Give Back
Your source for information on corporate social responsibility, charitable giving, and voluntourism for meetings and incentives.
HOW-TOPick Your ProjectDon't Have All Day? You Can Still Serve. A few on-property options ... Celebrate Charity: A variety of activities for employeesThere's a wide range of ways you can support charitable activities. For example, you could allow all employees a day or an afternoon off the job to work... Check In: Incorporate CSR into Your MeetingCorporate social responsibility was all the buzz at this year's Motivation Show. There's been a 180-degree turn from the corporate greed of the 1990s... How to Plan a Socially Responsible MeetingIdeas from Dominique Love, founder of Atlanta-based Corporate Community Outsourcing LLC... 5 Ways to Give BackWhy not add an element of charity to your event a way to give back to the community or the environment?... Putting Surplus Swag to Good UseIf you’ve ever wondered what to do with those pens, calendars, T-shirts, and unused banquet food that’s left over after a meeting or trade show, wonder no more. There’s a new nonprofit organization, CharityDirect, that can connect the meetings and exhibition industry with charities in need of surplus goods.... |
CASE STUDIESCommunity Service Earns Securian a Site Crystal AwardFor its contributions in supplies, money, time, and energy to an orphanage during an African incentive trip, Securian Financial Group earned a Site Crystal Award for best sustainable motivational program.... Do-Good EventsBritish pharmaceutical firm Norgine celebrated its 100th anniversary by helping some of the humblest people in the world. For its “Century of Excellence: Making a Difference” conference, the company built housing in Mabele-A-Podi, a township outside of Sun City, South Africa, where many children have lost both parents to AIDS. Follow them and other companies as they make giving back part of their meetings... The Gift of GivingState Bank and Trust let their employees channel their inner philanthropist... Serve. Sweat. Inspire.Timberland pulls on its boots and gets to work improving the environment. ... The House that Whirlpool BuiltThe Symphony of Hundreds of hammers hammering, a half-dozen circular saws buzzing, and 800 Habitat for Humanity corporate volunteers grunting was a sweet... GIVING BACKSEVENTY-FIVE CONSULTANTS from Creative Memories got to see life through the eyes of a child from La Cruz de Quelitan, Mexico, as part of their incentive... |
ADVICEFinding a Way to Give Back: A Cautionary TaleWhat you should know about about incorporating charitable acts into an incentive program outside the U.S.... Legal Advice on Donating LeftoversClause: In the event that the Group's numbers for any food functions fall below the guaranteed numbers for which the Hotel purchased food, Hotel agrees... SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS GIFTS & AMENITIESCharityChoice: New Gift Cards Give BackA new gift-card concept allows incentive winners to direct funds to the charity of their choice.... Holiday Gifts That Give BackIt's the year of the socially conscious holiday gift and there's no better place to find one than Helping Hands Rewards... |
IDEAS FROM DESTINATIONS AND SUPPLIERSGive Back, Island-StyleThe United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is moving the concept of voluntourism from the mainland to the islands with a new collection of... Hotels Help, Too: Ritz-Carlton Introduced “Volunteaming”You've heard of voluntourism. Now The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. has coined the word Under its VolunTeaming program, launched in July, corporate groups can... Hotels With HeartWe scanned the hotel companies for charity offerings... |
EXPERTSIra Almeas, Impact 4 Good INDUSTRY FOUNDATIONS |
READINGVoluntourism.org Less Conversation, More Action AWARDSIMEX Commitment ot the Community Award Site Crystal Award for “Outstanding Sustainable Motivational Experience” |
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Check In With Barbara Scofidio: Together, We Can Make a Difference
Last week, as I was writing an update on how the hospitality industry has pulled together to help the earthquake victims in Haiti offering aircraft and...
Check in With Barbara Scofidio: Together, We Can Make a Difference
The way the hospitality industry has pulled together to help the earthquake victims in Haiti shows what a generous industry this is...
Fun and Meetings Don’t Mix
Innovative—and politically correct—ways for attendees to network, relax, and give back...
Why Community Service Projects Are The Next Big Thing at Meetings
These projects are now reflecting a company's overall social responsibility mission, something that consumers, employees, and even investors increasingly see as critical...
Doing Good is Smart Business
An interview with Tim Sanders, author of Saving the World at Work...
Change the World
How three meeting industry entrepreneurs have found inspiration from giving back to their communities...
