By now, many people privy to the social sector have read the controversial op-ed recently published in the Wall Street Journal, “The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility,” by Professor Aneel Karnani.  This article caused an uproar of monster-truck force sparking discussions abound both in favor and against Karnani’s viewpoint  The purpose of this blog post is not to debate the merits of that article as my colleague Cheryl Davenport provides a succinct response to this article in a recent Th

  …and other sights and sounds from the Millennium Development Goals Inclusive Business Event and Awards

Today’s CSRwire News Alert featured a release from PepsiCo announcing the 2011 continuation of the Pepsi Refresh Project.  That’s good news for people, organizations and communities in the U.S. and Canada, where the program has been in place since February.

Did you know the average human sees over 5,000 advertisements a day?  How many thousands of grant requests does a foundation receive each year?  Each ad, each grant request, hopes to catch attention and inspire a change in thought or action.  With all this clutter, how can you make your message stick?   Shock and awe…or data?