Have you ever heard of a book called Eats, Shoots and Leaves?
The premise of the book, by author Lynne Truss, is to “remind readers of the importance of punctuation.”
The book’s title comes from a (potentially bad) joke on punctuation:
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and [...]

Let’s face it: sustainability can be a challenging topic for many people to understand.
For example, when you hear someone on the news or in business talk about alternative energy or cap and trade policy, can you honestly say you understand it all?
I’ll go out on a limb and admit that when I hear the word [...]

I’m thrilled to announce that in two weeks I’ll be graduating from business school!
As unbelievable as it sounds (even when I say it), the end of my MBA program is amazingly just around the corner. While it hasn’t always been fun – derivative equations in economics class come to mind – it has been an [...]

Dan Bross is senior director, Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft and one of the most visible faces of corporate social responsibility at the company.
I first met Dan at the 2009 Net Impact Conference and recently we had the chance to reconnect at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Conference.
In between networking and learning at BCCCC, [...]

One of the benefits of a conference like this one put on by Boston College’s Center for Corporate Citizenship is the opportunity for CSR professionals to network, share ideas, and learn from one another. In no other session has this experience been more true than in today’s panel: “Corporate Citizenship Journey – What have we [...]

I wrote a post last week on The Changebase that seems to have hit home for some readers.
It was about the value of storytelling in CSR reports  as a way for companies to not only connect with various audiences but also to bring their sustainability stories to life.
Obviously, I’m a big believer in storytelling – [...]

Picture this:
Four MBA classmates and I are sitting in a large, somewhat imposing corporate conference room at one of the world’s largest chemical and gas manufacturers.
In front of us sit 12 Director and C-level executives from our client company, and they’ve come here specifically to hear what we think – as MBA students, as potential [...]

It’s amazing to say it, but last week I finished up my corporate philanthropy internship at ABC. The summer just flew by! In all, it was a really terrific experience that challenged me to think creatively and strategically about how to educate employees about our corporate giving program and how they can get involved. More than [...]