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Apr
23
2013
Jean Case
BE FEARLESS: Failures and Potholes Pave the Pathway to Success
by blogger
“To tackle today’s big and ever-changing social challenges; we have to take risks, be bold, and fail forward. We have to Be Fearless.” –The Case Foundation These are the wise words of key note speaker and The Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award recipient, Jean Case, spoken at the Eighth Annual...
Apr
22
2013
How Startup Culture Is Transforming Philanthropy
by Fast Company
The target donor for the arts used to be an older, wealthy dude wearing an ascot. Today, it’s a young whippersnapper wearing a $300 flannel shirt, who doesn’t like classical music and who prefers street art over museums. As a recent (and controversial) long read in the East Bay Express points out,...
Apr
22
2013
What Does the Future Hold for Employee Giving and Volunteering?
by CSR Wire
My experiences as a fundraiser for several major health causes over my career support a truth that we all know: the way we give has greatly evolved over the past few decades. Today, the rise of employee programs has brought with it a powerful way for individuals to come together and give back in...
Apr
18
2013
The Best Businesses For The World, According to B Lab
by FastCoExist
The sustainable certification organization has released a ranking of the companies that do the best on its assessments, from solar power to investment advice to Afghan telecoms.
Mar
27
2013
hackathon
More Than Just Angry Birds, Apps Can Have A Humanitarian Side Too
by blogger
There's a trend in the startup world toward combining business and smartphone apps with altruistic goals. At a recent hackathon, where tech developers get together to create new apps and programs in a short amount of time, about a dozen University of Washington computer science students work...
Feb
25
2013
International Corporate Philanthropy Day
by CECP
Each year on the fourth Monday in February, the corporate giving community, led by CECP, observes International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD), an international advocacy day intended to build awareness of corporate-community partnerships and to inspire businesses around the world to engage...
Feb
19
2013
Community of people
Professionalizing Pro Bono Volunteering
by Other
I’ll volunteer that I’m a big fan of the Taproot Foundation, an organization that’s been an instrumental player in the pro bono movement in 2001 and has been steering the way ever since (matter of fact, I’m a new board member of the organization). Through award-winning programs, groundbreaking...
Feb
05
2013
The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum of the Parts
by guest blogger: Scott Case
January 31st marked the two-year anniversary of the Startup America Partnership. And, today, nearly 50 leaders from the 30 Startup Regions will be in Washington to celebrate their success, strategize about challenges, and converse with our partners at the White House and Cabinet agencies. If, as...
Jan
14
2013
CSR Trends to Watch in 2013
by CSR Now!
These trends, which have been evolving over the past several years, are now so prevalent in the workplace and the media that they barely warrant attention or repetition – although there is, of course, always progress to be made. My five CSR trends for 2013 build on these practices, and take them to...
Nov
14
2012
The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur
by New York Times Opinionator
At times, it can be hard to believe that progress is happening. Most of our news focuses on problems, not creative responses to them. Moreover, in the wake of the presidential campaign, we are acutely aware of the bitter divisions that hamstring efforts to work together.
Nov
05
2012
In Pro Bono We Trust
by CRS Now
The week before Hurricane Sandy turned the East Coast upside down, American Express and other companies joined the Taproot Foundation in celebrating Pro Bono Week. We participated by hosting a Scope-a-thon, an effort to engage our employees in helping to scope projects from nonprofits in...
Oct
09
2012
Looking in the eyes of #BeFearless: Startup America’s Chicago Summit
by Jean Case
Since launching the Be Fearless campaign at the Case Foundation earlier this year, I’ve had the true privilege of sharing the Be Fearless principles with audiences across the nation. The five principles that comprise Be Fearless were born out of work we commissioned with one simple question in mind...

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