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Contributors
Leela StakeLeela is a director who helps businesses innovate, collaborate and communicate to be more successful. She’s based in San Francisco, has worked in six Asian countries and is interested in the relationship between long-term business success and community prosperity.
Laura PalantoneLaura is a member of our corporate communications team and is based in New York.
James RobinsonJames is a director who brings ten years of experience working on CR strategy and communications in New York, Beijing, and Jakarta. He looks at how CR is employed as part of broader business strategy and has a particular interest in the evolving role of technology and innovation in managing social and environmental issues.
Julie JackA director in APCO's New York office, Julie works on corporate responsibility with a focus on business strategy and emerging issues and trends. Her currents interests and work focus on sustainable agriculture and supply chain management, the integration of CR and financial communications, and CR in the consumer goods space.
Ellen MignoniEllen is a senior director and helped build APCO’s global corporate responsibility practice. She works primarily with APCO’s corporate clients on business alignment and corporate responsibility, stakeholder engagement and partnership development, and communication and outreach.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Empowering Women and Girls to Change the World
Empowerment of women and girls was one of the major themes at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting and it has been truly inspiring to see the number of commitments being made in this area, the extraordinary results being achieved by women leaders and innovators around the world, and the strong commitment and involvement [...]
Posted on Friday, September 24th, 2010
Catogories Women and Girls Tagged Ashton Kutcher, Bell Bajao, CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Demi Moore, DNA Foundation, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Global Give Back Circle, Joseph Brenyah, Liberia, Linda Lockhart, PALMS, Rana Dajani, We Love Reading 1 Comment
Catogories Women and Girls Tagged Ashton Kutcher, Bell Bajao, CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Demi Moore, DNA Foundation, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Global Give Back Circle, Joseph Brenyah, Liberia, Linda Lockhart, PALMS, Rana Dajani, We Love Reading 1 Comment
The Numbers Steal the Show
Yes, there was Ashton and Demi. Ben Stiller made us laugh. The President and First Lady inspired us. But what really blew me away was that CGI closed yesterday with astounding metrics of impact and change. Since CGI’s inception, it has been about demonstrating progress and making lasting impact. Though it is sometimes lost in [...]
Posted on Friday, September 24th, 2010
Catogories Philanthropy Volunteerism & Service Tagged CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, commitments Leave a comment
Catogories Philanthropy Volunteerism & Service Tagged CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, commitments Leave a comment
Social Purpose Meets Technology Innovation at CGI
Technology—especially mobile technology—has been a pervasive theme of CGI 2010. Most people recognize the tremendous power of technology to help connect people with each other and to useful information. Yesterday an interesting commitment was announced by Refugees United, Ericsson, and Delta Partners that typified this kind of application. Their new mobile phone application will help refugees locate their [...]
Posted on Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration Communications Nonprofit Operations and Communications Technology and CR Tagged CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Leila Janah, refugees, Samasource Leave a comment
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration Communications Nonprofit Operations and Communications Technology and CR Tagged CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Leila Janah, refugees, Samasource Leave a comment
The Big “C” at CGI. Finally.
Even after my third year at CGI, it still inspires and excites me. The energy in the halls yesterday was electric (solar powered, of course). So many great ideas and great minds in one place. My pick for today is the Special Session addressing Cancer in the Developing World. The panel, which featured Lance Armstrong, [...]
Posted on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Catogories Health Philanthropy Tagged Cancer, CGI, Clinton Global Initiative Leave a comment
Catogories Health Philanthropy Tagged Cancer, CGI, Clinton Global Initiative Leave a comment
CGI 2010: Highlights From Day One
It was a packed first day at CGI 2010. In contrast to last year's meeting, which took place at the depths of the global recession, there was tremendous, positive, forward-looking energy among commitment-makers who are looking beyond the immediate economic challenge to long-term opportunities to create solutions to the world's toughest challenges.Here are some highlights [...]
Posted on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Catogories Community Engagement Economic Development Environment Nonprofit Operations and Communications Philanthropy Leave a comment
Catogories Community Engagement Economic Development Environment Nonprofit Operations and Communications Philanthropy Leave a comment
Welcome to the Sixth Annual Clinton Global Initiative
My colleague Shannon Newberry and I are co-leading the APCO team at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. Below Shannon gives an intro to this year’s meeting. Stay tuned for posts from the onsite APCO team throughout the week. This year marks the sixth Annual Meeting for the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York [...]
Posted on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Catogories Communicating CR Community Engagement Nonprofit Operations and Communications Philanthropy Tagged Bill Clinton, CGI, Clinton Global Initiative Leave a comment
Catogories Communicating CR Community Engagement Nonprofit Operations and Communications Philanthropy Tagged Bill Clinton, CGI, Clinton Global Initiative Leave a comment
Happy Constitution Day!
I just got back to the office after attending the 65th annual National Conference on Citizenship at the Library of Congress. As usual, the panels supplied an interesting perspective on what citizenship means in modern society and how engaged (or un-engaged) people are in their community. And, by “engaged,” I don’t mean volunteering, although that [...]
Posted on Friday, September 17th, 2010
Catogories Community Engagement Tagged Civic Health Index, Constituion Day, Echoing Green, NCOC, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leave a comment
Catogories Community Engagement Tagged Civic Health Index, Constituion Day, Echoing Green, NCOC, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leave a comment
Join the Debate…. Give me a break!
Once again the sky is falling! I just received an invitation from BSR to join a webcast: ”The Case Against CSR – Join the Debate” in response to two recent articles questioning the value of CSR (here and here). Really? After how many years of corporations around the world using their resources to address issues [...]
Posted on Friday, September 10th, 2010
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration CR in North America What's Next for CR Tagged Aneel Karnani, BSR, CSR, Ted Leonsis Leave a comment
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration CR in North America What's Next for CR Tagged Aneel Karnani, BSR, CSR, Ted Leonsis Leave a comment
Beyond the CR Report: Real Impact
Catogories Communicating CR CR in Asia Reporting What's Next for CR | Tagged Asian Sustainability Rating, Bees, Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series, Listing Heads, Reputex | Leave a comment