Pro Bono Perspectives
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Pro Bono Perspectives shines a light on the power of a purpose-driven career. Hear how everyday leaders from across sectors use their skills to create positive change in their communities!
Brought to you by Common Impact, a national nonprofit championing equity through skills-based volunteer programs that align business and social purpose to build the capacity of the nonprofit sector.
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What is Job Purposing?
January 28, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 28.1 MBDanielle Holly interviews fellow social impact champion Bea Boccalandro, President & Founder of VeraWorks. Bea coined the term “job purposing,” the concept of unlocking opportunities for employees to do societal good through their everyday jobs. She shares powerful stories of individuals finding purpose in their careers and tips on how to bring greater meaning to your workplace. To learn more about job purposing, visit veraworks.com and beaboccalandro.com/blog.
The Mentoring Movement: Stand for Something, Stand with Someone
January 14, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this uplifting episode celebrating National Mentoring Month, host Danielle Holly interviews MENTOR CEO David Shapiro about the compounding effects of mentoring. MENTOR promotes high-quality mentoring and provides an activation point for volunteers seeking to get involved. This special form of volunteering is a great way to act on your values, David says, and you’re much more valuable as a mentor than you probably think! To learn more about MENTOR and how you can get involved, visit mento...
Welcome to Season 2 of Pro Bono Perspectives
January 14, 2020 11:00 - 5 minutes - 11.5 MBDanielle Holly kicks off season 2 with a call to turn our aspirations into plans and impact. She introduces the first guest of the season, MENTOR CEO David Shapiro, and other upcoming guests who are changing lives for the better, including PwC Responsible Business Leader Jeff Senne and VeraWorks President & Founder and job purposing pioneer Bea Boccalandro.
Episode 39: Celebrating a Year of Social Impact Conversations
December 17, 2019 11:00 - 23 minutes - 20.6 MBIn the season 1 finale of Pro Bono Perspectives, host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly looks back on more than a year of social impact conversations with inspiring change leaders across sectors and industries. A few key trends emerged, including the expanding definition of philanthropy, new approaches to disaster resiliency and the increase in corporate activism. Listen for clips from some of our favorite episodes, a recap of season 1 and the topics we look forward to exploring further ne...
Episode 38: Redefining Philanthropy
December 03, 2019 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBHappy Giving Tuesday! In honor of this exciting day of charity, we're returning to host Danielle Holly's conversation with Tim Smith, Senior Director of The Boston Foundation and Head of Pledge 1% Boston. The two discuss the importance of strategic cross-sector partnerships and how philanthropy includes much more than just donating money, like volunteering and giving resources or expertise. Visit tbf.org to learn more about The Boston Foundation and pledge1boston.org for the Boston chapter o...
Episode 37: Tackling Food Waste & Hunger Together
November 26, 2019 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBIn celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday this week, we're revisiting Danielle Holly's conversation with Robert Lee, Co-Founder & CEO of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, a national nonprofit that tackles the intertwined issues of food waste and hunger. Operating in 16 cities, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine provides services such as food waste consulting, excess food delivery, co-branding services and tax credit assistance. To learn more about Rescuing Leftover Cusine, visit rescuingleftovercuisine.org.
Episode 36: Activating Dormant Civic Engagement
November 12, 2019 11:00 - 33 minutes - 76 MBHost Danielle Holly talks citizen engagement with Myung Lee, Executive Director of Cities of Service, a nonprofit that helps mayors build stronger cities by changing the way local government and citizens work together. Cities of Service activates dormant civic engagement by helping local governments to partner with the community and get better at facilitating opportunities for citizens to get involved. Learn more about Cities of Service programs and how you can get involved, visit citiesofs...
Episode 35: Continuing the Conversation
October 29, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 54.6 MBWe're closing out Domestic Violence Awareness Month by putting the spotlight on host Danielle Holly's past conversation with Sarah Beaulieu, Founder of The Uncomfortable Conversation, a nonprofit that engages men in conversations about sexual harassment and violence. Sarah shares her experience as a survivor of sexual abuse and the process of sharing her story publicly, as well as commentary on the #MeToo movement and the Brett Kavanaugh hearing. Learn more at theuncomfortableconversation.org.
