Companies are sending their employees to volunteer overseas in greater and greater volume as they are proven to make a positive impact, develop global leaders, and provide a bottom-line impact. While some businesses do it for CSR reasons, many more are funding it because of

Last week, the first KIWA Investment Summit took place in Quito, Ecuador, bringing together almost 200 professionals from all over the world for 3 days of  insights, networking and investor matchmaking. Thanks to Martin Acosta, CEO of KIWA and the amazing organizing team, representatives of

We all want to work at a company that does more good than harm, but it’s not always obvious how to help our companies do that… until now. LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner recently spoke at the Aspen Institute about why business can – and should

2014 was a catalytic year for MovingWorlds and we’re excited to share our annual impact report with some key numbers from this past year. We hope you enjoy the infographic below. As we look ahead to 2015, our goal will be the same: Help social

  This post was originally authored for and published on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Blog by Mark Horoszowski of MovingWorlds.org. Earlier this week at the U.S. Chamber  of Commerce Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Conference, CEO’s from diverse organizations gathered for a Plenary Panel titled “Lessons From the

We asked Linnea Texin at Corporate Citizenship to share some best-practices for measuring the value of employee volunteering programs. We hope you enjoy her response as much as we do… Was my employee volunteering initiative successful? Without a clear definition of what success looks like, it

Certified B Corporations are leading a global movement to redefine success in business. Here a 5 articles you should read, plus some extra resources to follow the movement.

In early 2014, our social enterprise, MovingWorlds, become the first Social Purpose Corporation in Washington State to over-subscribe on a seed investment round. Geekwire just wrote about us, but here is the story from our side… and what we learned from it: Wait… What is a

Nothing prepares people for a career in CSR better than the combination of experience in business AND with social impact organizations. In the MovingWorlds Institute, we’ve supported hundreds of professionals in actively building their knowledge, skills, and experience to successfully pivot into a CSR career. In

The message from the Pyxera International Corporate Volunteering Conference, #Catalyze14, was clear “International Corporate Volunteering (ICV) has massive benefits for volunteering professionals, the sponsoring corporation, and the receiving social impact organization.” As such, it is no surprise that ICV programs are growing at a rate