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…
Tag: Nonprofits
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…
Discovery Employees Ready to Make an Impact with 3rd Annual ‘Creating Change’
Months of planning are about to pay off — for our employees and a great group of organizations that we have the pleasure of working with. Creating Change, a 12-hour creative marathon and conference. Discovery employees will volunteer their talents and skills to nonprofits in need of marketing, communications, social media, creative and business services. Social media is always an area of great interest for the organizations that apply for Creating…
Getting the Creative Juices Flowing: Creating Change 2012 Application Now Open
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…
Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R. Matching Campaign Returns, Supporting Seven Nonprofits
After a successful campaign last year, Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R. animal advocacy initiative will launch an eight-week campaign to raise funds for seven deserving R.O.A.R. (which stands for Reach Out. Act. Respond.) charities. Through on-air, online and social media calls to action, Animal Planet will introduce fans to these nonprofit organizations and encourage individuals to make a donation, as the network matches their donations up to $120,000! Click on the links…
‘Watch and Give’ with Animal Planet on Saturday
Want to help pit bulls without leaving your couch? As part of Animal Planet‘s ongoing commitment to make a positive impact in the animal world, the network is asking viewers to tune in to Pit Bulls and Parolees this Saturday night, November 26, to help drive donations to Villalobos Rescue Center, a nonprofit organization featured in the series. The campaign called “You Watch. We Give.” is part of the network’s nonprofit initiative…
Reflecting on ‘Creating Change 2011′
Just over a week ago, One Discovery Place was bustling with employees, nonprofit partners and creativity with Creating Change 2011. And, while last Friday’s post and pictures gave a glimpse into the impact of our 12-hour probono marathon, video captures it event better. Thank you again to all of our employees and the organizations who let us play a part in achieving their missions.
‘Creating Change’ Concludes with Emotional Cheers
Yesterday, we welcomed back representatives from all of the nonprofit organizations we partnered with for Creating Change 2011 to One Discovery Place. Each Discovery team presented their final products — from social media & event strategies to PSAs and websites — to their clients’ delight. Many commented on how they were amazed at what was accomplished during the 12-hour probono marathon, while others marveled at the ability of our employees…
‘Creating Change’ for DC Diaper Bank
This Creating Change post is from guest blogger Nikki Lowe, Marketing Manager for our Licensing team. We’re getting close to the end of our creative marathon, but we’ll have a few more updates coming your way. Did you know that a person cannot use food stamps or any other government assistance to pay for diapers because they’re not technically a necessity? Did you know that in most cases a child…
‘Creating Change’ Is Here!
This Creating Change post is from guest blogger Tim Redd, Manager, Internal Communications. Stay tuned for more guest posts throughout the day. Our Discovery Impact: Creating Change marathon is back for a second year. For the next 12 hours, over 200 of the best and brightest minds at Discovery will work on behalf of our nonprofit partner organizations to develop an array of creative projects. The teams and representative from…