Going Beyond the Food Drive: Being Radical with Your Business’ Social Impact

Episode #157

Radical simply means grasping at the roots.

-Angela Davis

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Is the social impact of your business more of something that makes you feel good or is it integral to your work?  How integrated are your social change efforts into your business operations?  In this episode, co-host, Stephanie Malon-Rufi, addresses how you can go deeper with your social change work and how you can more closely align it with your business vision.  In this episode, Stephanie discusses:

  • The three main ways you can have impact through your business
  • The need to think about the bigger social change that you want to be a part of with your business
  • The concept of ‘effective altruism’ and how it relates
  • Why you might want to rethink you food drive activity for something that has deeper impact and a greater connection to your work and vision
  • How you need to put ‘skin in the game’ with your social impact
  • Five questions to help you think about how your can better integrate your social impact with your business

 

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More about Stephanie Malon-Rufi

Stephanie Malon-Rufi, Owner of Spark Good, is a business consultant and leadership coach working with entrepreneurs who want to build their businesses to be a vehicle for social change.  Stephanie has a passion for sparking good in the world with having  20+ years of experience working with social enterprises, start-ups and nonprofits and an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship. She specializes in the areas of strategic business planning, revenue growth, marketing & communications and helping entrepreneurs be the leaders they want to be.  She also co-hosts the Social Change Leaders Podcast, geared for social innovators with tips, actionable ideas, and stories to inspire from the front lines of social change.