August 2013

19 Legislators Receive 100% Rating from the Illinois Environmental Council

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Mon, 08/26/2013 - 16:30

NEWSROOM: Illinois Environmental Council

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Springfield, Ill., August 26, 2013 /3BL Media/ - The Illinois Environmental Council released its 2013 Environmental Scorecard today. Nineteen legislators received a 100% voting record.

Representative John Bradley (D-Marion)

Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago)

Representative Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago)

Representative Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago)

Representative Laura Fine (D-Glenview)

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CSR Means Sustainability to Multinationals in Developing Countries - CSR Minute for August 26, 2013

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Mon, 08/26/2013 - 17:15

NEWSROOM: 3BL Media, LLC

CAMPAIGN: The CSR Minute

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Corporate social responsibility is taking on a new urgency in a hot button area, that of the relationships between multinationals that source low-cost labor and cheap natural resources in developing countries, and the local communities in which they operate. Recent disasters in the Asian apparel manufacturing industry and environmental damage from some energy and mining activities in South America and Africa have raised issues of exploitation, overshadowing the positives of rising living standards and cheaper goods and services resulting from the globalization of business.

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Charity, Prosperity, and the Industrial Complex

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Mon, 08/26/2013 - 16:45

NEWSROOM: CECP: Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose

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Peter Buffett's New York Times Op-Ed piece "The Charitable-Industrial Complex" reads like the diary of an early explorer, a mix of insightful and simplistic observations of the new world he's been thrust into as co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation: the wild territory at the intersection of money, politics, and highly-complex societal problems.

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Sustainability and the 34th America’s Cup Finals Go Together

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Thu, 08/29/2013 - 10:00

NEWSROOM: EarthSayers.tv

CAMPAIGN: Voices of Sustainability

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August 29, 2013 /3BL Media/ - EarthSayers, LLC in coalition with Sustainability Action Media (SAM) announces an online video and social media campaign featuring on location interviews with sustainability leaders at the 34th America’s Cup Finals, San Francisco, California, September 7 to the 21st, 2013.

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Citi and Kiva Launch Kiva U to Engage Students and Educators in Global Effort to Expand Financial Inclusion

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Tue, 08/27/2013 - 08:00

NEWSROOM: Citi

CAMPAIGN: Supporting Communities

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New York, August 27, 2013 /3BL Media/ - Citi Microfinance and Kiva are launching Kiva U, a new program to engage students and educators in a global effort to expand financial inclusion and foster community among the next generation of change makers. Kiva U is an ambitious initiative to build, strengthen and connect school-based microfinance clubs across the nation, develop teaching tools for experiential learning across education levels, and foster leadership among students active in social enterprise, international development and financial inclusion.

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Mobile Fundraising and Traditional Giving Campaigns: Unrivaled Collaboration

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Mon, 08/26/2013 - 12:30

NEWSROOM: mGive

CAMPAIGN: mBlog

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We know all about those famous sibling rivalries. Cain and Abel. The brothers Jackson. Thor vs. Loki. Venus and Serena Williams. Mobile fundraising vs. Traditional solicitation.

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We sometimes hear a worry that text donation campaigns may be a detraction or detriment to your more traditional development and donor outreach efforts. But fear not! Mobile and traditional fundraising can get along as well as the Osmond Family. More than that, mobile and other forms of donor communication and solicitation can support and reinforce each other.

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5 Fascinating Facts About Plastic Recycling

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Tue, 08/27/2013 - 06:00

NEWSROOM: Recyclebank

CAMPAIGN: Live Green Blog

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Chances are, you’re pretty virtuous about throwing those plastic containers in your recycling bin, and then you don’t give them much thought beyond that. But behind the scenes, your plastic’s life is far from over, and far from boring.

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Touchdowns, Text Donations and Tall Tales.

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Fri, 08/23/2013 - 12:30

NEWSROOM: mGive

CAMPAIGN: mBlog

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Jenifer Snyder of The mGive Foundation talked to CauseTalk Radio about how nonprofits can throw winning touchdowns by using mobile to maximize engagement and fundraising. CTR co-host Joe Waters—based in Boston—is not a fan of Tim Tebow joining The Patriots, but he is a BIG fan of nonprofits incorporating good mobile strategies for bigger success. Listen in as Joe and CTR co-host Megan Strand (who wisely abstained from football trash talk) let Jen Snyder de-bunk the myths of mobile for nonprofits.

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August 2013

19 Legislators Receive 100% Rating from the Illinois Environmental Council

CSR Means Sustainability to Multinationals in Developing Countries - CSR Minute for August 26, 2013

Charity, Prosperity, and the Industrial Complex

Sustainability and the 34th America’s Cup Finals Go Together

Case Studies

Citi and Kiva Launch Kiva U to Engage Students and Educators in Global Effort to Expand Financial Inclusion

Mobile Fundraising and Traditional Giving Campaigns: Unrivaled Collaboration

5 Fascinating Facts About Plastic Recycling

Touchdowns, Text Donations and Tall Tales.

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