S1E15: Leigh Phillips, EARN
I’m inspired by trying to fix the things that are destructive to our communities.
Audience: Companies
S1E14: Daniel Horgan, MENTOR
Now that I’ve worked in different sectors, I feel like I can play the role of helping to translate between the sectors…anything we are doing in the philanthropic space needs to be aligned to a business goal.
S1E13: Krista Canellakis, City of San Francisco
The really exciting part of working in government is that we want people to steal our ideas. I love meeting with public servants in other cities to see how our work can be shared or replicated.
Nonprofit Quarterly: Google.org’s Fellowship Program Doubles Down on Skilled Volunteering
CEO Danielle Holly comments on Google.org’s announcement of the expansion of its pilot fellowship program deploying 40–60 of its technologists in three-to-six-month stints with nonprofits in need of concentrated support from computer engineers, data analysts, and artificial intelligence experts.
Celebrating Schwab’s Pro Bono Challenge in Indianapolis
The vibrant energy of the Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge makes it one of the Common Impact team’s favorite events of the year.
S1E12: Whitney Hampton, Gap Foundation
When I look back, the biggest theme running through my work is looking for opportunities where what I am doing is creating an environment for others to identify what they really care about so that they can give back.
S1E11: 2019 Outlook – Building Nonprofit Capacity Through Pro Bono Service
The changing paradigm of business requires a changing mandate for leaders across all sectors. It has become increasingly important for leaders to develop cross-sector skills around building teams, solving problems and creating impact.
S1E10: Kathleen LaValle, Dallas CASA
[Skills-based volunteering] has really allowed us to move forward in ways I didn’t dream possible. I’ll say particularly in areas related to technology… It has been essential in where we are currently at in our history.
S1E09: Robert Lee, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
Every time I think about the statistics, the pure math of the problem, I always think about that if you take one third of the food that is going to waste and bring it to people who are food insecure, that is enough nutrition to eliminate food insecurity.
S1E08: Evan Goldberg, NetSuite
We’re not building these charities, we’re not solving the problems that they are solving, we’re bringing them up to do it more effectively, to grow faster. And the feedback I get that says that we have done that is certainly one of the most, if not the most rewarding part of my job.