Blyth Lord and Darby Hobbs in TV studio: Non-profit and Socially Responsible Entrepreneurship
All nonprofit entities need profits but have different goals from their for profit brethren. Hear their inspiriting stories on Episode #20, of the Language of Business
Blyth Lord is the founder of the Courageous Parents Network. Following her daughter Cameron’s death in 2001 from a genetic illness, Blyth began offering her perspective on the needs of families caring for children with life-limiting illness and how providers can best meet these needs. She has worked with doctors, nurses, social workers, patient advocacy groups, palliative and hospice care providers, bereaved families, and families whose children are currently living with life-limiting illness. Blyth represented the parent perspective on panels and in workshops with pediatric residents and specialists. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a television producer (ABC News, WGBH), she produced an award-winning film with the American Academy of Pediatrics to help train doctors in how to work with families from the time of diagnosis through to the end-of-life. She also produced an educational film, funded by a grant from Genzyme/Sanofi, about parenting children with life-limiting illness. Her LinkedIn profile is here.
Darby Hobbs is the CEO & Founder of SOCIAL3. As a Social Innovator, Darby not only leverages her visionary and strategic marketing strengths, but also her ability as a ‘story teller’ to globally reach citizens interested in change. She launched SOCIAL3, which fuses brand and sustainability principles through media production and presentation to cultivate ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), impact investing and corporate social responsibility (CSR) story lines and align clients’ vision and strategy with market engagement. In 2009, she became certified in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and is currently developing a sustainability rating to be used at point-of-sale for investment product that will transform how investments are bought through an intermediary. Prior to launching SOCIAL3, she was a senior leader at Brown Brothers Harriman, Fidelity Investments, PNC Bank (PFPC), Financial Research Corporation, First Data Corporation and AMEX in marketing strategy, strategic and business planning, product development, public relations, communications and education. Click here for Darby on LinkedIn.
Our other guests in this episode will be Mickey Cockrell, discussing Catie’s Closet, and Paul Combe who will focus on his company, American Student Assistance. The episode should air in late May or early June.