Episode 34: Creating Effective Skilled Service Models
October 24, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes - 39.1 MBThis Pro Bono Week bonus episode returns to Danielle Holly's conversation with Berkshire Bank's Gary Levante, now Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility & Culture. Gary leads community engagement and sustainability for Berkshire Bank and is one of the collaborators behind the Skills for Cities citywide day of skilled service model. To learn more about Berkshire Bank and its social impact work, visit berkshirebank.com/About.
Episode 33: Corporate Activism & Complex Social Issues
October 22, 2019 10:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this Pro Bono Week bonus episode, we revisit Danielle Holly's interview with TOMS Chief Giving Officer Amy Smith, which focuses on the brand's decision to take a stand on gun safety following the tragic Thousand Oaks shooting. To learn more about TOMS’s gun violence prevention work, giving programs and other CSR initiatives, visit https://stories.toms.com.
Episode 32: Corporate Citizenship for a Better World
October 15, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 25.9 MBIn celebration of bbcon 2019, Pro Bono Perspectives is revisiting host Danielle Holly's conversation with Blackbaud Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy Rachel Hutchisson. Rachel is driven by the idea that "good is for everyone," a philosophy she brings to life through her work leading Blackbaud's global CSR efforts. To learn more about Blackbaud and its philanthropic initiatives, visit https://www.blackbaud.com/company/build-a-better-world.
Building Disaster Resiliency through Skills-Based Volunteerism
October 01, 2019 10:00 - 29 minutes - 67.6 MBTo mark the end of Disaster Preparedness Month, we're revisiting Danielle Holly's conversation with Erica Tavares of the International Medical Corps (IMC) on the importance of cross-sector collaboration in responding to natural disasters. Common Impact recently released a Disaster Resiliency skills-based volunteering report featuring a case study on IMC’s partnership with JPMorgan Chase. To learn more about IMC, visit internationalmedicalcorps.org.
Episode 30: Giving Back and Taking a Stand
September 16, 2019 10:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBIn recognition of National Disaster Preparedness Month and the launch of Common Impact’s Disaster Resiliency skills-based volunteering portfolio, CEO Danielle Holly sits down with TOMS Chief Giving Office Amy Smith to discuss how the company became a significant figure in gun violence prevention. To learn more about TOMS’s gun violence prevention work, giving programs and other activism initiatives, visit https://stories.toms.com.
Episode 29: Fortifying Communities against Disasters
September 03, 2019 10:00 - 31 minutes - 72.3 MBIn recognition of National Disaster Preparedness Month, Pro Bono Perspectives is revisiting Danielle Holly’s conversation with Facebook Director of Global Impact Partnerships Marcy Scott Lynn. In a world that is increasingly isolating, Marcy reflects, Facebook is uniquely positioned to bring people together in times of crisis and fortify communities against disasters. To learn more about Facebook’s CSR and social impact work, visit newsroom.fb.com/company-info.
Episode 28: Mobilizing New Yorkers to Serve their City
August 20, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MBHost Danielle Holly speaks with fellow local change-maker Gary Bagley, Executive Director of New York Cares, an organization that provides New Yorkers opportunities to give back to the community by supporting local schools and nonprofits. New York Cares works to break down barriers to volunteerism by providing a wide variety of projects encompassing different service types, geographic areas, languages and time commitments. To learn more about New York Cares, visit https://www.newyorkcares.org.
Episode 27: Celebrating International Youth Day
August 06, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBIn honor of International Youth Day on August 12th, we’re revisiting a past episode with Kathleen LaValle, President & CEO of Dallas CASA, a nonprofit dedicated to recruiting, training and supervising community volunteers who advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children and help ensure they have safe, permanent homes where they can thrive. To learn more about Dallas CASA, visit https://www.dallascasa.org.
Episode 26: Connecting Faiths & Fortifying Communities
July 23, 2019 10:00 - 29 minutes - 66.9 MBMartin Cominsky, President & CEO of Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, joins host Danielle Holly to share his organization’s messages of volunteerism, community building and respect for other faiths. Interfaith Ministries is known for bringing together members of different faiths in intimate settings as a means to overcome misunderstandings and generalizations and unite the community. To learn more about Interfaith Ministries, visit https://www.imgh.org.
