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Category: Team-building
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Giving Back: A Strategic Approach to Workplace Well-Being in 2026
In 2026, organizations increasingly recognize that giving back is not just an altruistic endeavor but a strategic imperative for enhancing employee well-being, productivity, and workplace culture. Implementing social impact programs can yield significant benefits for companies and their employees. We’ve seen it first hand and while it used to be reserved for specific employee programs…
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From Printing to Planting
It’s a great first step to print on seed paper, but it’s what you do with it afterwards that really counts. Over the past twelve months our team has made an intentional effort to print on seed paper as much as possible. For items not used repeatedly (think name badges, branded content, signage, etc), we’ve…
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Your FAQ’s answered
Good morning! As we dive right into our plans for 2025, we’ve been strategizing alongside incredible clients and organizations committed to making a positive impact. With more companies seeking to enhance their employee giving strategies and incorporate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activations into their events, it feels like the perfect time to address some of…
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What Giving Has Given Me
As the year comes to a close and we wrap up our final programs of the season, I find myself reflecting on the profound gratitude I have for the work we do. While entrepreneurship doesn’t come without its set of growing pains, stressors, and challenges, it also brings invaluable lessons, growth, and a deep sense…
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3 Trends for Corporate Social Responsibility in 2025
As we step into 2025 planning, the landscape of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is evolving rapidly. Companies are realizing that their impact on society goes beyond profit margins, making social responsibility a core component of their business strategies. While we believe there will be so many meaningful developments in this space, here are three key…
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Why Investing in Giving is an Investment in Your Team
You might see corporate giving initiatives as just another budget strain or think that adding a giveback element to your team-building and corporate programs is more trouble than it’s worth. However, when executed correctly, the most impactful employee giving strategies and meaningful team-building initiatives work hand in hand, creating a virtuous cycle that benefits your…
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The WholeHearted Manifesto
As a small business we often want to say yes to everything – every client, every idea, and every opportunity. And while we continue to aim to be open to opportunity, growth, and connection we can’t be everywhere all at once and we can’t be all things to everyone. As we grow, we recognize that…
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Yes, and
From Heather Last week I had the pleasure of attending an event that surprised me in the most delightful way. The concept was simple: get some great people in the room, and do something more fun and engaging than a typical sit-down dinner. Enter a crowd-participation Improv night! That idea itself could make you burst…
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Together: The Word of the Year for 2024
Every year, a word takes center stage and becomes our north star. We select it carefully and with full intention that this word will encapsulate the sentiments, decisions, and ambitions we have for the year ahead. In 2023, we landed on the word joy. Described as a moment of intense positive emotion, that overtime, compounded,…
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Team-building with impact
If you’re a leader, administrative assistant, corporate event planner, or HR professional, the task of team-building may fall under your portfolio. Team-building exercises have become an integral part of modern workplace culture. The aim is consistent: to create a cohesive, motivated, and high-performing team. While the concept is straightforward, successful execution is often anything but.…
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Straddling the employee experience and the philanthropy budget
What is your company doing to give back? Corporations are increasingly realizing that CSR or corporate social responsibility is as much a priority as any other involvement that the business has with its customers and community. It’s not that companies themselves are reluctant to give back, but historically those initiatives have been either piecemeal or…
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WholeHearted x Accor
If you’ve been following us on social media platforms, you’ve probably seen us celebrate the launch of the Meetings With Purpose program in partnership with Accor and Fairmont Hotels across Canada. With a background in events and hospitality, one of our first initiatives at WholeHearted was to develop an offering that would help elevate the…
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Small Gestures. Big Impact.
If you’ve been following along on social, you probably saw a recent experience designed for a group as part of their offsite programming (we called this the Elves Workshop!). The leader of this group continues to impress us because not only does their company have a variety of donation matching and volunteer programs in place,…
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Giveback to get better results with your team
Damn, it feels good to be a part of something. There’s a science behind it actually, and for much of the employee experience, it’s absent. Enter, WholeHearted. When you think back to the times when your employer has made a contribution to the community, it generally falls into one of two categories: My employer made…
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Making Space: Setting the Stage for Good Work
Out of an effort to eradicate Friday pizza lunches, and reinvent what it means to come together as a team, came an incredible idea (cough *humble brag* cough). What if we brought people together, for a ‘mini university of sorts on how to declutter their space, provided tools to execute the learnings, and then gave…