The Engage For Good Podcast with Alli Murphy

In 2016, Edward Jones became the first National Presenting Sponsor for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which takes place in more than 600 communities each year. Since then, more than 75,000 participants have walked for Edward Jones to help raise more than $25 million in the fight to end Alzheimer’s. In July of 2020, the firm announced the renewal of its five-year strategic all...

In May 2021, to mark the launch of Mental Health Awareness Month, On Our Sleeves, the national movement for children’s mental health, set an ambitious goal to provide free mental health resources to more than 1 million teachers and classrooms across America. Just five months later, they surpassed that ambitious goal, reaching more than 1.1 million classrooms. Big Lots, a strong national sponsor an...

When the pandemic first hit, small businesses took a huge blow with many being forced to shutter their doors. In response, Engage for Good sponsor, eBay, stepped in to help tens of thousands of these small businesses get “Up and Running” online through their platform, providing tremendous support to convert brick and mortar stores to accessible, online ones. They also developed the Up & Runnin...

Happy Holidays! It's another episode of the "Joe Show" with Selfish Giving's Joe Waters. In today's episode, EFG's Alli Murphy and Joe talk about all things holidays campaigns. From classic well-known campaigns that are coming back this year to what's on the holiday horizon in the social impact space. On the show, Alli and Joe discuss: What campaigns Joe expects to see on the horizon this holiday...

The last 18 months have been exhausting. For many of us, work has gotten busier and we’re cooped up at home where it’s harder to take a break. Burnout is at a frighteningly high level. What can we do about it and how can you best care for your social impact teams that are doing incredibly important work? There are a variety of different things you can do and today we’re covering one of them. Bumbl...

In today's episode, Engage for Good's Alli Murphy is joined by Artis Stevens, President & CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA). He's been on the podcast before - at the time he was the Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer for the National 4-H Council, and before that, he was the National Vice President of Marketing, Strategy & Operations at Boys & Girls Clu...

We live in a world where excess and consumption have never been higher, yet millions of people find themselves in critical need every day, which creates a massive need gap. Good360, one of Engage for Good's sponsors, is the global leader in product philanthropy and works with some of the world’s largest brands to connect critically needed goods with 100k+ nonprofits that help people in need throug...

Giving online no longer happens just on a charity's website. It happens on Facebook, at checkout, on GoFundMe and a host of other places. One of those "places" is on PayPal. PayPal is using the power of its technology and network to grow generosity around the world. In today's episode, EFG's Alli Murphy is joined by Oktay Dogramaci, VP of Giving at PayPal. The duo dive into what PayPal does in the...

IBM recently announced a massive initiative to skill 30 million people globally by 2030. To find out what that means, how they plan to do it and what work they've already been doing in this space Engage for Good's Alli Murphy chats with Justina Nixon-Saintil, VP and Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at IBM, and Natasha Young, Director of Strategic Partnerships at MDR - an agency of ma...

Point-of-sale fundraising is big business and as a retailer's frontline ambassadors, employees who engage with point-of-sale fundraising efforts can make or break a campaign. In 2019, one of Engage for Good's sponsors, Save the Children, joined forces with Ulta Beauty to celebrate Mothers Day and support moms and kids in need. The campaign saw massive success and to this day they double their reve...

For more than 20 years, Subaru has supported pet-focused organizations that seek to improve the health and well-being of animals. With 68% of Subaru owners owning a pet and 50% of those having at least one dog, pets are a major pillar for Subaru. Through the Subaru Loves Pets initiative, Subaru has impacted more than 250,000 pets. In today's episode, EFG's Alli Murphy is joined by Bridget Hanrahan...

Since 2005 Google. Org (Google's philanthropic arm) has brought the best of Google to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges — combining funding, innovation and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone. In today's episode, EFG's Alli Murphy is joined by Alex Díaz, Head of Crisis Response and Humanitarian Aid at Google.org to talk about t...

A new generation of companies entering the marketplace are taking a different approach to CSR than their more established counterparts. The rise of these companies built with both social purpose in mind and a willingness to challenge conventional CSR wisdom and the status quo has the potential to upend the social impact landscape. Navigating the Changing Landscape of Social Impact Emerging brands...

