Resources + Recommendations
Sometimes you need a little inspo. We’ve curated our favorite books, articles and resources to enjoy.
Useful Resources
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Right+Good Slack Community
Join and connect with our growing Slack community full of humans concerned with all things social good.
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Summer School Series
During the Summer of 2022, we brought some of the best experts we work with to educate from the email lectern to our audiences. Check out their best takeaways here.
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A Helpful List of DEI Companies and Consultants
From Whole Whale
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Social Change by Design Database
If you aren’t using Airtable yet… you don’t know what you’re missing. Check out this database full of social impact professionals.
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The P2Club
P2Club’s mission is to ensure that communities and neighborhoods are made better by the presence of public participation professionals. We love this executive membership community.
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International Association for Public Participation
Public participation is based on the belief that those who are affected by a decision have a right to be involved in the decision-making process.
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Plain Language
Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government (and all!) communications.
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Deloitte 2030 Impact and Purpose Report
Businesses can make a huge impact towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the good news is that this isn't just good for humanity, it's good for business.
Love our mission, but work at a private company?
Check out our Founder’s other project for values-based companies: The P2Club.
Helpful Articles
Social media isn’t everything
How to set up an effective content calendar for social impact. Looking around, it’s tempting to believe that social media is the most important part of your marketing strategy. It’s everywhere. And it’s not not important–it’s just not everything.
Working With Partners–Why It Matters
Whether you’re a nonprofit combining your forces with another nonprofit, or a corporation partnering with an organization to sponsor a cause, or an entrepreneur partnering with service providers to streamline your business–working with partners is a vital part of growing your company.
Productivity Is Possible: Accomplish more in just an Hour
Does it ever seem like we spend more time thinking about, planning, and figuring out how to be more productive than we spend actually being productive? We’ve got the fix.
Corporate Social Responsibility. What even is CSR?
An increasing movement for corporate responsibility and accountability has developed in the past 20 years. More and more companies are realizing that being ethically and socially conscious is good for business and are implementing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
What is public participation (and why is it important)?
Organizations that engage in public participation are signaling that the public’s contribution will influence the final decision and that their feedback mattered and shaped the final decision.
7 Ways a Communications Consultant Can Help Your Organization Succeed
Hiring a communications consultant takes the pressure off of you to figure out how best to reach and engage with your audience. Learn more about how consultants can save your team!
Your marketing and communications team aren't diversity experts.
Communications, branding, marketing, and PR are the face of your organization. These functions represent and promote what your organization aspires to be. Know the difference.
Where is the community in your communications?
How often are you hung up on the process vs. the ultimate goal - relating to the community you are working with?
How to feel like you have enough [in your business].
You’re showing your work, you’re getting out there, and you’ve had some success. Maybe you’ve made some sales and gotten some recognition, but you can’t help feeling that you’re still behind.
Slow Innovation: decelerating in a high-speed world.
We stan the slow-marketing movement. Speed has long been seen as a trademark of innovative companies – maybe it’s time for a different approach; see how slow innovation can help you manage in a high-speed world.
12 Toxic Mindsets To Avoid as a Business Owner & How To Fix Them.
All the business tactics in the world can’t help us if our thoughts are sabotaging our actions.
Why Monk Mode Is The Secret To Insane Productivity.
The most productive people structure solitude into their working lives. This is an amazing thing we implemented into our work lives.
Books We Love
A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together – at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond.
It is easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of information we encounter each day. Information architecture is the way that we arrange the parts of something to make it understandable as a whole.
How do all of your different projects come together to represent the person you are?
We all know how burnout feels, but how do we get it out of our system?
We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. The checklist is the simplest remedy.
It's funny how much self-help is relevant in personal management when you are an entrepreneur. Learn how to be the person you want to be in the world.
A book about a therapist seeking a therapist is refreshing and a great reflection on how to seek solutions from experts when you also need support.
You can't run an equitable and diverse business unless you know the fundamentals. This is an amazingly simple starter on how to support women in your workplace.
There are tons of sales books out there. We firmly believe getting firm about your money mindset is the only way to ensure you're making the money in your business you deserve.
You are in control of your mindset. Reflect on where you fall in the big picture and reframe your struggles at work.
Tone set. Why are you running your business, anyway?
An essential read for understanding the value of everyone in your workplace.