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Category Archives: social innovation

A Matter of Degrees: Business and philanthropy innovate to help more students reach college

Posted on November 13, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Community Relations, Corporate Citizenship, social innovation, Social Responsibility | Tagged harold alfond college challenge, mitchell institute, morse high school, possibilityu, social entrepreneurship, strategic philanthropy

Mobbed with Money

Posted on October 30, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Community Relations, social innovation | Tagged cash mob, charitable giving, nonprofit fundraising

What the new poverty report has to do with NMTCs in Maine

Posted on September 18, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Community Relations, social innovation, Social Responsibility | Tagged cei capital management, community development, job creation, new markets tax credits, poverty, sustainability

Free beer! Saving the world one keg at a time

Posted on September 12, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Community Relations, social innovation, Strategic Giving, Where to Start | Tagged allagash brewing, community building, island institute, peaks island, portland greendrinks, sebago brewing, shipyard brewing, sustainability

Peeking behind the curtain – The green way to get products from there to here

Posted on July 30, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Corporate Citizenship, social innovation, Social Responsibility | Tagged A. Duie Pyle, green logistics, green supply chain, Inbound Logistics, Intelligent Global Pooling Systems, sustainability

Latest CSR Report – IBM fills government’s gap in the community

Posted on July 2, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Corporate Citizenship, social innovation, Social Responsibility | Tagged CSR, IBM, shared value

Waste not …

Posted on June 18, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Corporate Citizenship, social innovation, Social Responsibility | Tagged zero waste

A Rock Solid Century of Strategic Philanthropy

Posted on June 12, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in social innovation, Social Responsibility, Strategic Giving, Where to Start | Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Born This Way Foundation, Lady Gaga, Rockefeller Foundation, strategic philanthropy

Saving Mothers’ Lives- a collaboration of business, non profits and government

Posted on May 24, 2012 by christengraham
Posted in Corporate Citizenship, social innovation, 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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