Pro Bono Perspectives
Summary: Pro Bono Perspectives is a podcast about the power of a purpose-driven career. Join Common Impact CEO, Danielle Holly, as she interviews leaders from all walks of life to learn about their personal and professional backgrounds and explore what drives them to create positive change through their careers and daily lives. Common Impact is a national nonprofit focused on creating successful skills-based volunteer programs that build the capacity of the nonprofit sector. Hear from our network of everyday leaders working at both big companies and small nonprofits who are using their skills to support their communities and get inspired to use your own talents for good. Introduction music by George Miata, By George! Audio
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Host Danielle Holly talks social impact measurement with True Impact Founder & CEO Farron Levy, who provides actionable strategies for tackling measurement challenges. Farron also explains why it’s essential to move past surface-level data to focus on meaningful markers of success. “Measurement is a means to an end, and the end is either proving value or improving value," Farron says.
Pro Bono Perspectives host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly is joined by Colleen Olphert, Director of Membership and Member Services at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship (BCCCC) to discuss how corporate citizenship and CSR initiatives are filling gaps left by an overextended public sector.
In this episode of Pro Bono Perspectives, Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly and VolunteerMatch CEO Greg Baldwin reflect on the advantages and challenges of living in an age of unprecedented volunteer opportunities. Greg reveals how VolunteerMatch is taking strategic risks in order to stay competitive in the digital age and elevate the value of the experience, both for volunteers and the organizations being served.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, Pro Bono Perspectives host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly teams up with Syretta Hill, Executive Director of StepUp Durham, to reflect on workplace power dynamics and how women are leading differently. StepUp Durham enables adults and children to transform their lives through employment and life skills training, offering free employment readiness training, personalized job coaching, employer referrals, and supportive services.
Pro Bono Perspectives host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly talks to Sarah Beaulieu, the founder of The Uncomfortable Conversation, a nonprofit that produces short-form videos that normalize conversations about consent, healthy relationships, and advocacy. Sarah is an expert at engaging men in conversations about sexual harassment and violence, and shares more about her work to support survivors of sexual violence.
In this episode of Pro Bono Perspectives, Leigh Phillips, CEO of EARN, shares more about her work using technology to empower low-income Americans to take charge of their financial lives. Leigh discusses the importance of bridging the savings divide and her career to date tackling issues of wealth inequality.
As National Mentoring Month (January) comes to a close, we are excited to share the incredible cross-sector career of Daniel Horgan, Senior Director, Corporate Engagement at MENTOR, and his work to develop unique and impactful business/nonprofit partnerships that engage corporate volunteers as mentors and champions of the mentorship movement.
Episode 12: Creating Cross-Sector Partnerships for Social Change
2019 Outlook: Building Nonprofit Capacity Through Pro Bono Service
Episode 13: Making Cities More Livable, Inclusive and Responsive Through Innovation
Leveraging Volunteerism to Achieve the SDGs: A Look Back on 2018
Episode 10: Kathleen LaValle, Dallas CASA
Episode 9: Robert Lee, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
Episode 8: Evan Goldberg, NetSuite
Tim Smith is the Senior Director of The Boston Foundation and Head of Pledge 1% Boston chapter. In his day-to-day work, Tim advises individuals and companies on a variety of philanthropic offerings. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2016, Tim spent over a decade in San Francisco, most notably as CEO of The Full Circle Fund. In his spare time, he sits on the board of Tech Goes Home, the Advisory Board of Boston Private Bank, and the Selection Advisory Council of GreenLight Fund.
