The word charity holds high regard in the minds of most. It is associated with selflessness, helping those in need, and improving one’s community. While we’d like to think that every charity has good intentions for humanity, there are organizations that qualify as charities that, from your perspective, may not… Read more“Determining if a Charity has Your Best Interest (and the General Public’s) in Mind”

We published a white paper on The Age of Meaning, in which we review the many implications this new era holds for business leaders. Here we’d like to explore our claim that, “This is a time of positive, constructive and gratifying change…”.

After employees donate through an employee giving program, then what happens? The answer to that question begets a slew of other questions that employers need to consider when handling charitable funds from workplace giving programs.

One of the challenges of modern business is to get people engaged, motivated and gratified to either work for you, or do business with you. For numerous reasons, people (formerly known as employees and customers) are more demanding of whom they work for, what they buy and whom they buy… Read more““We Cannot Solve Our Problems With the Same Thinking We Used to Create them.” ~Albert Einstein”

Income generation. Two words that keep the majority of charity leaders awake at night. Raising funds to remain sustainable and fulfil their ambitions is the number one challenge facing charitable organisations.

New to planned giving? We can’t make you an expert in the next four minutes, but these facts will get you halfway there in no time at all.

At Emotive Brand, we’re big on the concept of purpose beyond profit. Apparently, people interpret this phrase in interesting ways. Some jump to the conclusion that it means “purpose instead of profit.” That’s a valid approach for Benefit Corporations, perhaps, but most companies – including this one – would prefer… Read more“What Steve Jobs Learned from the Buddhists (About Brands)”

If you work for a company, organization or the federal government, chances are you’ve had the opportunity to participate in a workplace giving program. Workplace giving is an easy and efficient way to make tax-deductible donations to the charities you care about with donations taken directly out of your paycheck.

If you like the sound of an inspiring and supportive environment, where your work helps charities of all kinds to do more, we might have just the job. Five of them in fact, with a unique and forward-thinking organisation.

Fundraising can seem like a daunting topic to trustees. In this article, Heather, one of our Charity Advisors, looks at three ways that trustees can support the fundraising efforts of their charity.