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C.Marie Taylor with Montgomery County first responders during the April 2020 Leadership Montgomery Core Class Session

On Race, Business, and COVID-19: Eight Questions for C. Marie Taylor

By: Carrie Fox, Mission Partners CEO + Jessica Hassanzadeh, Mission Partners Managing Director Like many in our community and around the world, Mission Partners and Leadership Montgomery made the decision to postpone our annual Spring Convening,…

People walking together down a street but separated by a few feet

Leadership Insights, Management

Sticking Together, While Staying Apart

By: Carrie Fox, Mission Partners CEO Is it just me or is 2020 turning out to be much more complicated than any one of us could have imagined? It’s Tuesday, March 17. Our kids should be in school. Our employees should be in the conference…

the back of a child holding an adult's hand with bubbles in the air

Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership Insights

Just Business

By: Arron Neal, Mission Partners CSO + Carrie Fox, Mission Partners CEO When we’re asked what it means to be a Certified B Corporation®, we often tell people that our business model sits between that of a traditional for-profit business…

CEO of Mission Partners, Carrie Fox signing the WeTheChange declaration

Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership Insights

Living Our Core Values

By: Carrie Fox, Mission Partners CEO As a purpose-driven B CorporationTM, our values are the heart and soul of our company. They drive our growth and inform our hiring processes. But it’s easy for those words to become empty promises…

group of diverse people covering their ears

Industry Commentary, PR and Campaign Development

12 Ways to Effectively Engage an Advisory Board

By Susanne Pirone Time. Talent. Treasure. If you lead or manage a nonprofit board of advisors, you’re likely very used to those three words. At the broadest level, these words set shared expectations for what board members are expected…

a woman's hand holding coins with a scrape paper reading "Make A Change"

Industry Commentary, PR and Campaign Development

Getting More out of Giving Tuesday

By Bayonia Marshall and Amira Barre It’s mid-November and we can tell by our incoming emails that a big day (some would say the biggest day) in philanthropy is near. With subject lines like “Save The Date for #GivingTuesday” and…

Industry Commentary, Race Equity

The Words Matter

By Elena Hilton One of my favorite movies of the past few years is Arrival, which stars Amy Adams as a linguistics professor who’s recruited to figure out how to communicate with aliens that have landed on Earth. I’m not one for sci-fi…

Why we share our pronouns and why you should too.

You may have noticed that people share their pronouns in introductions, on name tags, or in their email signatures, and maybe you’re wondering, “what’s that all about?” This is happening to make spaces more inclusive for all people…

A top down view of sketches laid out on a table with two people working on them

Inclusive Marketing, Industry Commentary

The Power of Equitable Design (And 3 Tips to Become a More Inclusive Communicator)

By Eleni Stamoulis “Design creates culture.” One of my professors from grad school said this to my class when teaching us about the ethics of graphic design. He then showed us national campaigns he designed that sexualized women or…

Inclusive Marketing, Industry Commentary

Why Listening to All Sides Matters

By Carrie Fox Last weekend, I was listening to a radio program when I heard a fascinating interview. Truth is, I can’t remember the name of the individual being interviewed. I can’t even remember why he was chosen to be featured in the…

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