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| Corporate Philanthropy The CEO Brief -- April 2008 -- |
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| CECP now offers The CEO Brief, an executive overview of relevant news and updates that influence leadership strategy and corporate community involvement, to be sent quarterly to our CEO members. We welcome your feedback.
CECP members were sent a summary report from the 'Board of Boards' CEO Conference on corporate philanthropy. Ranked one of the top five CEO conferences, CECP's event engaged the forty CEO attendees in debate on issues like: Download a public version of the Summary Report. Mark your calendar now for next year's event, February 23, 2009, and be on the lookout for CECP's State of the Industry report with McKinsey, coming in May. HOT TOPIC: SHOULD PHILANTHROPY FALL WITH THE MARKET? At CECP's CEO Conference, when asked "How important should the economy be in determining corporate cash contributions?" 83% of attendees responded that the economy should be neutral to not important. CECP Honorary Chair and Director John Whitehead has strong words regarding the question "Will corporate philanthropy fall if corporate profits continue to decline?" Read John's opinion. PRESS SUCCESS: NAT'L CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY DAY CECP and the corporate giving community received extraordinary press attention for National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Corporate philanthropy stories were covered by The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes, and in broadcasts throughout the week on CNBC, reaching an audience of more than 167 million people. As CECP continues to serve as the Voice for Corporate Philanthropy and helps create media opportunities for members, we count National Corporate Philanthropy Day 2008 as a huge success for generating press for the field. See more CECP press coverage. UN EVENT: CECP CO-HOSTS INFLUENTIAL PROGRAM CECP was proud to co-present a special event with the United Nations on National Corporate Philanthropy Day. The program addressed the opportunities and obstacles for cross-sector collaboration in support of the Millennium Development Goals to an audience of nearly 500 UN representatives, business CEOs and corporate giving professionals. Learn more about the event: watch the webcast, download panelists' statements, and read the event summary. CECP SUMMIT: FIRST LOOK AT 2007 GIVING TRENDS On June 3rd and 4th, CECP will convene 175 corporate giving professionals at Time Warner in NYC for two days of networking, trends analyses, knowledge share, CEO perspectives, and more. As the premier event of its kind, giving professionals are preparing for a ground-breaking conference with speakers like Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Jean Case of The President's Council on Service & Civic Participation, Jane Nelson of Harvard University, Lenny Mendonca of McKinsey & Co., and David Kirkpatrick of Fortune Magazine, as well as CECP member CEOs. Make sure your company is represented at the Summit. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARD WINNERS CECP announced the winners of the eighth annual Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Awards. The CEOs of the winning companies were honored at a special lunch program on February 25th: Jim Rohr of The PNC Financial Services Group, Ray McDaniel of Moody's Corporation, and Jennifer Brandon of Community Voice Mail (nominated by Cisco Systems). |
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CEO Conference Summary Report Corporate Philanthropy in a Weakened Economy Corporate Philanthropy Press Coverage UN Event CECP Summit |
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The following quotes are from the CEO discussion at CECP's 'Board of Boards' Conference in February 2008.
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CONTACT US Charles Moore Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy CMoore@CorporatePhilanthropy.org 212.825.1000 The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) is the only international forum of business CEOs and chairpersons focused on raising the level and quality of corporate philanthropy. Membership includes more than 170 CEOs and chairpersons representing companies that account for over 40% of reported corporate giving in the United States. |
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"One reason employees select an organization is for its internal culture, and philanthropy is a key component of that culture.”
“It is extremely important that corporations become involved in national and international social issues. To me that is real philanthropy."
"Have your philanthropy be an organic extension of who you are as a brand so it does not appear to be something you do out of obligation, but instead something you do to be consistent with your company’s ethos."
"You cannot have a global one-size-fits-all approach to philanthropy."
"Public relations based on substance can be effective, but it can backfire if it is insincere."