The Institute on Corporate Community Involvement

Published 02-07-06

Submitted by Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship

CHESTNUT HILL, MA - The Institute on Corporate Community Involvement is the best introduction to corporate community involvement and corporate citizenship available. It positions community involvement as it relates to corporate citizenship, and focuses on proactive planning, tools and techniques to assure that community involvement is an integral component of a company's business strategy. The Institute provides a step-by-step framework to develop and implement a community involvement program and forms the basis for understanding relationship building, issues management, and strategy development. It is appropriate for experienced managers interested in developing a more strategic, planned and focused approach to community involvement, for functional managers who also have responsibility for their company's community involvement efforts, and for newcomers to the field.

Key takeaways:

Establishing and maintaining relationships of trust with community stakeholders and key publics

Conducting company and community assessments

Analyzing and prioritizing emerging community issues, needs and expectations

Designing strategic program responses that tie with business objectives

Securing management support and buy-in

Current issues and trends in corporate citizenship

For more information, go to www.bcccc.net/institute

The Center also offers courses at company sites on request, and can customize its offerings to address companies' specific challenges and needs.

For more information, call The Center at 617.552.4545, or go to The Center's web site at www.bcccc.net.

The Center's executive education offerings cover planning, strategy, program development, implementation, communications, evaluation, leadership development and competency building, leading to a Certificate awarded by the Boston College Carroll School of Management.

About The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College

The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College engages with companies to redefine business success as creating measurable gains for business and society. Our vision is that business will use its assets to help assure economic prosperity and a just and sustainable world. The Center achieves results through the power of research, education and member engagement. The Center offers publications including a newsletter, research reports, and white papers; executive education, including a Certificate program; events that include an annual conference, roundtables and regional meetings; and a corporate membership program.

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship

The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship connects professionals with research, insights on corporate social responsibility and management education opportunities. Founded by the Carroll School of Management, we help our member companies know more, do more and achieve more with their corporate citizenship programs. We engage over 400 member companies and more than 10,000 individuals annually to share knowledge and expertise about the practice of corporate citizenship through our executive education program, research, courses, and our annual conference. For more information on our courses, research and membership, visit ccc.bc.edu. Connect with Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship: Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook & Google+.

The Institute on Corporate Community Involvement

The Institute on Corporate Community Involvement

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship

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