Episode 25: Creating a Fairer New York
July 09, 2019 10:00 - 31 minutes - 20.7 MBHost Danielle Holly is joined by May Malik, Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, to talk about how the city, local nonprofits and dedicated volunteers are working to promote the wellbeing of immigrant New Yorkers through programs such as IDNYC, We Speak NYC, ActionNYC and the Know Your Rights forums. To learn more about the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, visit https://www1.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/index.page.
Episode 24: Joining Forces for Disaster Relief
June 25, 2019 10:00 - 29 minutes - 67.6 MBIn this episode, we turn back the clock to October 2018 when the world was recovering from several major natural disasters, including Hurricane Florence in the U.S. and the September earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Host Danielle Holly and International Medical Corps (IMC) Sr. Director of Institutional Advancement Erica Tavares take this opportunity to explore cross-sector partnerships focused on disaster relief. To learn more about International Medical Corps, visit internationalmedical...
Episode 23: Building Community Resilience through Human Connection
June 11, 2019 10:00 - 31 minutes - 72.3 MBHost Danielle Holly is joined by Marcy Scott Lynn, Facebook’s Director of Global Impact Partnerships. Marcy scales Facebook’s social impact efforts through CSR projects such as the rollout of the Safety Check feature, the underlying intention of which was to find ways to bring people together and leverage human connection to build resiliency. Danielle and Marcy also discuss unlikely partnerships and what it truly means to “think global, act local.” Visit newsroom.fb.com/company-info to learn...
Episode 22: Find a Way or Make a Way
May 28, 2019 10:00 - 32 minutes - 74.7 MBHost Danielle Holly speaks with Susan Portugal, SVP and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Director at Bank of America. Susan reflects on the challenges and excitement of integrating social purpose into existing business structures, making ESG sustainable and showing employees what’s in it for them in terms of their own work and priorities. To learn more about Bank of America and its social impact work, visit bankofamerica.com/about.
Episode 21: Demystifying Data
May 14, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 81.4 MBPro Bono Perspectives host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly is joined by Two Sigma Data Clinic Director Rachael Weiss Riley to discuss the role of data in skills-based corporate philanthropy and how organizations can take small steps to create a data-driven strategy that they can build on over time. To learn more about how Two Sigma Data Clinic leverages research, models and metrics to bring people together to overcome societal challenges, visit twosigma.com/about/data-clinic.
Episode 20: Farron Levy, True Impact
April 30, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 58.8 MBHost Danielle Holly talks social impact measurement with True Impact Founder & CEO Farron Levy, who provides actionable strategies for tackling measurement challenges. Farron also explains why it’s essential to move past surface-level data to focus on meaningful markers of success. “Measurement is a means to an end, and the end is either proving value or improving value," Farron says.
Episode 19: Colleen Olphert, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
April 16, 2019 10:00 - 32 minutes - 75.4 MBPro Bono Perspectives host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly is joined by Colleen Olphert, Director of Membership and Member Services at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship (BCCCC) to discuss how corporate citizenship and CSR initiatives are filling gaps left by an overextended public sector.
Episode 18: Greg Baldwin, VolunteerMatch
April 02, 2019 10:00 - 32 minutes - 73.9 MBIn this episode of Pro Bono Perspectives, Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly and VolunteerMatch CEO Greg Baldwin reflect on the advantages and challenges of living in an age of unprecedented volunteer opportunities. Greg reveals how VolunteerMatch is taking strategic risks in order to stay competitive in the digital age and elevate the value of the experience, both for volunteers and the organizations being served.
Episode 17: The Impact of Female Leadership
March 19, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBIn recognition of Women’s History Month, Pro Bono Perspectives host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly teams up with Syretta Hill, Executive Director of StepUp Durham, to reflect on workplace power dynamics and how women are leading differently. StepUp Durham enables adults and children to transform their lives through employment and life skills training, offering free employment readiness training, personalized job coaching, employer referrals, and supportive services.
Episode 16: Having Uncomfortable Conversations
March 05, 2019 14:37 - 23 minutes - 54.8 MBPro Bono Perspectives host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly talks to Sarah Beaulieu, the founder of The Uncomfortable Conversation, a nonprofit that produces short-form videos that normalize conversations about consent, healthy relationships, and advocacy. Sarah is an expert at engaging men in conversations about sexual harassment and violence, and shares more about her work to support survivors of sexual violence.
