How to adapt when your CSR budget doesn’t match your vision
This episode of Impact Audio features Melanie LeGrande, managing director at Panorama Strategy, sharing how she pivoted her CSR strategy when the budget wasn’t what she had hoped for.
She covers how to:
- Create a micro version of your ideal program
- Define success of social impact programs
- Craft a clear story that resonates with your audience
Melanie is a transformative senior leader with two decades of experience enhancing brand value and generating positive community impact. She is the managing director at Panorama Strategy, a consulting firm that partners with organizations and leaders to turn their vision for social impact into a reality. Previously, Melanie designed and executed community engagement and philanthropic strategies for Major League Baseball, the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, Amazon Web Services' social impact team, and various corporate and nonprofit clients while with Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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.
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