell nonprofits to companies; we help you think differently and create innovative public/private partnership strategies, communications, and programs. Asset identification … Continue reading →

As part of the global team that launched PlayPumps International, Cause Consulting developed positioning, branding, and communications strategies to help this new organization bring clean drinking water to millions of African families through the innovative PlayPump Water System.  It’s simple: … Continue reading →

Cause Consulting is passionate about teaching and sharing our day-to-day CSR learnings and best practices with professionals in the field.  For the Boston College Center of Corporate Citizenship, we created and taught a popular, intensive workshop on effective communications practices … Continue reading →

Risa Sherman was a panelist at a Boston Foundation’s Understanding Boston series event, an initiative focused on public health, educational events and research to provide information and insight into the Boston region’s issues.  The panel, “Rebranding Public Health: Building the … Continue reading →

Tali Golan served as a judge for the 2011-2012 Social Impact Exchange Business Plan Competition. The competition identifies social sector initiatives with demonstrated impact and readiness to scale – and supports them with financial and consulting awards. Tali judged U.S.-based … Continue reading →

Cause Consulting has joined the Billion + Change campaign by pledging to provide hundreds of hours of pro-bono services to non-profits. The campaign aims to encourage companies across America to start or expand their skills-based volunteer programs in order to … Continue reading →

Mark Feldman led an interactive session on the “Power of Public/Private Collaboration” at Boston’s Institute for Social Innovation, the 5-day opening gathering of the StartingBloc Fellowship at Tufts’ Fletcher School of Business, where fellows learn about social entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, cross … Continue reading →

Mark Feldman led this session on best practices in developing effective partnerships between companies and non‐profit organizations at the Annual United Neighborhod Centers of America (UNCA) member summit.  Participants included executives from the nation’s largest place-based community centers and settelement … Continue reading →

Nikki Korn provided counsel to companies on creating meaningful, sustainable corporate volunteer programs in this Inc. Magazine article. Nikki provided advice on selecting the right project, engaging internal team in decision making, and creating a two-way dialogue between companies and … Continue reading →

Zilch. It’s not a word we typically connect to something positive. Well, Nancy Lublin, my friend and Founder of Dress for Success and lead executive for Do Something has a fresh and real perspective in her new book Zilch.

Whether you’re in a company, nonprofit or searching for your next gig—Zilch speaks to how successful nonprofit leaders have built great brands, teams and organizations making real impact, without a lot of resources…well, not much at all.  It’s practical, honest and straightforward and, candidly, a breath of fresh air about how all of us can be empowered to do big things in our work by applying creativity, teamwork, passion and problem-solving and not typical approaches. Continue reading →

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports on City Year’s new approach to creating an impact in public education by narrowing its mission to improving graduation rates in struggling schools. This single focus has allowed City Year to streamline its organizational strategy, … Continue reading →

Pepsi Beverages Company partnered with Rebuilding Together in Pittsburgh and St. Louis to engage local employees and impact communities-in-need. Watch the videos of the partnership’s impact in Pittsburgh and St. Louis.  

Fidelity Investments has partnered with Teach for America (TFA), a national nonprofit organization that enlists recent college graduates to teach in urban and rural public schools, to provide students with more learning opportunities and access to mentorship from Fidelity employees. … Continue reading →

Citizen Schools, one of the nation’s leading education programs that partners with middle schools to extend the learning day with innovative academic and apprenticeship programs, and Fidelity Investments announced a new collaborative educational partnership to help 8th grade students across … Continue reading →

Pepsi Bottling Group energizes its local employees through a partnership with Rebuilding Together to repair buildings of community institutions in five locations including Detroit, MI; Newark, NJ; San Antonio, TX; and Tampa, FL. Read more.  

First Lady Laura Bush joined Zambia’s First Lady at a primary school in Lusaka to celebrate the first PlayPump water system of the U.S. government’s commitment to deliver PlayPumps to 10 million people across 10 sub-Saharan African countries by 2010. … Continue reading →

Top 10 tennis star, Nicole Vaidisova, has joined on as an ambassador for PlayPumps International, a nonprofit that is bringing water to millions of African children and families, as World Water Day approaches on March 22. Read the press release. … Continue reading →

The White House announced a groundbreaking alliance between the U.S. Government, PlayPumps International, the Case Foundation, and other public and private agencies. The $60 million partnership will bring clean drinking water to 10 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2010.  … Continue reading →