Northwestern Settlement President and CEO Carole Wood Talks Philanthropy, Women in Leadership, and the Growing Impact of Giving Tuesday

On Tuesday Nov. 30, Laura Coy, Head of Philanthropy Strategy and ESG Integration for William Blair, and Carole Wood, president and CEO of Northwestern Settlement, joined Make It Better Media Group founder and Chief Visionary Officer Susan B. Noyes for a virtual fireside chat. William Blair, an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services […]

by Sam Stevenson

SPACES Virtual Event: The Art of Living Outdoors

SPACES: The Art of Living Outdoors Thursday, June 24th, 2021 2:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM CT / 11:00 AM PT Click here to register. More than a year into a pandemic, outdoor living remains top-of-mind. The outdoors is where we gather with loved ones and friends, and we rely more than ever on outdoor […]

by Better Staff

‘Synthesizing Minds’ and What It Means for Your Child, from Howard Gardner, Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory

In a wide-ranging Fireside Chat with Better, legendary psychologist and Harvard Graduate School Of Education professor Howard Gardner discussed how education around the world evolved in response to his Multiple Intelligences Theory (MI). During the discussion, based on his memoir, “A Synthesizing Mind,” Gardner explained how parents and educators should be nurturing and educating children […]

by Susan B. Noyes

Celebrating the Better Family Philanthropy 2020 Virtual Event With Bank of America Private Bank, the Red Cross, Cradles to Crayons, and Lurie Children’s Hospital

Make It Better Media Group celebrated National Philanthropy Day a little differently this year. In a new virtual world, we turned to quarantine’s saving grace, Zoom, to keep our annual celebration alive. And although it looked a bit different this year, it was just as special. This virtual event was presented by Bank of America […]

by Natasha Romanoff