DoSomething Strategic

We're hiring a senior strategist! Join the team to: - Create and scale social impact strategies for global brands - Collaborate with young people to tackle issues that matter to them (mental health, climate change, democracy, etc) - Work alongside DoSomething.org's brilliant marketers, researchers, designers, engineers and more to bring campaigns and programs to life #socialimpact #socialimpactjobs #nonprofitjobs #genz https://lnkd.in/eNRg5vK7

Y’all know your Gen Z employees are the fastest growing segment of our electorate. Yet, 18-29 year olds are historically underrepresented in the voting population and we found that their biggest barrier to voting was not registering in time, not feeling informed enough or feeling unsure if their vote mattered. Let’s Do Something to change that! We’ve got your back with our new Election Readiness Cohort. Drawing on our track record of registering nearly 420,000 new voters since 2018 and equipping them with the tools to vote, we’re partnering with up to 7 organizations to ensure their employees are voter ready. The Election Readiness cohort will include: - A 60 minute voter ready presentation delivered to your employees - A branded voter registration page for employees to get registered and sign-up for election reminders - Data on the number of voter registrations your organization accrues - White labeled resources including a voter scorecard to help them prepare for election day - Toolkit for your People & Culture team to recruit employees to participate and promote the program across your organization Book a call with us to learn more and sign up by Friday Oct. 4th. Pricing starts at $5,000 for nonprofits and $7,500 for corporations. https://lnkd.in/gavwrSXp

Will we see you at Sustainable Brands? ?? Join VP of DSS Max Steinman on Monday, Oct. 14th to explore how to "Build Sustainable Relationships with Gen Z."

“76% of young people are actively looking for ways to help the causes they care about but 1/3 of them don’t know where to begin. That’s 17 million young people. There’s an opportunity to work differently alongside young people to make change and for brands to engage them.” Our associate director of strategy, Walker Post, shared our recent findings and insight on an episode of Dr. Elizabeth C. Nelson's Real Rebellious Research! Post and Nelson explore: - how his work is influenced by his unique position being between two generations (Gen Z and Millennials) - the consumer differences between those two generations - how and why brands should co-create impact with Gen Z - employee engagement best practices for this emerging generation Give the episode a listen here! https://lnkd.in/e72ZUC8s Smart Building Collective | Certification

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DoSomething's Director of Analysis & Impact, Yasmine Mahdavi, recently published her article?Volunteerism’s Diversity Problem in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Read more about how young people are often excluded from volunteering opportunities due to a lack of social, human, or economic capital and what organizations can do to build more inclusive approaches to youth volunteering. https://lnkd.in/eRZJqF4Y

While most Gen Z and brands agree that aligning business and social interests is essential, there is a disconnect between what Gen Z expects from brands and what they are actually doing. We unpack this in our What Gen-Z Wants: Brands & Social Impact Final Report where we surveyed 1,200 young people and 100+ brand leaders to see how the perspectives of both line up. Here's a sneak peek: - Only 15% of Gen Z respondents believed that brands met or exceeded their expectations for social impact, compared to 58% of brand leaders who believed they were achieving this goal.? - Only 13% of Gen Z feel as though they are adequately involved in shaping brands' social impact efforts, compared to the 42% of brand leaders who think they are adequately involving Gen Z.? Get more insights like these and reach out to explore what this means for your brand. https://lnkd.in/eFCwikt6

Big News ?? !?Hinge today revealed its inaugural cohort of social groups who will receive a combined $1M in total funding to advance their efforts to forge meaningful in-person social connection time. Alongside Hinge and The Foundation for Social Connection , we're honored to have supported Hinge in the development of the One More Hour platform as they work to combat the social isolation young people face today. We also partnered with them in?creating a Youth Advisory Council to ensure the review and selection of the 40 recipients from over 200 applicants was a youth-centered process. One of these incredible groups is Intrsxtn Surf, based in L.A.???♀? ?? Check out their inspiring story and how they’re creating meaningful, IRL connections.

Will we see you at Engage for Good in two weeks? Can't wait to catch Max Steinman moderating this panel as he shares some exciting insights from the research we've put together around what Gen Z wants from brands on social impact and employee engagement.