Tag: Corporate Social Responsibility

Apply Now to Be a Part of Discovery’s Sixth Annual Creating Change

by Liz Stewart

  On November 5th, Discovery Communications will host its sixth annual Discovery Impact: Creating Change, a two-day pro bono initiative where employees across the company work together to harness their creative powers to help local community partners with their marketing, communications and operational needs. This year’s program will consist of a 12-hour marathon and conference on Thursday, November 5th followed by project presentations with the selected nonprofit organizations on Friday, November 6th.…

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Discovery Education Named as Finalist for US Chamber of Commerce Corporate Citizen Awards – Plus, Bill Goodwyn on Technology’s Influence on Education

by Liz Stewart

Congratulations to Discovery Education (DE), who on August 11th was named a 2015 finalist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Awards in the category of Best Corporate Steward – Small and Middle-Market Business. The annual awards, now in their 16th year, demonstrate the positive impacts that businesses around the world have had on individuals and communities – solving today’s greatest challenges through innovation, expertise, efficiency, capital and collaboration. Spanning eight categories, other finalists…

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Discovery’s Fifth Annual Creating Change Ends with Smiles, New Relationships

by Liz Stewart

At 9:45pm last night, I was seated at my desk working on a presentation when I heard a shout of laughter echo down the nearby hallway. It’s not often that you’d expect to hear such a happy noise at such a late hour, and yet there seemed to be an endless buzz of excitement and friendly chatter in the office until I left almost an hour later. The level of…

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Day One of Discovery’s Creating Change: A Lot of Work for a Lot of Good

by Liz Stewart

Since 10am this morning, employees here in Silver Spring have been working together to brainstorm, draft, cut, paste, build, edit and ultimately finalize a series of deliverables for 21 local nonprofit organizations in the Maryland, DC and Virginia areas. The collaboration is part of Discovery’s Creating Change marathon event, a pro bono initiative where employees come together to combine their creative forces for the benefit of the nonprofits, developing everything…

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Discovery Gears Up for Fifth Annual Creating Change

by Liz Stewart

In small corners and community kitchens, tucked away in seating areas and vacant hallways, Discovery employees are meeting in preparation for the fifth annual Discovery Impact: Creating Change marathon that kicks off here in Silver Spring tomorrow, November 6th. The event is a pro bono initiative where employees from a diverse range of departments – from production to marketing to events – team up to bring their creative forces together…

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Attention Nonprofits: Application for Discovery’s 5th Annual ‘Creating Change’ Now Available

by aharris

At Discovery, we like to give back. And giving back is even more meaningful when you can leverage your personal passions and professional skills, as Discovery Communications employees have the last four years through Discovery Impact: Creating Change. Creating Change is Discovery’s annual creative marathon that pairs talented Discovery teams with nonprofit partners in our community that can benefit from our expertise — through topic-focused workshops covering branding, social media…

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Discovery Prepares to Kick Off Fourth Annual Creating Change

by akowalczyk

In September, we asked non-profits to apply to participate in Creating Change, Discovery’s annual creative marathon that harnesses the talents of our employees to support our charitable partners in the community, and we’re excited to open our doors (and hearts!) tomorrow to welcome  nonprofits to our home at One Discovery Place for the fourth annual Creating Change. Tomorrow, employees will donate their professional skills to complete projects for nearly 20…

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Creating Change 2013: Now Accepting Applications

by kdelmonico

As summer winds down and we ease into fall, it’s hard to believe that we are about to embark on our fourth-annual iteration of Creating Change, Discovery’s annual creative marathon that harnesses the talents of our employees to support our charitable partners in the community. Each year, non-profits apply to participate in Creating Change to work with Discovery for an inspirational reset; to breathe new life into a campaign or…

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Getting the Creative Juices Flowing: Creating Change 2012 Application Now Open

by kdelmonico

Here at One Discovery Place we are gearing up for one of my favorite annual Discovery Impact events, Creating Change. Each year, this program harnesses the amazing creative talent we have here at Discovery by making the services of Discovery employees available to non-profits who are seeking some extra muscle behind their marketing, communications and operational needs. Organizations looking to revamp their logo or film a new PSA or develop…

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