Madison Silver and Sam Caplan

Dispatch: EFG 2024 and a peek at the future of CSR

Sam Caplan speaks with Madison Silver about their experiences at the EFG 2024 and what the future holds in store for the world of CSR.

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Dispatch: EFG 2024 and a peek at the future of CSR

11:58 MIN

Sam and Madi reflect on this year’s EFG conference and share what they learned about the future of CSR.

 

Description

This episode is a quick conversation between Sam and Madi on their takeaways from EFG 2024, held in Minneapolis last month.

In this episode we cover: 

  • The increasing politicization of DEI and CSR programs

  • Areas where ideas like trust-based philanthropy are making progress

  • Ways AI both did and didn’t fit in the conversation

Guests

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Madison Silver

Madi is Submittable's Sr. Product Marketer focused on CSR and the Corporate audience. She helped run social impact programs during her time at Lyft and Snap! Mobile, and is now working to create the technology that those companies can use to accelerate their community impact and employee engagement work.

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Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable, a platform that foundations, governments, nonprofits, and other changemakers use to launch, manage, and measure impactful granting and CSR programs. Inspired by the amazing work performed by practitioners of all stripes, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software.

Sam formerly served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and head of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation.

Connect with or follow Sam on Linkedin, listen to his podcast Impact Audio, and subscribe to his bi-weekly newsletter The Review.

Transcript

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