Episode 15: Tackling the Savings Divide
February 19, 2019 16:49 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBIn this episode of Pro Bono Perspectives, Leigh Phillips, CEO of EARN, shares more about her work using technology to empower low-income Americans to take charge of their financial lives. Leigh discusses the importance of bridging the savings divide and her career to date tackling issues of wealth inequality.
Episode 14: Leveraging Cross-Sector Experience to Create Meaningful Partnerships
February 05, 2019 16:19 - 32 minutes - 75 MBAs National Mentoring Month (January) comes to a close, we are excited to share the incredible cross-sector career of Daniel Horgan, Senior Director, Corporate Engagement at MENTOR, and his work to develop unique and impactful business/nonprofit partnerships that engage corporate volunteers as mentors and champions of the mentorship movement.
Episode 12: Creating Cross-Sector Partnerships for Social Change
January 29, 2019 11:00 - 36 minutes - 31.4 MBWhitney Hampton, Senior Manager at Gap Foundation, joins Pro Bono Perspectives to share her cross-sector journey! In her day-to-day role, Whitney manages Gap Inc's employee engagement programs. Whitney has a career that spans the nonprofit, public and private sectors starting her career at the nonprofit organization, KaBoom! Whitney brings a unique cross-sector perspective to this conversation and is particularly excited about ways in which businesses and nonprofits can work together to cre...
2019 Outlook: Building Nonprofit Capacity Through Pro Bono Service
January 22, 2019 11:00 - 24 minutes - 25.9 MBJoin Common Impact's CEO, Danielle Holly and Associate Director of Field Building, Molly Weinstein as they honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy by sharing new initiatives to make an even deeper impact in our communities. There is a fundamental paradigm shift on the horizon in a company's role in society. Last year started with what has become a rallying cry from Larry Fink of BlackRock who stated that the firm would be looking at both its financial and societal performance when makin...
Episode 13: Making Cities More Livable, Inclusive and Responsive Through Innovation
January 18, 2019 21:42 - 26 minutes - 23.6 MBKrista Canellakis is the Chief Innovation Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. Krista joins Pro Bono Perspectives to share her passion for creating an impact in her community. In her role, she connects creative people to projects that make cities more livable, inclusive and responsive. One of her office's signature programs is Civic Bridge, a program that puts pro bono talent from private sector professionals to work in solving critical city issues - you can see why we are excit...
Leveraging Volunteerism to Achieve the SDGs: A Look Back on 2018
January 08, 2019 11:00 - 40 minutes - 39.3 MBAs we embark on a new year, Pro Bono Perspectives is taking you back to the beginning! Join us this week for a look back on one of our favorite podcast episodes from 2018 with Gary Levante, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Berkshire Bank. Gary joins Common Impact's CEO, Danielle Holly for a conversation around employee volunteerism within small-to-medium sized businesses, achieving the SDGs on a local level and our first-ever city-wide skills-based day of service in Boston this ...
Episode 10: Kathleen LaValle, Dallas CASA
November 27, 2018 11:00 - 38 minutes - 34.3 MBKathleen LaValle, President and CEO of Dallas CASA, joins Pro Bono Perspectives for a special #GivingTuesday episode! Dallas CASA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to recruiting, training and supervising community volunteers who advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children under the protective care of the state, so they will have safe, permanent homes where they can thrive. Kathleen moved to Dallas CASA in 2014, after spending 30 years in the legal profession handling...
Episode 9: Robert Lee, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
November 20, 2018 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MBRobert Lee, the Co-Founder and CEO of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, joins us for a special Thanksgiving week episode. Rescuing Leftover Cuisine is a national nonprofit that targets both the prevention of quality food waste and putting an end to hunger. In the United States alone, 40 percent of food gets tossed every year and on average, 1,160 pounds of food are lost to the garbage pail each year by an American family of four. This amounts to $162 billion in waste annually, which could serve ove...
Episode 8: Evan Goldberg, NetSuite
November 13, 2018 11:00 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MBEvan Goldberg is the Founder and Executive Vice President of Development of NetSuite. Before starting NetSuite, Evan worked at Oracle Corporate where he focused on making powerful database technology more accessible to users and launching his first startup, mBED Software, where he developed groundbreaking website technology. After learning from his past experience, Evan started NetSuite, the global business management software company, with Oracle founder Larry Ellison in 1998. The company w...
