Strengthening Communities Through Corporate Volunteerism
In this episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast, Jamie Serino, Director of Marketing for the MicroEdge Division of Blackbaud speaks with Common Impact's CEO, Danielle
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Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service: Reflecting on the Civic 50
This past week, I had the privilege of joining some of the nation’s most service-minded companies, along with their intermediary and nonprofit partners, at the Points of Light
Keep readingUnlocking Purpose and Profit
We have all seen corporate community engagement undergo a transformation in the past 20 years. Through the 1990’s a company’s engagement strategy was largely driven by compliance,
Keep readingVolunteerMatch Summit Insights: Skills-Based Speed Dating
Originally published by VolunteerMatch Skills-based volunteering is the fastest growing corporate volunteering program. More than 50% of companies offer programs that direct their employees’ talents towards solving the challenges facing
Keep readingImpact Inspirations: Capital Good Fund
We’re excited to bring you a brand new blog series Impact Inspirations, where we will be spotlighting our most inspiring skills-based volunteering projects! To kick us off, we
Keep readingWhat You Need to Know to Make the Most of Corporate Pro Bono Opportunities at Your Nonprofit
A large company in your community wants to partner with your nonprofit. You’re excited – this partnership could pave the way for new funding, fill knowledge gaps at
Keep reading2016 Outlook: Business and Purpose
In President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, he called on business to be a force for good through the strong and fair treatment of employees.
Keep readingTis’ the Season: A Roundup of our Favorite CSR Blogs
Tis' the season! In light of the holidays and the last few weeks of 2015, we've put together a new type of reading list to get you through those cold
Keep readingPro Bono Perspectives: Anmol Mehra
We all know that skills-based volunteering is a great idea for companies, its people and, most importantly, the nonprofits that deliver critical services every day to our communities. Still,
Keep readingPro Bono Perspectives: Michelle Judge
We all know that skills-based volunteering is a great idea for companies, its people and, most importantly, the nonprofits that deliver critical services every day to our communities. Still,
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 9/18/2015
Common Impact is buzzing this Friday in advance of our 15th Anniversary celebration next week and that launch of Pro Bono Perspectives, a new resource to support companies and nonprofits
Keep readingPro Bono Perspectives: Rachel Hutchisson
We all know that skills-based volunteering is a great idea for companies, its people and, most importantly, the nonprofits that deliver critical services every day to our communities. Still,
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 8/31/2015
The Scoop: This week’s news was buzzing with ideas and approaches to creating systemic change to better our lives and the lives of others. From Barry Schwartz
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We are going back to our roots this week and talking about our raison d’être: skills-based volunteering. Common Impact has been in this line of work for
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 8/19/2015
This week, we’re talking about purpose. What is it? How do we channel and leverage it? Why bother? Read on to find out! The Scoop: We talk
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - Summer Reading List Edition
As we head into the final stretch of summer, the Common Impact team is picking up the last of the books on our summer reading list. Check out how
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 7/14/2015
In the easy, breezy spirit of summer, we’re keeping the Scoop light this week with the top recently released articles, blogs, interviews, and events that we think are
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 7/07/2015
We’re just coming off the holiday weekend, during which we celebrated all that makes our country great. Among those things to celebrate is the exciting work being done
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 6/26/2015
Another week gone and we are just shocked by how this summer is flying by! Let’s stop to smell the roses – and to catch up on what
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 6/19/2015
With summer upon us, we look forward to sunshine-filled weekends, and of course, our weekly roundup of the latest and greatest in the cross-sector space! This week’s Scoop
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 6/05/2015
With June upon us, it’s tough to sit inside at a desk all day and remain engaged and passionate about the work on the screen in front of
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 5/29/2015
As we close out the hectic springtime months and look towards a (slightly) calmer summer timetable, professionals across the sectors are hoping to use the extra time to reflect on
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 5/15/2015
The debate is on! This week, a number of industry thought leaders reflected on today’s shifting business and social landscape and raised a few bold, controversial points. As
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 5/08/2015
“CSR is a current world view and one that needs to be embraced.” We heard message loud and clear this week in in political blogs, HR reports, generational
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 5/01/2015
We were excited to see interesting discourse this week on a number topics near and dear to our hearts: cross-sector solutions, evolving business standards and strategies, purpose-driven careers, volunteer engagement,
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 4/24/2015
Volunteer Week may have officially ended on April 18th, but chatter from the corporate and nonprofit sectors this week kept volunteering at the forefront of the CSR discussion. The scoop
Keep readingThe CSR Scoop - 4/17/2015
Common Impact is excited to launch a new weekly blog series: The CSR Scoop. Every Friday, we’ll be sharing the scoop on corporate citizenship, employee engagement, skills-based volunteerism,
Keep readingThe Power of Corporate Volunteerism
On March 25th, The Boston Globe published the article “Corporate Volunteers can be a burden for nonprofits.” Its central argument: corporate volunteers are an ineffective resource for
Keep readingWhat’s Next for “Good” Business?
As Common Impact rings in its 15th anniversary in 2015 (save the date for a birthday bash in Boston and NY in the fall!), our team has been reflecting on how
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Strange Bedfellows: A call to action from Estée Lauder’s Nancy Mahon
Last week, Nancy Mahon, newly installed SVP of global philanthropy and corporate citizenship at Estée Lauder issued a very different type of challenge to her competitors: she pressed
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