Loss of power for a sustained period of time, especially when caused by an earthquake, can be scary to a household, to a business, to a community. That’s what we discussed on March 8th at a BCLC Disaster Assistance and Recovery forum, co-hosted by the San Diego County Office of Emerge
[Editor's Note: This topic is the theme of our International Women's Day Event on March 8 at the United Nations, titled "The Role of Business in Empowering Women" (tweetchat: #CSRwomen).
Motorola Mobility Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2012 Empowerment Grants program, which is a great opportunity for nonprofits and schools that want to use mobile, digitial, and social technology to support their mission.
Just last week I spoke at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Conference on Women and Sport.
[Editor's Note: Jane Wurwand will speak about supporting women entrepreneurs globally through joinFITE on March 8 at the event, The Role of Business in Empowering Women.
While investors exert a large amount of pressure on the quarterly earnings results of a company, they neither weigh in on nor act as barriers to the company's long-term social efforts.
Half a world away from where I sit today, 70% of the population lives in poverty in Nigeria’s nine-state Niger Delta region. Of the 30 million people who live in this mostly rural area, 62% are younger than age 30.
This article first appeared on Mashable and I'm sharing it here because the business leaders we work with are always interested in effective ways to engage with local officials to solve community challenges.
A trip through Liberia, West Africa led two women to co-found the Adventure Project, a nonprofit organization that seeks to end extreme poverty in this lifetime by increasing investments in effective social ventures.
This past week, Forbes contributor Rahim Kanani shared his interview of BCLC’s executive director Stephen Jordan in a piece entitled “
