A few weeks ago we wrote about Corporate Social Responsibility for smaller companies. In that article we talked about how companies of any size can benefit from CSR efforts, provided goals are clear and employees are involved. Stacy Phillips, Managing Principal at Phillips Lerner, has a near-perfect example of a CSR program that gets maximum…
On February 19th, over 60 artists and over 500 philanthropists gathered to raise funds for one of Starfish Impact’s favorite clients, LIFT-LA. The event, LIFT:Art featured works donated by artists with the proceeds from art sales going to support the program at LIFT-LA. As I mingled among celebrities, activists, and passionate supporters, I almost forgot…
Sometimes it seems like Corporate Social Responsibility is only for the “big guys,” those companies that have whole departments dedicated to reputation management. When you’re a smaller company it’s easy to think CSR is not for you. After all, you have bigger concerns, like where the next customer is coming from or how to hang…
Recently Starfish Impact Consultant Cecily Jackson-Zapata, who also serves as Of Counsel with Sustainable Law Group, P.C. and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA), interviewed Jim Schorr, Adjunct Professor of Management at Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management, President and CEO of SEA, former Executive Director of Juma Ventures,…
There are many respected organizations dedicated to helping you make a difference. We’ve listed our favorites below so you can take advantage of their valuable advice: California Resources Center for Nonprofit Management A Southern California nonprofit support organization The California Association of Nonprofits (CAN) California Association of Nonprofits (CAN) is a statewide membership network,…