community engagement – Sarah Hope Marshall – Profound Hope Industries

Process Creates Change for People: The Case for Strategic Community Engagement

Sarah Hope Marshall — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:35:35 +0000

Let’s examine a real-world example of why your organization’s community engagement plan is not just a ‘feel-good’ effort. In 2025, GoFundMe Pro, intending to move more non-profits on to their platform, launched 1.4 million nonprofit donation pages. The problem? These pages were unauthorized. The non-profits did not ask for them. In most cases, they did not even know they had them until they heard…

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The Community Knows Who Shows Up: What Silicon Valley Teaches Us About Authentic Engagement

Sarah Hope Marshall — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:15:42 +0000

The reality and challenges of making an impact in today’s professional environment arise from unexpected places and projects. In 2025, I worked on a strategic project for a client headquartered in Silicon Valley, home to large well-known companies with incredibly large balance sheets and global influence. During the course of the project, I had conversations with multiple community leaders – many…

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When Corporate Infrastructure Meets Start-Up Struggle: Why New Community Impact Initiatives Fail to Meet Expectations

Sarah Hope Marshall — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:02:04 +0000

If you are an executive leader starting a new program, mismanaged expectations may be setting you up for failure. When you build a program designed for legacy or impact, you do not get to bypass the start-up phase just because it is housed within an existing organization with infrastructure. As brand values and mission alignment have become more important to consumers…

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