Giving Back

In addition to successful client engagements and volunteer leadership roles, Janice and Joanne contribute time and talents in unique ways. Recent examples include:

Clinton Global Initiative Janice and Joanne served as facilitators in the inaugural 2005 program, a gathering of world leaders and international change agents lead by President Bill Clinton. Guided by facilitated small group discussions, participants worked together to face off to global problems and commit to tangible solutions.

Invent the Future For over two years, Janice and Joanne hosted a weekly radio talk show about innovation and leadership on VoiceAmerica.com. Their guests ranged from best-selling authors to those changing the world through social action, and from cutting edge researchers to forward-thinking non-profit and corporate executives.

Listening to the City  In the months following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Janice and Joanne were table facilitators in two large-scale town hall meetings, one involving 600 participants and the other 4,500 participants. The facilitated conversations influenced decision-making related to the redevelopment of lower Manhattan.

Innovation Challenge®  Hundreds of student teams from top MBA programs across the world generated solutions to real-life challenges posed by sponsoring companies. Janice and Joanne were preliminary and final round judges of the competition and, via streaming video, virtual coaches to the student teams.

Urban Zen  Donna Karan's national initiative to re-invent health care to integrate services in support of the patient and provide holistic solutions as a regular part of care. 

Women for Women International Helping women survivors of war in ravaged nations - Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, and the Sudan - by creating sponsorship and support for Women for Women International through the Circle of 100 Women, a project led by Janice Maffei, to be scaled in other markets around the world.