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What Aren’t We Being Told?
The media doesn’t always get it right. Most of the time, I don’t believe that’s intentional. Reporting is shaped by constraints most readers never see – limited access, legal barriers, fearful sources, incomplete information. Sometimes the full story simply isn’t … Continue reading
Behind the Budget Lines Are Human Lives
In 2019 and 2020, I moderated hundreds of public testimonies from people across Colorado about their experiences with our behavioral health system. Not experts. Not lobbyists. People. A mother who lost her daughter to suicide.A father who had to enroll … Continue reading
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CSR in a Trump World
Since the election, I have tried primarily to avoid reading political articles arguing for or against our incoming President-elect and his administration. It just gets me too riled up. And, because I do think that Donald Trump is outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate social responsibiity, CSR, election, employees, foster conversation, social issues, stakeholders, Trump
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Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships: Just Use Common Sense!
Upon reading one of the latest articles released by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships: A New Framework, I wasn’t quite sure that it’s all that new. To me, it’s really just about common sense. Tynesia Boyea-Robinson states that … Continue reading
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Tagged collective impact, common sense, corporate giving, nonprofits, partnerships
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“Keep It In the Family.”
I’m saying that in my best Godfather voice…which, truth be told, isn’t that good. But that’s what I wanted to say to a colleague last week when he shared that he was struggling to figure out how his company should … Continue reading
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Tagged community, corporate social responsiblity, giving back, Godfather, legacy, nonprofits
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Embrace the Unknown
Here’s the setting for a recent group activity in which I participated: One room. Twenty people. On one side of the room was a sign that had the word, “YES” and on the other side was a sign with the … Continue reading
Nonprofits: Now is the Time to Build Strong Relationships
The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship recently provided leadership perspectives on corporate citizenship, citing that business leaders are planning to increase corporate citizenship efforts over the next three years. If you read some of the vignettes, you’ll see that … Continue reading
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Tagged boards, corporate citizenship, CSR, nonprofits, partnership, volunteering
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