Just six in 10 Canadians with disabilities have jobs. Employers can raise that number, say researchers and BC’s social development minister. Katie Miller knows what it means to be put in a box. Miller remembers one of her first jobs in the fast food industry, where she felt stuck cleaning tables instead of being given…
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Nothing Bundt Cakes of Okemos fundraises for mental health awareness
On Friday, Nothing Bundt Cakes in Okemos held a fundraiser benefit at their ribbon cutting donating 20% of sales to the Gregory H. Montgomery Jr. Foundation for Ultimate Growth. Nothing Bundt Cakes, a new bakery in Okemos, held a fundraiser benefit at their ribbon cutting on Friday, donating 20% of sales to the Gregory H….
How inclusion helps companies, communities value diverse backgrounds
Those in a position of hiring should consider the deep backgrounds we all bring and add value for the cultural insights we will share with them. Throughout my K-12 experience, my parents never fully understood my extensive after-school curricular activities. Staying late after school seemed off, perhaps, even wrong to them. While hard at the…
The four Ms of good social business management
VIDEO & PODCAST: In this first episode of our new series on running a fit social business, Pioneers Post host Tim West quizzes social entrepreneur Louisa Ziane of Toast Ale and expert Eddie Finch from Buzzacott accountants on four key ‘Ms’ to get right. Running a business is a hugely demanding task – make it…
The Great Awakening: Redefining Work, Values, and Purpose
Work is undergoing a period of intense transformation. A recent conference featuring nonprofit leaders covered what needs to change, why, and how we get there. “By choice, or out of necessity, how people make a living is undergoing fundamental change,” said Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF), a 50-year-old nonprofit research and…
Help Your Team Design A Culture They Love
Most teams create plans for how they will produce business results, but rarely do they create plans for building the relationships and culture needed to produce those results. Whether the team is working remotely, hybrid, or back in the office, use this simple activity to design your team culture. Whether in the office or virtually,…
What Employers Need to Know About Suicide Prevention
Research on common predictors, effective interventions, and strategies to support employees if a colleague dies by suicide. Between 1999 and 2018, the rate of suicide deaths in the United States increased by 35%. Each year, approximately 47,000 Americans die by suicide, which equates to approximately 130 deaths each day. The majority of suicide deaths occur among working age individuals,…
3 Reasons to Stop Being Nice at Work
At the age of six, between playing hopscotch, riding bikes, and drawing pictures, I learned an important lesson about how teams work based on the story of The Three Little Pigs, where an industrious farm animal and his two brothers built houses made of various materials. Each dwelling looked sturdy from the outside, but only…
Starbucks and Microsoft to Help Shelter Homeless Families
The Starbucks Foundation and Schultz Family Foundation announced today their support of the annual No Child Sleeps Outside campaign by Mary’s Place. Together with other businesses, they are joining an unprecedented effort to mobilize the community, and contributing over $3 million to provide safe emergency shelter for the estimated 500 unsheltered families in King County,…
MNPD Talent Show Raises Money For Local Charity
Source: News Channel 5 Members of the Metro Nashville Police Department put on the dancing shoes and warmed up their vocal pipes for the 10th annual Law Enforcement Talent Showcase. The talent show raises money each year for the Nashville Children’s Alliance, and officers took off their badges for the night to make sure and…