It's September... you've probably seen back-to-school commercials on TV, heard school updates on the radio and seen store aisles littered with colorful school supplies. Back-to-school (or, in some cases, already-in-school) is in full effect. Yet, heading "back to school" isn't just about getting kids the right notebooks and pencils. It's also about helping them get emotionally and mentally ready f...

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide. In the US, Black women are 40% more likely than white women to be diagnosed. In today's episode, EFG's Alli Murphy is joined by two leaders working together to combat this issue - Sarah Rosales Vice President, Corporate Partnerships at Susan G. Komen and Jim Peters, Head of Partnerships and Sponsorships at Ford Motor Company. The...

In today's episode, EFG's Alli Murphy is joined by Scott Beaudoin, Executive Vice President of Social Purpose and Sustainability at Brodeur Partners, a global strategic communications firm. Broder Partners is a sponsor of Engage for Good and has a wealth of knowledge in this space... Scott alone has more than 20 years of experience in the field and has worked with top companies across industries....

For the last bonus episode of Season 10, we’ve pulled a great episode out of the archives for you in which Dan Goldenberg, Executive Director for Call of Duty Endowment and Vice President at Activision Blizzard talks all about their Halo-Award-winning effort HireHonor. Celebrating 10 years of successful partnership, Activision and the Call of Duty Endowment started 2019 with a unified goal: raise...

Like last week, today’s episode is a re-run and we’re talking about JetBlue's corporate disaster response and initiatives with JetBlue’s VP of CSR and DEI, Icema Gibbs. Why? Because this episode featuring JetBlue is one of our all-time most popular episodes and because the topic is timely as we traverse through wildfire season, hurricane season and the pandemic we find ourselves in. Tune in to tod...

The next three Cause Talk Radio episodes will be reruns of some fantastic interviews that are timely for one reason or another. We’ll come back on September 1 with new episodes each Wednesday. Today’s episode is about men's mental health. Why? Mental health has become much more of an open topic during and post-pandemic. One of the brands that has been in this space for quite a while, tackling thes...

Hustle is the trusted leader in person-to-person text messaging. In today's episode, Hustle's VP of Client Success Shea Waldron joins EFG's Alli Murphy to talk about the power of texting at scale and how personalized text messages can amplify your social impact and CSR efforts. Shea talks about Hustle's origin story, their giveback program - Hustle for Good, the difference between broadcast text a...

Ten years ago EFG's Megan Strand and Selfishgiving's Joe Waters started a podcast - Cause Talk Radio, to be specific. Today's episode is a little different. Instead of interviewing a guest, it's a transition episode. Megan is headed off to her next professional adventure and is retiring from the podcast. So today, Megan, Alli and Joe come together to relive some of their favorite podcast memories....

We all know it takes an extraordinary individual to launch and sustain a purpose-focused business but this episode's guest, Leeatt Rothschild, takes this to an entirely new level because not only is she a successful social entrepreneur, she launched her business when she was 7 months pregnant with twins. Packed With Purpose is the company Leeatt founded in 2016 and they source high quality gifts f...

For Momentum is a leading cause marketing agency that helps companies and nonprofits prosper through partnership and sponsor of this year's "Best of the Best" Halo Award. In this episode, For Momentum Founder and President Mollye Rhea drops by to talk with Megan and Alli about this year's winning partnership between Google.org and The Trevor Project and what made them the unanimous choice for judg...

It’s Pride month so this episode is all about putting authenticity to work – and how Macy’s embeds the support and inclusion of the LGBTQ community into how they think, act and operate – from the inside out. Megan is joined by Macy’s Michelle Hall and Bridget Thompson as well as The Trevor’s Project’s Shira Kogan to discuss their deep history of partnership in supporting LGBTQ youth together. Macy...

In this episode of Cause Talk Radio, Alli and Megan speak with Susannah Schaefer, President and Chief Executive Officer at Smile Train and Scott Pansky, Co-Founder and Social Impact Lead at Allison & Partners about the value of PR for nonprofit organizations. Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, with a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery and other forms...