Venue
Kimpton Schofield Hotel
Kimpton Schofield Hotel, 2000 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA

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Event Date Sun Apr 23 EDT - Wed Apr 26 EDT (over 1 year ago)
Location Kimpton Schofield Hotel
2000 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
Region Americas
Details

Forum is a comprehensive educational program for professionals with one to five years of experience in the corporate social impact field to receive immersive, hands-on education alongside a cohort of peers. Not only will you develop useful skills and knowledge, the network and connections fostered during the Forum will help propel your career. This year’s Forum will return to an in-person program across 3 days, and will include opportunities for networking, breakouts on real world CSR case studies, conversations with local CSR leaders, and more. Included in this year’s Forum experience, attendees will have the opportunity to join a post-Forum virtual peer coaching program and address a current professional or organizational CSR challenge (participation is strongly encouraged and included in the overall price of Forum). All attendees will rec

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the value of CSR and how it aligns to business strategies
• Gain a basic understanding of ESG practices and how CSR efforts contribute
• Recognize the full scope of the corporate citizenship role and how different companies apply them
• Deepen knowledge of the various ways to structure meaningful corporate social impact activities for employee satisfaction
• Learn the legal aspects of foundation giving from a domestic and international perspective
• Articulate the importance of impact measurement on programming decisions and understand how to identify key measurement activities
• Apply an equity lens to current CSR practices

During the intensive workshop sessions, Forum faculty will facilitate interactive learning sessions on a variety of topics, and address how these CSR concerns are relevant in today’s environment.

Topics Include:

• Aligning CSR to the business
• International giving
• Vehicles for corporate philanthropy
• Employee engagement and volunteerism
• Matching gifts and workplace giving
• Signature programs & strategic partnerships
• Impact measurement
• Product donation
• Grantmaking with an equity lens
• Disaster preparedness and response

Who Should Attend:

The Forum is specifically designed for professionals in their first five years in the CSR field

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

• Nordson