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18 Coffees is partnering with our favorite, funky little restaurant, wine & cheese counter, All Together Now, for a hands-on workshop. Join us to learn how to make a cheese board that looks as good as it tastes.
Community Partners recently gathered to celebrate the launch of 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner’s new book, “No Point B.
18 Coffees recently hosted our first-ever Community Partner Swap Meet to support our 2022 focus on sustainability.
18 Coffees collaborated with food pop-up Txa Txa Club in Chicago neighborhood Logan Square to bring Community Partners together through cuisine and culture.
Energy management tools and tips from conscious leadership coach and 18 Coffees Community Partner Elisa Haggarty.
18 Coffees hosted a casual Coffee Break conversation discussing the realities of corporate culture in a remote and hybrid world. Here’s what Community Partners found most interesting.
Conscious Leadership Coach and 18 Coffees Community Partner Elisa Haggarty gave an interactive workshop exploring three foundational tools to help build emotional confidence, and boost mental fitness, and enhance agility in the face of change.
18 Coffees’ focus in 2022 is sustainability, but not just in the environmental sense — we’re focusing on building sustainable relationships with work culture, pandemic life, each other, and beyond.
As we creep toward post-pandemic life, there’s one question on everyone’s mind: will hybrid work last? To find an answer, 18 Coffees hosted a collaborative conversation between employee engagement experts Suzanne Mehta of Cushman & Wakefield, Chester Lantin of Walker Sands, and Ashley Zak of WPP.
All eyes are on Georgia as control of the Senate hinges on the outcome of the two runoff elections on January 5th. That’s why 18 Coffees is partnering with Swing Left to provide an opportunity to reach millions of Georgia voters and make the final stride to win blue this election season.
On Tuesday, Nov 24, join us for an intimate discussion with Swing Left’s Political Director
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Led by Community Partner, Kathleen Murphy Toms, 18 Coffees Community Partners came together to help fill out Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications for Venezuelan refugees in Chicago who need to be able to work.
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18 Coffees Community Partners outlined a comprehensive resource library helping She Should Run — a non-profit encouraging more women to run for office — reach their goal of inspiring 250,000 women to join their community by 2030.
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18 Coffees volunteers are helping How to Report a Hate Crime — a grassroots organization producing web content and physical booklets that contain resources for reporting hate crimes in multiple languages — prepare to scale fundraising efforts ahead of 2023.
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18 Coffees members collaborated to support fellow Community Partner Brian Whittaker's passion project, Humans of Public Service, ahead of project launch in May 2022.
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Over a period of three months, Chicago-based Obama Foundation enlisted 18 Coffees to generate a framework that measures impact generated by the Obama Presidential Center and the organization’s five-year strategic plan.
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Community Partner volunteers joined the 18 Coffees team to support GivingTuesday on the organization’s annual Day of Generosity.
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Did you know that more than 4,100 low-income individuals are enrolled in Christopher House programs, where the average annual income for a family is less than $19,000? This holiday season, let’s all chip in as a collective 18 Coffees community to help make the holiday season a little brighter for two families: the Jimjimo family of 5 and the Hale family of 3.
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With so much misinformation around the Vote By Mail process, Vote.org is looking for support for their Help Desk to respond to voters across the country. You'll be given talking points to frequently asked questions to then personalize and send to drive clarity.
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Be My Eyes offers on-demand support to blind & low-vision people. Help guide the vision-impaired through Vote.org tools (checking registration, requesting ballots by mail, etc). The amount of time you contribute is flexible, and it’s a great way to make a direct impact with an often overlooked voter group.
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I’m a millennial woman — of course I know my Enneagram type. I’m a 2 for those wondering, but much like my Zodiac sign or my Myers-Briggs archetype, I didn’t do much digging beyond the basic Type 2 traits once I discovered my particular identifier. When the 18 Coffees team recently found ourselves discussing popular professional assessments as part of our Team Member on a Page exercise, the Enneagram initially didn’t even cross my mind.
Ten book recommendations from 18 Coffees Community Partners for your 2023 summer reading list.
As a community-driven organization, 18 Coffees never passes up the chance to connect with fellow changemakers, and there is no better place to do so than Landmark Ventures’ annual Social Innovation Summit. Here are our top takeaways from #SIS23.
18 Coffees asked three ESG experts what skills you need if considering a role with ESG. Here’s what they had to say.
18 Coffees team members Caleb Gardner and Jessica Ivetich attended the 2022 Creator Day at LinkedIn Chicago. Here’s what they learned.
The relationship between CSR and ESG is nuanced, but it’s far from an old-school versus new-school comparison. To get a pulse on the current state of these impact acronyms and where the space is heading, 18 Coffees hosted a panel discussion featuring a few industry experts.
We are in a new era of corporate social responsibility where employees not only expect more, but demand more from organizations. Here's how you as an individual team member can prompt your leaders to verbally support crucial issues and take action.
To help you get started building accessible presentations, we've curated a foundation of accessibility best practices to consider adopting.
Intentionally updating vocabulary to reflect your organization’s values can improve corporate culture, hiring practices, and comfort level amongst employees. Here’s what you can do to implement inclusive language in your organization.
As we look ahead to 2022, we wanted to extend our sincerest thanks to our Community Partners. Because of you, we made it through the past year with our optimism intact and incredibly proud of the work we accomplished together.
Building a resume is no easy feat. That’s why 18 Coffees connected with executive career coach Ashley Cash to bust three of the most common resume writing myths.
After a year of remote work, corporations are slowly combining WFH with in-office time — but the transition to the hybrid work model still comes with its own set of challenges. As employers and employees alike continue to grapple with the choice to stay home or return to the office, there are three key considerations.