#BeyondBuzzwords
Join us each month to hear from leaders that are driving positive, sustainable change within companies.
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5 Ways to Scale Social Impact Projects at Your Company
Access our free guide to learn the 5-stage framework to piloting and scaling social impact initiatives at your company.
May #BeyondBuzzwords: Partnering with Purpose to Solve the World's Biggest Challenges
No single organization — company, government agency, or non-profit — can tackle the world’s biggest challenges on their own. Instead, we must collaborate across sectors if we are to develop solutions that change our world for the better. Join us for an interactive discussion with Steve Schmida, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Resonance Global, about what it takes to build effective partnerships that deliver world-changing outcomes.
June #BeyondBuzzwords: The Business of Changing the World
This month, we're honored to welcome Raj Kumar, Founding President & Editor-in-Chief of DevEx for a conversation with Cole Hoover, Director of the MovingWorlds Institute. We'll share insights from the front lines of social impact innovation, and explore how billionares, tech disrupters, and social entrepreneurs are transforming the Global Aid industry.
May #BeyondBuzzwords: The Power of Paradox
This month, we’re thrilled to feature Wendy Smith, a scholar and teacher who invites people to live in the “both/and.” In her work, Wendy explores the competing demands faced by organizations and individuals and investigates how we can see the power in engaging these tensions as a “both/and” rather than “either/or”. She has shared her work on this topic in the Harvard Business Review, on the Tedx stage in her talk "The Power of Paradox", and on May 20th, she will be sharing her inspiring work with our MovingWorlds community.
March #BeyondBuzzwords: Launching & Scaling High-Impact Programs
Join us this month to hear from special guest Cheryl Timoney, Senior Director of Customer Philanthropy at Salesforce.org. Cheryl and her team lead efforts to build capacity in the nonprofit sector by partnering Nonprofits with the best of Salesforce technology and talent. Throughout her career, Cheryl has successfully designed and scaled high-impact programs, and in this episode she'll share tips and insights to help you do the same.
January #BeyondBuzzwords: Social Impact Lessons from Genentech's Futurelab
This month, hear from special guest Ragnar von Schiber, Associate Director of Corporate Citizenship & Engagement at Genentech. Ragnar is on the front line of realizing Genentech’s social mission - his team is directly responsible for Futurelab, Genentech’s signature K-12 STEM education initiative that earned Genentech a spot on Fast Company’s 2018 “Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Social Good” list.
December #BeyondBuzzwords: Overcoming Corporate Antibodies to Social Intrapreneurship with Nate Wong
This month we’re thrilled to feature Nate Wong, a social impact gamechanger currently serving as Managing Director of Georgetown's Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation. Nate is dedicated to using his experience to empower others to lead positive change, and in this episode he’ll share how to overcome ‘corporate antibodies’ who try to kill new paradigms (like social impact).
November #BeyondBuzzwords: Lessons from LinkedIn's Manager of Social Impact
This month we are excited to feature Bari Saltman, Manager of Social Impact at LinkedIn. Bari has experience building CSR programs that engage external nonprofit partners, internal stakeholders, and employees. In this episode, she’ll share insights from her work at the intersection of marketing, branding, and social impact, along with lessons learned along the way.
October #BeyondBuzzwords: Lessons from Zillow's Racquel Russell
This month, we're honored to feature Racquel Russell, Head of Government Relations, Social Impact, & Community Engagement at Zillow Group and former Seninor Staffer to President Obama. Access the recording of this episode below to learn more about what it takes to scale impact in - and with - tech companies.
September #BeyondBuzzwords: Alice Korngold shares insights for better business
This month, we’re honored to be joined by Alice Korngold, who will reveal the results of the brand new 2018 Better World Leadership study that will be published in September. The study shows the benefits of nonprofit board service for employees, their companies, nonprofits, and communities. The evidence also provides guidance for companies seeking to enhance and scale their nonprofit board programs.
August #BeyondBuzzwords: Lessons from Timberland's Atlanta MciIlwraith
You'll hear from Atlanta McIlwraith, Senior Manager of Community Engagement & Communication at Timberland. Atlanta manages the company’s strategic values partnerships, including Timberland’s partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance to reintroduce organic cotton farming to Haiti. Join us to hear the inspiring journey of this partnership and some of the lessons learned along the way.
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