By William Craig, WebpageFx, via fortune.com
The Leadership Insider network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question: What’s your New Year’s resolution? is written by William Craig, founder and president of WebpageFX.
My goal, and my company’s goal, for 2016 is to build and fund a new school for impoverished youth in Ghana. ‘Now that’s an oddly specific resolution,’ you might think. Well, this resolution comes in the wake of a long process this past year, in which WebpageFX worked with the Pencils of Promise organization to build and fund a school for the children of Cunén, Guatemala.Obviously, I believe that giving back to local and international communities is incredibly important. However, charitable contributions are also a great way to bolster company culture and team morale around the holidays or any other time of the year. Yet, many professionals aren’t quite sure of the right way to go about charitable giving.
While giving to those in need is always something to be admired, there are certain considerations companies should discuss before donating. Below are two of the most important.
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