Sharing Priorities and Successful Funding Strategies at the Nonprofit-Business Leadership Summit
Over 100 top leaders with 76 prominent nonprofit organizations met to share both success stories and challenges on how to attract corporate financial supporters from a group of highly philanthropic company leaders at the first-ever Satell Institute Nonprofit-Business Leadership Summit on November 14, 2019.
New Member Benefit for Nonprofit Affiliates Leadership
Successful business-nonprofit partnerships greatly benefit all community stakeholders – those who live and work there including employees, vendors, shareholders and their families. With this in mind, the institute announces its inaugural Nonprofit-Business Leadership Summit.
Record Registration for the Satell Institute Private CEO Impact Conference
In one week, on October 31 at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, a record number of about 172 CEOs in the region will gather for the invitation-only CEO Conference on Why Business Growth Leaders Value CSR. The Institute is proud to convene this impressive group for a morning dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Nonprofit Leader Says Satell Institute Is Driving Transformation of Corporate Giving from “One and Done” Relationship to Deeper Partnership
Matthew Aaron is the CEO of Special Olympics Pennsylvania and a member of the Advisory Board for the Satell Institute’s Central Pennsylvania expansion effort.
Importance of Purpose to Business and CSR
Last week, Forbes Business Magazine Leadership section focused on PURPOSE—a big buzzword right now (in an article by David Hessekiel). But it’s more than a buzzword, as increasingly it’s becoming a recognized vital business strategic need by successful companies of reputation. The Forbes article lauded a new book, The Purpose Advantage, by Jeff Fromm.
Why Oxford Scholar, the Honorary British Consul and Advisor to the Prime Minister Recommends the Satell Institute to British Firms in the U.S.
Oliver St. Clair Franklin, OBE, is Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom in Philadelphia, Senior Advisor at FIS Group, an asset management and financial advisory firm, and both a Board member and Executive Liaison for the Satell Institute. Oliver has vast knowledge and experience in the free market system, on a local, national and truly global basis. But perhaps he also has absorbed the principles of free enterprise in a fashion few have. You see, Oliver studied in what had once been Adam Smith’s room at Oxford University.
The Satell Institute CEO Impact Conference Fall 2019
A gathering of top CEOs dedicated to improving Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will attend the Satell Institute’s fourth private, by invitation only, CEO Conference on CSR scheduled for Thursday, October 31st at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.
The keynote speaker will be the dynamic CEO of Nutrisystem, Dawn Zier, now also the President & COO of Tivity (Nasdaq TVTY).
Why Nationally Recognized Technology Company President Believes His Participation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Is So Important
When John Weidenhammer founded the technology company that bears his name in 1978, he was well aware of the importance of CSR. “Paul Rodale, the CEO of Carpenter Technology, my first job, instilled in me the importance of giving back to the communities where we live and work. He taught me that corporate giving builds the fabric of the community and creates a rising tide that lifts all boats. I never forgot his words, and CSR is and always will be a critical part of our culture.”
Leading CEOs Across the Country Signed a Statement that Mirrors What the Satell Institute Initiated, Advocates, and Quietly Financially Leads Concerning CSR
On August 20, 2019 the Business Roundtable, a group formed by the CEOs of America’s biggest companies to promote business interests, made a dramatic announcement. In its Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation signed by 181 of its 192 members, the Roundtable announced that it is shifting its purpose to include all its stakeholders: employees, customers, suppliers, communities in the broader society, as well as shareholders.
Why Nonprofits are “Heroes of our Society”
They improve the human condition in so many important ways that benefit business and the community. They seek solutions to the toughest human problems, frequently creating solutions the market or government can’t. And they work across the broad spectrum of global needs and wants, impacting all humans in some way.