Meeting Our Future Women Leaders

This weekend I was lucky enough to be featured as a panelist at the third annual Boston University 85 Broads conference. The theme of the event was “Rising to the Top,” and it brought together an incredible group of professional and undergraduate women to learn from each other and network.
If you aren’t familiar with 85 [...]

Engaging Your Employees in CSR

In the grand scheme of things, Corporate Social Responsibility is still an emerging field, which means that everything – from general strategy to best practices – is still being solidified.
One of the questions that is still debated quite often in the CSR community concerns the “business case” for this kind of work.
In a world where [...]

A Daily Dose of Inspired Philanthropy

Betty Londergan is a woman on a mission.
Since the start of 2010, Betty has embarked on a journey of what I can only describe as “Inspired Philanthropy”.
But before I dive into Betty’s story – let me ask you this:
How many times a day do you stop and think about the people around you and their [...]

Want a CSR Job? Read This First.

With just over two months left until I graduate from business school, I’ve started to reflect on what I’ve accomplished over the last two years.
Without a doubt, the most fulfilling experiences of my MBA program have been the chances I’ve had to engage in real-world consulting projects for corporate and nonprofit clients.
In the last four [...]

The Role of Social Responsibility in Branding

These days I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about consumers and the brands they love.
I’m taking a Branding class this semester, and each week we do a case study of a different company and the branding challenges it faces.
Perhaps the biggest insight I’ve gleaned from the first couple of months is this:
Consumers own brands, [...]