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SUMMARY:How Businesses Can Make a Social Impact in a Time of Challenge and Change
DESCRIPTION:For many businesses of all sizes\, an important goal is to have a positive social impact on their communities. But how can this be accomplished in this era of unprecedented uncertainty? This workshop will show you how your business can develop a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program that will respond to the demands of the current climate and achieve the meaningful results you seek.\n\n\n\nBy the End of the Workshop\, Attendees Will:\n\n\n	\n	Know how to create and grow a CSR program regardless of business size\n	\n	\n	Understand the mutual benefits of CSR programs to both businesses and nonprofits\n	\n	\n	Gain ideas on how to innovate while shifting CSR programs in the COVID-19 era and for years to come\n	\n	\n	Come away with at least one actionable idea to incorporate into their own social impact strategies\n	\n\n\nPanelists:\n\nCecile Poyet\, Director\, Product Marketing\, Salesforce.org/Philanthropy Cloud \n\nCecile Poyet is dedicated to product marketing for Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud. Prior to joining Salesforce.org\, she built and led the co-marketing machine for top ISV partners and resellers at Salesforce.com. She has 14 years of experience marketing innovative technology for large and small IT companies\, including IBM\, ILOG and Hortonworks.\n\n\n\nMichael Hannigan\, Former CEO and Co-Founder\, Give Something Back \n\nMichael Hannigan served as President and Co-Founder of Give Something Back Office Supplies\, California's largest independent business-to-business office supply company\, for 29 years. After a successful career in the office equipment industry\, he co-founded Give Something Back (GSB) in 1991\, Oakland\, CA. Modeled on Newman's Own food company\, GSB's profits were donated to nonprofit groups selected by its customers and employees. GSB garnered dozens of awards including Corporate Grant maker of the Year\, U.S. Small Business Administration Business of the Year\, and one of the 10 most generous companies in America. \n\n\n\nReem Assil\, Founder & Owner\, Reem's California\n\nReem Assil is a Palestinian-Syrian chef based in Oakland working at the intersection of food\, community\, and social justice. She is the owner of Reem's California\, a nationally acclaimed restaurant\, inspired by her passion for Arab street corner bakeries and the vibrant communities that surround them. Reem invokes the central virtue of her Arab culture    hospitality    to build strong\, resilient\, and connected community. Reem sits at the intersection of her three passions: food\, community\, and social justice.  She combines her lifelong experience of fighting for justice and her nearly two decades of professional experience in nonprofits and the food industry to build towards her vision for a more socially and economically just world.\n\n\n\nModerator: \n\nStacey Smith\, Principal Consultant\, SKS Consulting\n\nSKS Consulting provides organizational development\, program evaluation\, board development\, fundraising and volunteer management support to nonprofits and other public sector agencies. Stacey Smith\, M.B.A.\, blends 20+ years of consulting experience with innovative best practices to deliver customized\, affordable\, and achievable solutions that strengthen systems and overcome barriers. She began her career in nonprofit marketing and fundraising\, and understands the mutual benefit and positive social impact of successful business-nonprofit partnerships.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="x_MsoNormal" color:="" new="" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: " times=""><img alt="" height="503" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1392/Image/CIC/CommunityImpactCommittee11.17.20.png" style="width: 600px\; height: 503px\;" width="600" /></p>\n\n<div class="x_MsoNormal" color:="" new="" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\;" times=""><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">For many businesses of all sizes\, an important goal is to have a positive social impact on their communities. But how can this be accomplished in this era of unprecedented uncertainty? This workshop will show you how your business can develop a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program that will respond to the demands of the current climate and achieve the meaningful results you seek.</span><br />\n<br />\n<b><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: 22px\; vertical-align: baseline\;">By the End of the Workshop\, Attendees Will:</span></b></span></span></span></div>\n\n<ul>\n	<li class="x_MsoNormal" color:="" new="" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\;" times="">\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Know how to create and grow a CSR program regardless of business size</span></span></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li class="x_MsoNormal" color:="" new="" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\;" times="">\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Understand the mutual benefits of CSR programs to both businesses and nonprofits</span></span></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li class="x_MsoNormal" color:="" new="" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\;" times="">\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Gain ideas on how to innovate while shifting CSR programs in the COVID-19 era and for years to come</span></span></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li class="x_MsoNormal" color:="" new="" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\;" times="">\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Come away with at least one actionable idea to incorporate into their own social impact strategies</span></span></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n\n<div class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><u><strong>Panelists:</strong></u><br />\n<u><strong>Cecile Poyet\, Director\, Product Marketing\, Salesforce.org/Philanthropy Cloud&nbsp\;</strong></u></span><br />\nCecile Poyet&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;dedicated to product marketing for Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud. Prior to joining Salesforce.org\, she built and led the co-marketing machine for top ISV partners and resellers at Salesforce.com. She has 14 years of experience marketing innovative technology for large and small IT companies\, including IBM\, ILOG and Hortonworks.<br />\n<br />\n<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><u><strong>Michael Hannigan\, Former CEO and Co-Founder\, Give Something Back&nbsp\;</strong></u></span><br />\nMichael Hannigan&nbsp\;served as President and Co-Founder of&nbsp\;Give Something Back Office Supplies\, California&rsquo\;s largest independent business-to-business office supply company\, for 29 years. After a successful career in the office equipment industry\, he co-founded Give Something Back (GSB) in 1991\, Oakland\, CA. Modeled on Newman&rsquo\;s Own food company\, GSB&rsquo\;s profits were donated to nonprofit groups selected by its customers and employees. GSB garnered dozens of awards including Corporate Grant maker of the Year\, U.S. Small Business Administration Business of the Year\, and one of the 10 most generous companies in America.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><u><strong>Reem Assil\, Founder &amp\; Owner\, Reem&#39\;s California</strong></u></span><br />\nReem Assil is a Palestinian-Syrian chef based in Oakland working at the intersection of food\, community\, and social justice. She is the owner of Reem&rsquo\;s California\, a nationally acclaimed restaurant\, inspired by her passion for Arab street corner bakeries and the vibrant communities that surround them. Reem invokes the central virtue of her Arab culture&nbsp\;<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">&#8288\;</span>&mdash\; hospitality&nbsp\;<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">&#8288\;</span>&mdash\; to build strong\, resilient\, and connected community. Reem sits at the intersection of her three passions: food\, community\, and social justice.&nbsp\; She combines her lifelong experience of fighting for justice and her nearly two decades of professional experience in nonprofits and the food industry to build towards her vision for a more socially and economically just world.<br />\n<br />\n<span style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><u><strong>Moderator:&nbsp\;</strong></u><br />\n<strong>Stacey Smith\, Principal Consultant\, SKS Consulting</strong></span><br />\nSKS Consulting provides organizational development\, program evaluation\, board development\, fundraising and volunteer management support to nonprofits and other public sector agencies. Stacey Smith\, M.B.A.\, blends 20+ years of consulting experience with innovative best practices to deliver customized\, affordable\, and achievable solutions that strengthen systems and overcome barriers. She began her career in nonprofit marketing and fundraising\, and understands the mutual benefit and positive social impact of successful business-nonprofit partnerships.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></div>\n\n<div class="x_MsoNormal" color:="" new="" style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\;" times=""><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n
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