On November 11th, Discovery Communications will host its seventh annual Discovery Impact: Creating Change, a 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 conference on Friday, November 11th with the opportunity for a 3-month pro bono project for selected nonprofit organizations which will conclude in February.…
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This Week In…Discovery Buzz
Shark Week is back, baby! Discovery announced earlier this week that the annual fin-tastic celebration will kick off on June 26 at 8/7c, so mark your calendars! We’ll have lots of updates between now and then on what fans can expect, but for now, go ahead and whet your appetite with Shark Week 2016’s first teaser. Here is some other news you might have missed: At Discovery, Joe Abruzzese Aims to Sell…
Discovery Hosts Cereal Drive for Citizens of Flint, Michigan
Did you know that iron-rich foods can help combat the harmful effects of lead poisoning? Some cereals, for example, help absorb lead and even reverse some its dangerous side effects. Knowing that a little cereal can go a long way, the Discovery Communications family came together last Thursday for a cereal drive to help the citizens of Flint, Michigan – ultimately collecting more than 600 boxes for Feeding America’s…
Employees Join Forces to ‘Create Change’ at Sixth Annual Pro Bono Marathon Event
If you walked around the office today, you’d see groups of similarly dressed employees huddling in practically ever corner of the building – from large conference rooms to small, informal meeting spaces and communal areas nestled to the side of some of the building’s open areas. That’s the image of our annual pro bono initiative, Creating Change, that seems to permeate all other images: employees working together. Teamwork and collaboration. It may sound cliché.…
Apply Now to Be a Part of Discovery’s Sixth Annual Creating Change
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.…
Employees Around the World Join Together to Celebrate Sixth Annual Impact Day
Last Friday, June 12th, over 4,500 employees from more than 65 offices in 35 countries – London, Miami, Mexico City, Munich, Oslo, Sydney, Tokyo, Rome, Portugal, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Beijing, Silver Spring and many more – joined together in celebrating Discovery’s sixth annual Discover Your Impact Day. Employees were able to choose from a wide variety of volunteer opportunities – from animal shelters and zoos, youth and local school systems, community…
Join Discovery Communications by Giving Back on #GivingTuesday
Businesses, charities, families, community centers, schools and individuals from around the world are coming together today to celebrate Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to giving back. The annual movement is timed to coincide with Thanksgiving and the kickoff of the holiday season – a time when season spending hits a series of successive high notes with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Here at Discovery Communications, we’re proud…
Discovery’s Fifth Annual Creating Change Ends with Smiles, New Relationships
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…
Day One of Discovery’s Creating Change: A Lot of Work for a Lot of Good
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…
Discovery Gears Up for Fifth Annual Creating Change
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…