Every year, more than 200,000 men and women leave military service—and many of them step into a civilian world that doesn’t quite know what to do with the skills they carry.

How do you convert years of discipline, adaptability, and technical expertise into a résumé that makes sense outside the military?

James Gillen with HIre Heroes USA explains how his organization helps over 14,000 veterans and military spouses each year to find meaningful jobs in the workforce - with over 110,000 confirmed hires and $970 million dollars of economic impact on communities.

They are looking for:

• Corporate partners who are looking for a capable talent pipeline to consider a veteran. Checkout  www.hireheroesusa.org to connect with their partnership team.

• Professionals who are willing to hold mock interviews in their areas of expertise.

• Those looking for incredible talent

15% increase in earning potential and 20% increase in college attendance - that’s what Big Brothers Big Sisters of America can do for kids through their youth mentorship programs - and are celebrating 120 years of service!

Their recent campaign, partnering with Macy’s, has raised $13 million to propel their mission of providing free life-changing mentoring services to the youth who need it most in this country.

And was awarded the Engage for Good Halo Award for best Cause Marketing Initiative of the year.

Of course, every nonprofit wishes for great corporate partners like this. How do you develop those kinds of relationships? How do you make the most of them? Adam Marquez, Senior Director, Cause Marketing at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, shares his expert insights.

Allies he needs right now:

• Youth mentors are always needed

• Partners in policy change to expand mentoring resources

• Influencers and media partners to share their story

• Corporate partners to reach more children

  
  

  Visit BeBigNow.org to learn how you can get involved.

Want your story to be shared far and wide and influence more people? Don’t make it about you. Ditch the sales pitch. Content that authentically inspires, entertains, and educates wins.

In this episode, I talk with my co-conspirators for good, Zach and Bryce from ISSIMO - our first Team-cast, where we riff on the topic of content that is about giving value vs. taking.

We give the recipe for creating content that people actually want to share and rally around.