RecognizeGood

Because good matters.

Did you know that our friends at Rodman & Associates measure corporate giving in Central Texas each year? The insights and trends gained from the annual Corporate Giving Survey are powerful, and more valuable than ever. Please take just a few minutes to add your voice!

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RecognizeGood's Ethics Accelerator Workshop:
"People Practices"

Learn how to "do good better" at the next Ethics Accelerator workshop. On February 12th, we focus on People Practices - sharing techniques and examples for those driving culture programs in their businesses.

Featuring:

Scholley Bubenik: owner of Premier HR solutions with over 25 years of senior management experience, with a Master's Degree from the University of Texas in HR Leadership and recently published author of People Power: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Managing Human Capital.
Carrie Hurt: president and CEO of Better Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas, former interim President and CEO of the international Council of Better Business Bureaus, winner of countless individual awards including the Texas governor's "Yellow Rose of Texas Award" along with countless more organizational awards for her office recognizing everything from profitability to creativity to (especially) strong culture.
Along with other unique video perspectives from Austin-area business leaders!

Attendees will discover tools to improve talent acquisition, reduce turnover and add purpose to the employment offered by their organization, as well as to engage themselves and others through GOOD. Customers, vendors and business partners will have the opportunity to learn measurable, tangible ways business attendees are working to exceed expectations in the values they stand for, and understand the long-term investments being made in accountability, reputation and example.

Trade your feedback for a Certificate of Completion and two complimentary seats to the 2019 Ethics in Business Awards Luncheon, where all of Central Texas gathers to celebrate the absolute best of the best in ethical business examples.

- Attend a free Ethics Accelerator Workshop -

After retirement, Jim Scott and his wife Betty dedicated their lives to mission work through their church. The Scotts became involved in a new organization delivering life-changing mobility to those all over the world without the use of their legs - then known as Personal Energy Transportation and since rebranded as Mobility Worldwide Austin. Not only did Jim cut the wood necessary for each cart and assemble each cart chassis, but he served on the board of directors and lent his considerable expertise in organization and operations, going so far as to lay out each workshop himself for the best work flow and efficient use of space.

Jim received the Distinguished Legend Award for his work with Mobility Worldwide Austin.

Click here to read more of Jim's legendary story!

LEARN MORE

RecognizeGood's Ethics Accelerator
February 12, 2019
@ Leadership Austin, 10:30am

Say Thanks, Austin Closing Ceremony
February 15, 2019
@ Austin City Hall, 11:00am - 12:00pm
w/ Mayor Steve Adler, Bobby Jenkins and Earl Maxwell

GOODTalks
February 8, 2019
@ Mothers' Milk Bank Austin, 2pm

Ethics in Business Alumni Reception
March 14, 2019
@ Concordia University, 12pm

All Upcoming Events

Join us as we celebrate those who believe that doing GOOD is good business at the Ethics in Business Alumni Reception!

The Ethics in Business Awards are given annually to businesses, nonprofits, and individuals who exemplify ethical practices in their official dealings and day-to-day endeavors. This networking event, for past award winners and current nominees, is bringing business and nonprofit leaders together for a conversation centered around shared interest in a strong, sustainable community.

Ethics in Business Alumni Reception
March 14, 2019
@ Concordia University Texas, Building A, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

- Sponsor this year's Ethics in Business Awards Luncheon -

There is ALWAYS something to be grateful for, and there’s always someone in our lives to appreciate. Personally, despite spending dozens of hours each week doing a job where I get to seek out things to be grateful for, there have been times when I’ve forgotten that.

A role like mine makes me a picture-perfect evangelist for how easy and how simple it is to give thanks for the good in the world every day. And yet I can still very easily and simply forget that myself. It’s still true though - it is easy, it is simple to recognize good in the world. The positive effects of positivity on your happiness are real. Also - dinner conversation’s so much more enjoyable.

But it doesn’t come naturally, and it does take practice. That’s the intent behind RecognizeGood’s “Say Thanks, Austin” campaign - to start each new year off with a commitment to daily gratitude, right when we’re all full of resolutions
and hope.

One of the cool things about this campaign is that RecognizeGood finds inspiring people worthy of gratitude FOR you! Like a teenager who’s grown and donated over 2,500 pounds of produce to hungry neighbors in need. Like a longtime professor who dedicated over 7,000 hours of his time reading to those with learning differences. Like a mother who hand-sews teddy bears for children that lose a parent to terminal disease. If you find it difficult to discover goodness right here in the Austin area on your own, take a look at our most recent RecognizeGood Legend award recipients and find someone whose story inspires you. Then, take some time to say thanks each day this month!

Whether you participate in our campaign or not, though, I encourage anyone reading to give daily gratitude a try in your own way. In our personal relationships, in our business relationships, and even just interacting with those outside our normal circles, acknowledgment is a powerful influencer - don’t let its simplicity fool you! When any of us have our heads down, working as hard as we can, and maybe we’re even telling ourselves to “just get through it” - think about that record-scratch moment when someone tells you how valuable you are. They tell you that they noticed the selfless thing you did yesterday, or last week, or last year, and that it meant something to them. It’s a simple and easy thing, but that moment can often make all the difference.

-Joel Coffman, Executive Director at RecognizeGood

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RecognizeGood

Because good matters.

RecognizeGood's Ethics Accelerator Workshop: "People Practices"

RecognizeGood's Ethics Accelerator Workshop:
"People Practices"