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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.
Courageous Conversations in NYC Last Week
Congrats to the CECP team for a successful 2012 Corporate Philanthropy Summit last week. This year’s theme was “courageous conversations,” and the content lived up to that billing.
The conference started with Arianna Huffington’s keynote address—she’s such an engaging speaker and had a few great nuggets to share with attendees. My favorite comment from her is: “You all believe in economic chivalry. Capitalism will not survive without a moral foundation.” And she had some great advice for CR practitioners with respect to dealing with the media: “You need to be relentless in talking about the topic–it’s not just one big announcement that will get you attention.”
Our lunch keynote speaker was Newark Mayor Cory Booker—and wow, what an inspiration he is! Mayor Booker spoke about his first few months in town: “Back then, I was a ‘prisoner of hope’. Now I’m ‘hope unhinged.’” He then shared anecdotes and data about the positive impact Newark businesses and community members are having on the health and vitality of the city, as they collaborate to improve conditions for everyone.
Some of the highlights for me included:
Looking forward to continuing these conversations with members, clients and colleagues throughout the year.
Catogories Philanthropy and tagged Amit Bouri, Arianna Huffington, corporate philanthropy, corporate responsibility, Ezra Garrett, Greg Hills
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