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Interested in gender equity and the future tech workforce? Check out Nicole Johnson's discussion on Women Talk Tech about the Fem.AI initiative. We had a great time crafting this signature initiative with Nicole and Cadence. And we're grateful for all the amazing organizations that have gotten involved so far! #equity #dei #femai

2025 Impact Events for Your Calendar 📅 What others would you add? ⚪ January: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos ⚪ March: Sustainable Brands, in Tokyo this year ⚪ April: -International Corporate Citizenship Conference in Maryland (Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship) -Engage for Good Conference in Palm Springs ⚪ May: -Benevity Live! in Palm Springs -CECP Summit in Boston ⚪ June: Social Innovation Summit, in San Francisco this year ⚪ September: -UNGA/Climate Week in NYC -Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP) Annual Conference in Atlanta ⚪ 2025 Dates Not Announced Yet -AFROTECH Conference -NetHope Global Summit -SOCAP Global #csr #techforgood #impactevents

NEW stats on consumers and employees wanting businesses to promote social justice more. We've known for a long time that people prefer buying from and working for socially minded companies, but some of the most-used stats are from a few years ago. Excited to see BSR and Morning Consult come out with a new report today. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e8SaC-rN

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Some findings that give us hope in Deloitte's "What’s Next for Corporate Philanthropy" report: ⚖ Funders are looking for ways to better balance the power dynamics between themselves and grantees. (#equitylens!) 🤝 Many corporate philanthropies are acting as a conduit between their businesses and society to build trust and identify broader ways to support societal impact. 👫 Funders are increasingly recognizing that they can have a far greater impact when they join forces to collaborate with other companies, governments, and nonprofits. Props to the orgs that got shoutouts in the report for best practices, like Autodesk, Workday, and our amazing clients Okta and REI! #csr #socialimpact #techforgood

Diligence, Excellence, Imagination. That's how John Leguizamo (re)defined #DEI at the #emmys last night. What did you think of his speech? (image: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Social Impact Leaders - Are you registered for the Social Impact World summit? Tech for good...Employee engagement...Purposeful products...The agenda is PACKED with content that we know will be educational and inspiring. Speakers are from Kiva, Maui United Way, Amazon, PayPal, and more. We're biased, but we're especially excited for Caroline Barlerin's session with Cruise's Amanda Lenaghan and Cat Ward from Jobs for the Future (JFF) on Building a Community-Centered Social Impact Strategy Through an Advisory Board Model. Cruise for Good sets an excellent example of how to harness impactful cross-sector partnerships, and we can't wait to share what we've been working on. Register for the summit here: https://lnkd.in/gnpNu2mi See you there!

"It's one of the few opportunities where you're not a team of one, as many social impact leaders often are, but a team of many." We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Social impact can be a lonely job, and communities like this are so important. We can't wait for the Social Impact World virtual summit! Are you going? Caroline Barlerin

Join Our Next Cohort - Ethics, Technology, and Public Policy for Practitioners, Fall 2024! Calling all leaders and changemakers shaping tech! We are thrilled to unveil the upcoming opportunity to be part of the Stanford Ethics, Technology, and Public Policy for Practitioners cohort. The course will be Wednesday evenings, October 2 to November 13, 2024, from 5-7 p.m. PT, on Zoom. Applications are now open. Please help by spreading the word across your networks and among your peers. Formal Stanford affiliation is not a prerequisite – this course is open to all leaders in the tech sector shaping how tech impacts society. Applications close on August 30. Apply today: https://lnkd.in/gwuKdQCa    McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society | Stanford, Mehran Sahami, Ashlyn Jaeger, PhD, Megan Goering Mellin, Caroline Ricksen

It's been an honor working with Nicole Johnson and Cadence Design Systems to bring Fem.AI to life. Bravo to all their hard work and passion. Let's advance equity in AI! 🙌