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Category Archives: Authenticity

Cause Marketing 101 (or how to avoid an Attorney General investigation)

Posted on January 22, 2013 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Cause Marketing, Corporate Citizenship | Tagged cause marketing, transparency

Voting on corporate behavior: Values investing

Posted on November 6, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility | Tagged authenticity, corporate governance, IW Financial, Rain Forest Action Network, transparency, values investing

What’s lurking under your sink can kill you: Get even more aware about pink

Posted on October 23, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility | Tagged authenticity, environmental working group, personal health, read the labels, sustainability

Grab a slice! Purpose-driven pizza in Portland

Posted on October 16, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Community Relations, Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility | Tagged authenticity, community relations, Flatbread Pizza Company

Skip the lip service- Demand authentic social responsibility from business

Posted on September 25, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility | Tagged Barclays, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, CSR, LL Bean, Patagonia, Robert AG Monks, shareholder activism, Timberland

Who’d a thunk it? Success stories from rural Maine

Posted on September 4, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility | Tagged corporate social responsibility, Duratherm Window, J Gaudet Associates, servant leadership, sustainability

From Floundering to Flourishing – How to turn around a foundation that’s falling short

Posted on July 23, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Community Relations, Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility, Strategic Giving | Tagged corporate giving, CSR, foundation relations

On Corporate Authenticity … and the jury is out on Merck

Posted on May 29, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Authenticity, Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility

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President and Founder of Giving Strong, Inc. Christen is an experienced Social Responsibility professional, who loves making a difference, and has fun doing it. She's developed impactful, strategic giving and advocacy programs for organizations as diverse as public companies, family foundations and small start ups. A former journalist and Public Relations executive, she enjoys persuading and influencing others to make change for the better.

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