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From Charitable Giving to Strategic Philanthropy—The Advisory Board Makes An Impact

Post By: Yvonne Siu
October 08,2012 AT 10:12 AM

Imagine receiving a new brand identity your nonprofit could use to launch a rebranding of your organization—for free. Or imagine engaging a team of your best and brightest employees to research and create a pitch presentation for a high-performing charter school—with 24 hours’ notice.

TAGS: MARATHON MODELS OF SBV, TALENT MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT, PRO BONO, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

Watching the Corporate Pro Bono Movement

Post By: Andrew Smith
August 28,2012 AT 6:41 AM

Let’s face it. Pro bono work doesn’t always photograph well.  Eyeballs just don’t seem to gravitate toward images of nonprofit board service.  But, we’ve got proof that it can be inspirational. Nonprofit and business professionals working together to solve problems by sharing talents is amazing work that is changing the world every day.  As we know, tears flow, hugs happen and there are great stories to be told.

TAGS: MARATHON MODELS OF SBV, PRO BONO, EVENTS, CHANGE

Takeaways from Pittsburgh: Starting a Program from the Ground-Up

Post By: Jennifer Lawson
April 05,2012 AT 11:55 AM

Last week, the campaign took to Pittsburgh, PA where I was privileged enough to keynote at a morning meeting of the city’s Corporate Volunteer Council to introduce A Billion + Change and discuss starting a skills-based volunteer program from the ground up. Without providing a distinct template for the design of sustainable program, as each company has different capacity for such a venture, here are what I hope were the major takeaways from the discussion:

TAGS: MARATHON MODELS OF SBV, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PRO BONO, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, EVENTS, HELP

HP is Hacking for Humanity and You Can Too

Post By: Yvonne Siu
March 12,2012 AT 8:22 AM
This guest blog post was submitted by Marlon Evans, Strategic Partnerships, Hewlett-Packard and Elizabeth Sabet, Director of SecondMuse, and builds on remarks given during a campaign webinar held on February 29 discussing marathon models of skills-based volunteer programs. This post explores HP’s role in Random Hacks of Kindness, a global consortium of innovators developing open source solutions for the social good.
TAGS: MARATHON MODELS OF SBV, PRO BONO, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, GLOBAL SBV

Pro Bono: The Vanguard Idea for 2012?

Post By: Yvonne Siu
March 02,2012 AT 3:00 PM
This guest blog post was submitted by Jonathan Feinstein of imc 2, a pledge company of A Billion + Change, and builds upon a campaign webinar held on February 29 discussing marathon models of skills-based volunteer programs.
TAGS: MARATHON MODELS OF SBV, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, EVENTS, INNOVATION, CHANGE