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Increasing Participation in Your Volunteer Program
By Ryan Scott A question that corporate philanthropy leaders and volunteer program managers ask me all the time is this: “How can we increase and improve volunteer…
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Employee Engagement is Important! Increase Engagement through Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Programs
Guest Post by Adam Weinger, President of Double the Donation More than ever before, organizations are relying on employee engagement and loyalty for overall success. On…
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Seismic Shift in Rome: New Catholic Church Document Praises Committed Gay and Lesbian “Partnerships”
By Liz Halloran HRC today commended Catholic leaders meeting in Rome for using new, inclusive language in referring to the LGBT community. The preliminary but potentially…
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Millennial Employees Keep Traditions Alive During Microsoft’s Employee Giving Campaign
If you had visited Microsoft’s Redmond HQ last Friday, you would have seen hundreds of people chatting and laughing along the roads surrounding main campus.…
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Rebuilding Together Alexandria Releases Energy Efficiency Home Audit Ideas as Part of Energy Awareness Month
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Winter’s cold can be a budget buster for many low-income homeowners—many of whom are elderly, disabled and veterans. As part of Energy…
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MGM National Harbor: A Case Study in Trust and Corporate Citizenship
At the end of 2013, MGM Resorts International had the capacity to operate in three states – Nevada, Mississippi, and Michigan. At beginning of 2014,…
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The One Thing Your Company Has to Do to Recruit Millennials
By Pamela Hawley “88% of Millennials gravitated toward companies with pronounced Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs…86% would consider leaving if their employer’s CSR no longer…
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Behind the Scenes at Make-A-Wish America with Justin Schmid
Make-A-Wish® believes that granting the one true wish of all eligible children can help them feel better – and possibly even get better. Wish kids,…
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Why CSR Strategies Fail: The Top 3 Myths
By Angela Parker “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”… right? I used to believe that the right plan would always yield the right…
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Apple’s Employee Matching Gift Program Yields More Than $50 Million for Charity
By Julia Love CUPERTINO — Three years after Apple began matching employee donations, the program has yielded more than $50 million for charity. And on…
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Helping Kids Feel Better Through Wish Experiences
It’s taken less than 35 years for Make-A-Wish® to become one of the most-recognized charities in the world. From our first official wish in 1980…
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Happy Birthday to our Member, A Wider Circle!
Message from A Wider Circle Founder & Executive Director, Mark Bergel: Thirteen years ago, to this day, A Wider Circle was born. I remember clearly…
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