Pro Bono Perspectives

Pro Bono Perspectives

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Pro Bono Perspectives episodes

  • Episode 22: Find a Way or Make a Way
    Host 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.
    33 min
  • Episode 21: Demystifying Data
    Pro 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.
    36 min
  • Episode 20: Farron Levy, True Impact
    Host 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.
    26 min
  • Episode 18: Greg Baldwin, VolunteerMatch
    In 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.
    33 min
  • Episode 17: The Impact of Female Leadership
    In 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.
    31 min
  • Episode 16: Having Uncomfortable Conversations
    Pro 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.
    24 min
  • Episode 15: Tackling the Savings Divide
    In 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.
    31 min
  • Episode 12: Creating Cross-Sector Partnerships for Social Change

    Whitney 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 create social change. 

    37 min

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