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Doris Rubenstein

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Principal Consultant of PDP Services, has over three decades of experience in the field of philanthropy.  Her book, The Good Corporate Citizen: A Practical Guide (John Wiley & Sons, 2004), is a landmark work in addressing the complexities of planning and administration of charitable giving and volunteer programs for business.

 

Ms Rubenstein founded PDP Services in 2000.  Her prior work with the University of Minnesota and CARE gave her access to best practices in the area of corporate citizenship with companies like General Mills, Medtronic, the Stanley Works, and dozens of others.  Her current consulting clients include high-technology manufacturers and service providers, banks, professional services firms, and a wide variety of companies in other sectors.  She is a popular speaker with industry groups and professional societies and has been published in over a dozen magazines and newspapers.

 

In the world of personal and family philanthropy, Ms Rubenstein has gained a reputation for building strong family legacies by helping her clients to create a “100-Year Plan” for philanthropy.  She particularly appeals to women to avoid “the cheesecake syndrome” and to gain financial and ethical strength for themselves and other women through “power giving.”  She is a registered Philanthropy Advisor with the national Council on Foundations.

 

Among her honors, she has been named a Woman Changemaker by the Twin Cities Business Journal and received the Kenneth Clark Award from the Center for Creative Leadership in North Carolina.  Ms Rubenstein received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her M.A. from Augsburg College (Minneapolis).  She is proud of her past service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador.

 

Areas of Expertise:

Business

Fundraising/Non-profit

Strategic Planning

Women/Women’s Issues

 

Target Audience:

CEOs

Presidents

Fundraisers

CFOs

Marketing Directors

Human Resources Directors

Women

Attorneys

Accountants

Financial Planners

PR Directors

Business Owners

 

Top 3 Reasons for having Doris Rubenstein at your next event:

Unique: No one else offers the strategic approach to building business through philanthropy and good corporate citizenship.

 

Entertaining and Informative: Your audience will take away information that they can use in both their professional and personal lives.

 

Engaging:  Your audience will learn useful information through an interactive process. They won’t be talked at.  They will be involved in the presentation.

 

Fee range:  $100 - $1000

 

Doris's Most Requested Programs: 

 

Is Your Company’s Business Plan Complete?  Making Corporate Citizenship a Part of Your Company.

 

Power Giving – Giving Power for Women

 

Is Your Client’s Business Plan Complete?  Advising Your Clients on Corporate Citizenship.

 

Is Your Estate Plan Complete?  Using Strategic Philanthropy to Create a 100-Year-Plan for Your Family.

 

Is Your Client’s Estate Plan Complete? Advising Your Client on Strategic Philanthropy.

 

Get Inside the Mind of Corporate Donors

 

Get Inside the Mind of Family Foundations

 

Plan Now – Give Later

 

Take a New Track to Find More Customers

 

Relating Community Relations to Your Bottom Line

 

Make Business Ethics a Part of Your Company’s Strategic Plan

 

Going Beyond Cause Marketing: Strategic Giving to Build Company Profits

 

Merging Company Values and Cultures During Mergers and Acquisitions

 

Make Strategic Philanthropy Part of Your Total Public Relations Program

 

Putting TQM into Your Corporate Citizenship Program

 

Using Volunteerism to Build Teams

 

What Do Employees Really Want?  Corporate Citizenship and Becoming an Employer of Choice

 

The 8 Steps on the Ladder of Corporate Citizenship

 

When Charities Come Asking: How Much to Give?

 

When Charities Come Asking: What’s in it for Your Company?

 

Building Brand Identity Through Strategic Philanthropy: Going Beyond Cause Marketing

 

Expand Your Market Through Strategic Philanthropy

 

Before Charities Come Asking: Choosing the Right Partner for Your Company

 

Before Charities Come Asking : Building Your Strategic Philanthropy Mission

 

Leaving Your Family a Legacy of Values Through Strategic Philanthropy

 

The New Trend in Team Building

 

Testimonials:

“Doris Rubenstein’s program presentation was well-paced and kept our attention, even after a long business meeting.  This is a subject that is important to all members of the community, not just those who want to save tax dollars.  This is good business for everyone.”   Neil Christy, Minnesota Credit Union Network

 

“The Community Caring Program that Doris Rubenstein helped us create helps to cut back on extraneous requests from groups with little stake in the company…We can be more effective in strengthening relationships with community groups.”  Lisa Jahnke, HR Director, Midwest Wireless, Inc. (Mankato)

 

“Doris presents her material in a very effective manner, just the right amount of information to encourage thoughtful and engaging questions from the audience.  She knows philanthropy inside and out. Her passion for this topic clearly comes though in her presentation.”   Janel Goff, Sr. V.P., Piper Jaffray

 

“The process Doris presented was challenging, thought-provoking, and enjoyable for our planning team. The formalized Corporate Giving activities that we developed using the techniques she described have proven to be a priority for brand building and maintaining corporate image and reputation.”   Alisha J.R. Johnson, Sr. VP & Director of Marketing Highland Bank, St. Paul, MN

 

“Doris’ talk was very interesting and the statistics she gave were amazing!  It really made me think about where my money goes and what I can do to make my charity giving more effective.  Most of our members wished she could have spoken longer!   Ann Schenk, Christian Business & Professional Women

  

 

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