Episode 7: Tim Smith, The Boston Foundation and Pledge 1% Boston
October 30, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27.9 MBTim Smith is the Senior Director of The Boston Foundation and Head of Pledge 1% Boston chapter. In his day-to-day work, Tim advises individuals and companies on a variety of philanthropic offerings. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2016, Tim spent over a decade in San Francisco, most notably as CEO of The Full Circle Fund. In his spare time, he sits on the board of Tech Goes Home, the Advisory Board of Boston Private Bank, and the Selection Advisory Council of GreenLight Fund.
Episode 6: Rachel Hutchisson, Blackbaud
October 23, 2018 10:00 - 30 minutes - 26.2 MBRachel Hutchisson is the Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy at Blackbaud. In her day to day role, Rachel is responsible for global corporate social responsibility, leading the company’s 3,300 associates in efforts to serve and give professionally and personally. She is committed to the core philosophy that “good is for everyone,” championing positive change and inspiring individuals to integrate service into their development. Talk about a role model!
Episode 5: Harriet Harral, Leadership Fort Worth
October 16, 2018 10:00 - 34 minutes - 30.5 MBDr. Harriet Harral the Executive Director of Leadership Fort Worth (LFW), a Texas-based nonprofit that is among the oldest community leadership-development programs in the nation. Harriet has acquired expertise in organizational effectiveness and leadership development through her experience working in the nonprofit, public and corporate sectors. Common Impact and LFW having developed a strong partnership over the years, having worked together on 5 skills-based volunteer engagements!
Episode 4: Dave Armon, 3BL Media
October 02, 2018 10:00 - 32 minutes - 34.4 MBDave Armon is the Chief Marketing Officer of 3BL Media and Publisher of CR Magazine. Dave is a digital media executive who is known for partnering with progressive brands dedicated to making a positive difference through their environmental, social and governance initiatives. He began his career as a reporter for United Press International and has since enjoyed a 20-year tenure at PR Newswire, where he served as President and COO as the company grew to $300 million in revenue (yes you heard t...
Episode 3: Emily McCann, Citizen Schools
September 18, 2018 10:10 - 35 minutes - 30.7 MBThose of you in the nonprofit sector likely know Citizen Schools, a national education nonprofit that works primarily in low-income communities that need additional support and resources. They provide middle-school students with after-school programming that supports academic achievement while building important real-world learning experiences. Emily has been CEO since 2016, though has been there for 13 years. Beyond that, she continues her civic engagement by sitting on several national boar...
Episode 2: Gary Levante, Berkshire Bank
September 18, 2018 10:05 - 40 minutes - 39.3 MBGary leads community engagement and sustainability for Berkshire Bank and under his leadership, Berkshire has earned more than two dozen accolades for its work, recently highlighted by a 100% participation rate in its corporate volunteer program. Now that is a stat we can get behind! In his spare time, Gary serves on the board of America's Charities and IMPACT 2030 and partnered with Common Impact to design the first-ever skills-based citywide day of service in Fall 2018 in his hometown of Bo...
Episode 1: Carol Cone, Carol Cone ON PURPOSE
September 18, 2018 10:00 - 41 minutes - 36.8 MBCarol Cone, a name many of you may recognize as she has been called "arguably the most powerful and visible figure in the world of Cause Branding." Carol founded Cone, Inc., led Edelman's Business + Social Purpose practice and most recently founded Carol Cone ON PURPOSE as a return to her entrepreneurial roots and life passion: to educate, inspire and accelerate purpose programs and impact for organizations, nonprofits and individuals around the globe.
Welcome to Pro Bono Perspectives
September 12, 2018 18:06 - 4 minutes - 4.89 MBMost people we meet want to make a positive impact on their neighborhoods, cities and the issues they care about, but often don't know how or where to start. That's where Common Impact comes in, a national nonprofit focused on creating skills-based volunteer programs that build the capacity of the nonprofit sector. Join CEO, Danielle Holly as she interviews everyday leaders who are using their skills to support their communities and get inspired to use your own talents for good.