Dec 26, 2023
Emily Kane Miller was deeply influenced by the resilience of her grandparents, two of whom were holocaust survivors. She has dedicated her career to transforming the social impact and philanthropic paradigm. She's a social impact trailblazer who's built a 20 year career at the intersection of government, non profit, business, and philanthropy. As the founder and CEO of Ethos Giving, a social impact consultancy, Emily is behind some of the most innovative social impact programs for a range of companies, from professional sports teams, to founder-led startups, to fortune 500 companies.
She also founded Ethos Tracking, a 100 percent bootstrap, female led, social impact management platform that allows clients to measure and manage their social impact efforts all in one place. Launched just last year, the platform already has a range of very dynamic, socially conscious companies on the tool. Prior to founding this company, Emily served as vice president of philanthropy and community affairs at the wonderful company where she led the organization's award winning philanthropic efforts. Emily lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.
What You Will Hear in This Episode:
3:00 Emily’s personal story
5:21 The path of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility
9:24 Starting her own firm and the challenges
14:35 What motivates and generates Emily’s clients
22:18 Example design of a community engagement program
26:56 Social media and promotion
30:50 Measuring social impact efforts
35:55 What Emily has learned about herself through the process of starting her business
Quotes
“This idea of sharing what you have isn't new. But I do think in the 21st century, we've seen just a total reformation of what generosity can do and can mean.”
“What are we doing here, not how did we get here?”
“I heard so many times in my career, “Well, we wish we could make a difference, but it's so hard to measure or it's so hard to know where to start.” It was just a throwaway excuse and I wanted, frankly, to take the excuse out of the room.”
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