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Ogilvy Change Applies Behavioural Insights to Save Sumatran Orangutans Hero Image

Ogilvy Change Applies Behavioural Insights To Save Sumatran Orangutans

Orangutans are adorable creatures, but could this be their downfall? When someone has flown half way around the world to visit them in their natural habitat, they

Feb 27, 2014

Two Million Pounds of Great Marketing Karma Hero Image

Two Million Pounds Of Great Marketing Karma

Our Year of Great Marketing Karma has finally drawn to an end. But we are delighted to reveal that the campaign has supported us in working together to contribute over

Feb 21, 2014

Karma Audit Leads to Support for Saving Orangutans in Borneo Hero Image

Karma Audit Leads To Support For Saving Orangutans In Borneo

The Karma Audit that inaugurated our Year of Great Marketing Karma was a playful way to encourage marketers to get involved in supporting our causes. One of the marketers who came across the campaign was Stuart Ralph, founder of Morally Marketed.

Feb 14, 2014

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Showcasing Impact Through Film

Like many of our causes, they focus their limited resources tightly on programme delivery, meaning that commissioning a simple film to showcase their impact to potential supporters could easily remain beyond their grasp.

Feb 07, 2014

Ogilvy Change applies behavioural insights to help people come to terms with loss Hero Image

Ogilvy Change Applies Behavioural Insights To Help People Come To Terms With Loss

Through a partnership with Pimp My Cause, the Ogilvy Change team, led by Rory Sutherland, is supporting three of our member causes per year through their behavior change advisory service.

Jan 29, 2014

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Pro Bono Marketing Provides A Springboard For Children

Like many of our causes Springboard for Children turned to Pimp My Cause because they needed to make sure the impacts of their work were expertly shared in their end of year impact statement.

Jan 08, 2014

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Brand Development With Archbishop Desmond Tutu

In the past month we have matched up a growing number of The Marketing Societys leading members with our causes. The unique perspective of senior marketers can be hugely valuable to charities and social enterprises.

Dec 08, 2013

Brand Makeover for Open Strings Hero Image

Brand Makeover For Open Strings

The new music charity Open Strings, which supports music-making for over 50s and disadvantaged groups, has received a brand makeover from the design agency Ellipsis

Dec 03, 2013

Graphic Design to Showcase Community Action Hero Image

Graphic Design To Showcase Community Action

Like many of our causes they have huge ambitions to fulfil with limited resources and they had no budget to cover the cost of a graphic designer. They came across Pimp My Cause on Twitter and signed up to connect with marketing volunteers.

Nov 24, 2013

A Maverick way to unlock fundraising potential Hero Image

A Maverick Way To Unlock Fundraising Potential

One of the biggest challenges almost all of our causes face is raising the funds they need to support and grow their organisations. FoodCycle has come up with a new idea for community fundraising

Nov 03, 2013

Maverick Creates the Tools to Grow Hero Image

Maverick Creates The Tools To Grow

Rapid growth poses new challenges for our causes, including how their websites keep up with their changing needs.

Oct 18, 2013

Marketers Multiply the Impacts of Great Causes Hero Image

Marketers Multiply The Impacts Of Great Causes

We love to share the stories of how our marketers are helping our causes, but we know that for many reasons too many of these stories fall through the cracks, so here is a roundup of a few stories that we missed first time around

Sep 27, 2013

Working for Autism Unlocks Digital Potential Hero Image

Working For Autism Unlocks Digital Potential

Marketing member Kavita Dorav has been working hard to transform the digital presence of Resources for Autism by building their social media strategy, supporting their digital engagement plans and

Sep 17, 2013

KeepingItReal Campaign Films Hero Image

Keepingitreal Campaign Films

Some of our most creative and thought provoking contributions are produced when a marketer supports a cause where they have personal experiences of the issues at stake.

Sep 12, 2013

Settle Stories Receives a Fairy Tale Makeover from Ellipsis Hero Image

Settle Stories Receives A Fairy Tale Makeover From Ellipsis

Storytelling charity Settle Stories has received a brand makeover from the design agency Ellipsis as part of our ongoing collaboration through our Year of Great Marketing Karma.

Jul 25, 2013

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Marketing Volunteers Support London Renters Rights

The established charity Brent Private Tenants Rights Group has rebranded itself as Advice4Renters to offer new services, gain new income sources and create a greater impact for their beneficiaries.

Jul 18, 2013

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Pimp My Cause Teams Up With The Marketing Society

Tuesday night the marketing elite gathered on the rooftop terrace of JWT's elegant offices in Knightsbridge to enjoy The Marketing Society's annual summer party. The headline of the event was their partnership with Pimp My Cause

Jul 11, 2013

Maverick transforms Digital Presence of Africa on the Ball Hero Image

Maverick Transforms Digital Presence Of Africa On The Ball

While even a small piece of work created by a great agency can have a truly transformational impact on a cause the work done by digital agency Maverick has not been small.

Jul 02, 2013

Marketing Drives Ambition for Change in Africa Hero Image

Marketing Drives Ambition For Change In Africa

Small charities and social enterprises have to be ruthlessly efficient with their scarce resources to prove to their supporters that their contributions are being used wisely and really contribute to the lives of their beneficiaries. Act4Africa is a

Jun 05, 2013

Rory Sutherland Leads Ogilvy in Driving Change Through Pimp My Cause Hero Image

Rory Sutherland Leads Ogilvy In Driving Change Through Pimp My Cause

Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather UK and world-leading proponent of behavioural economics is leading a new collaboration between Pimp My Cause and Ogilvy.

May 24, 2013

A Refreshing Design for The Parent House Hero Image

A Refreshing Design For The Parent House

Here are the results of their second intervention in support of The Parent House. We are still accepting applications

May 08, 2013

So You Think You Can Dance to Support Veterans Hero Image

So You Think You Can Dance To Support Veterans

The 2011 winner of So You Think You Can Dance, Matt Flint, has choreographed a new dance for the veterans charity, FirstLight Trust. And Pimp My Cause volunteer John Griffith has produced a video capturing the new dance

Apr 26, 2013

Pimp My Cause Reveals All on Morally Marketed Hero Image

Pimp My Cause Reveals All On Morally Marketed

In a recent interview on MorallyMarketed.com Paul Skinner, founder of Pimp My Cause, shared his inspiration for creating the

Apr 19, 2013

Building Career Experience Helps Burmese Refugees Hero Image

Building Career Experience Helps Burmese Refugees

Taking the step to embed social media at the heart of a communications plan present a variety of strategic challenges.

Apr 10, 2013

A Maverick Solution to Feeding People in Need Hero Image

A Maverick Solution To Feeding People In Need

Maverick Digital has produced a pro bono film that helped Foodcycle gain

Mar 05, 2013

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