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 Wraps Up Creating Change 2013
As the work day began yesterday in Silver Spring, Discovery employees left their desks to join forces with community non-profits for the fourth annual Creating Change, our 12 hour probono marathon and conference. Throughout the day, employees broke into teams to address marketing, communications, creative design, HR, IT, and video production campaign needs for twenty nonprofits, while representatives from over 100 nonprofits attended a conference at Discovery featuring a series of…
Discovery Prepares to Kick Off Fourth Annual Creating Change
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…
Day Two: Rebuilding Atlantic City
New Jersey: Where only the strong survive. We’ve all seen the phrase plastered on shirts and stuck on bumpers, but today we all learned the true definition of “Jersey Strong.” As we began Day Two, with sore arms and bits fiberglass in our hair, excitement brewed – all of the volunteers (including me) were motivated by Day One’s progress and ready to see our families’ houses continue to return to…
Rebuilding Atlantic City: Day One
What a day! Today marked Day One of Discovery Impact: Rebuilding Atlantic City, and we couldn’t have asked for anything more. The day began with an orientation with Habitat for Humanity Atlantic County, where we learned more about Superstorm Sandy’s devastation, making this experience even more meaningful for all of us. After orientation, we met our Habitat team leaders, and the hard work began. Each team faced different challenges at…
We’re Off! Rebuilding Atlantic City 2013
And we’re off! Today through Sunday, Discovery employees will join ten families in Ventnor, NJ to help repair the damage done to their homes during Superstorm Sandy with our friends at Habitat for Humanity. I’ll be joining the Discovery Impact rebuild team (125 strong!) and sharing the team’s experiences on our social channels – we hope you’ll join us! I’ll share recaps each night on the blog, and you can…
‘Creating Change’ for Colorbars Network
This Creating Change post is from guest blogger Kate Delmonico, Social Media Specialist for TLC. Stay tuned for more guest posts throughout the day. Fueled by lunch and (perhaps too much?) caffeine, the Creating Change volunteer groups are powering through the afternoon. I got the chance to sit down with one group working on a comprehensive communications plan for Colorbars Network, a nonprofit organization that helps all people of color…
Rebuilding Alabama: The Impact Continues
With an energetic start on five build sites yesterday, Discovery Impact: Rebuilding Alabama continued today with Discovery’s 125 employees working with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Birmingham and those that will receive the housing they are creating (Sydney and Jeremy even helped put up the walls to their new bedrooms). Read more about Rebuilding Alabama from The Birmingham News and view some of the highlights from Friday below.
‘Creating Change’ Returns, Discovery Accepting Applications from Nonprofits
UPDATE: Deadline extended to Sunday, October 2! Last November, I had the privilege of participating in Discovery Communications’ first Creating Change pro bono event — where employees across the company lent their creativity and talent to local nonprofits in need of marketing, communications, social media and creative support. Today, Discovery’s announcing the return of the Discovery Impact initiative, along with the call for applications from nonprofit organizations. Creating Change 2010…
Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R Campaign Matches Donations to Animal Causes
Animal Planet‘s R.O.A.R Campaign partners with leading animal organizations to inspire people to make the world a better place for animals, in local communities and in the wild. Simple things like volunteering at a local shelter, spreading the word about conservation, supporting a favorite animal cause or walking an elderly person’s dog can make a difference in the lives of animals. Today, Discovery Communications announced the kickoff of the R.O.A.R Matching…