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Collaborate and Listen

Post By: Andrew Smith
June 03,2013 AT 9:57 AM

This guest post was written by Matthew Combs, Founder and CEO of YourCause, LLC. Matthew has spent more than a decade turning concept into reality. The year of 2007 spawned an idea that changed his life. A boy named Patrick, a former child soldier in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), shared his story on a cable documentary that stopped Matthew in his tracks.

TAGS: PLEDGE COMPANY SPOTLIGHT, SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, CHANGE

From “Tech Teach-Ins” to HR support, Bay Area companies are shaping the future of corporate giving

Post By: Yvonne Siu
May 28,2013 AT 2:33 PM

When Samanthia Achuff, a Salesforce.com employee, volunteered to train nonprofits in technology at a “Tech Teach-in” last April, she didn’t know that her two hours would eventually turn into 330. “It’s an amazing testament to how much a single volunteer engagement can grow exponentially,” said Carol Guttery, Director of Employee Engagement at Salesforce.com Foundation.

TAGS: MARATHON MODELS OF SBV, TALENT MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, EVENTS

Big or small, your business has the power to lead change through skills-based service

Post By: Andrew Smith
April 29,2013 AT 6:39 AM

This post is written by Jim Corcoran, the president and chief executive of the Fairfax Chamber, which represents 650 businesses with nearly 500,000 employees in Northern Virginia.

TAGS: TALENT MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, EDUCATION, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, EVENTS, INNOVATION, HELP, FOUNDING SPONSOR

Kicking Off National Volunteer Week With the Power of Pro Bono

Post By: Yvonne Siu
April 10,2013 AT 10:58 AM

There's no higher-impact way for a business to give back to society than through pro bono. For nonprofits and communities, the value of skilled support can be 500% greater than the value of traditional volunteering. As we face tough economic and social challenges, the talent of corporate America’s best and brightest is needed now more than ever.

TAGS: TALENT MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION, CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, ENVIRONMENT, EVENTS, INNOVATION, HEALTH CARE, CHANGE

Pledge Company Spotlight: AltruHelp

Post By: Yvonne Siu
February 19,2013 AT 10:01 AM

Building a Community for Millennial Volunteerism and Civic Engagement


TAGS: PLEDGE COMPANY SPOTLIGHT, SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, EVENTS, HELP

Stepping Away From the Rat Race to Give Back... for a Year

Post By: Andrew Smith
November 28,2012 AT 7:42 AM

This post by Ryan Scott, Founder and CEO of Causecast, was originally published in The Huffington Post, highlighting the San-Fransisco based Fuse Corps.

TAGS: SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, EVENTS, HELP, CHANGE

The Best Gift a Nonprofit Can Get: Challenge How You Give Back This Holiday Season

Post By: Yvonne Siu
November 19,2012 AT 8:34 AM

“It was a mind-blowing, hair on fire, sleep-when-I’m-dead experience. The people we’ve worked with are incredible, the need is unimaginable, the experience indelible,” said Lane Desborough, who participated in a pilot skills-based volunteer project organized by Medtronic this year in Chennai, India.  The Medtronic Foundation piloted this global pro bono program to address diabetic caregiver awareness in emerging markets, deploying the skills, talents and passion of its employees to give back to a cause they care about.

TAGS: SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, EVENTS, HELP, CHANGE