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Shared Purpose is a forum to think about, discuss, and predict what’s next for business and society.
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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.APCOForum.com
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History & Categories
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- Meet the Aspirationals: Three Findings from Regeneration Roadmap
- As Same-Sex Marriage Reaches the Supreme Court, So Does Support from Corporate America
- Shareholders of the World, Unite!? (Part II)
- Mandatorily Philanthropic?
- The Word from Seattle: U.S. Needs Sustained Clean Tech Movement
Categories
- Business Alignment/Integration (69)
- Philanthropy (65)
- Volunteerism & Service (56)
- Community Engagement (50)
- What's Next for CR (50)
- Communicating CR (48)
- Nonprofit Operations and Communications (35)
- CR in North America (33)
- Cause Marketing (23)
- Health (23)
Archives by Month
- May 2013 (2)
- April 2013 (1)
- March 2013 (3)
- February 2013 (5)
- January 2013 (5)
- December 2012 (2)
- October 2012 (11)
- September 2012 (5)
- August 2012 (9)
- July 2012 (1)
Blogroll
- Alice Korngold on Fast Company
- Armchair Advocates
- Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship’s In Good Company
- Case Foundation Blog
- CECP Blog
- Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Give and Take
- CSRwire Talkback
- Ethical Corporation's Reflection on Ethical Business
- Hands On Network Blog
- Marc Gunther's Blog
- Points of Light Institute’s Blog
- Taproot Foundation's Pro Bono Junkie's Blog
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center Blog

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