226: Every Little Bit Counts! — Danny Rosin with Band Together NC

Don’t underestimate your contribution to the world.

Danny Rosin is the co-owner of Brand Fuel, Inc., a nationally recognized promotional products agency and co-founder of Band Together, a community that leverages live music as a platform for social change. On today’s show, Danny shares how he combines his business with his community, why anybody can pursue a social change project and discusses ways you can completely transform your work environment to a more positive and fun atmosphere.

“We are tending towards donating $1.3 million per cause that we support.”

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Key Takeaways:

[2:55] What is Danny’s business, Brand Fuel, about?

[6:30] Danny has had zero turnover in his company in the last year.

[7:45] During 9/11, Danny and his friends decided to host a benefit concert. He had never hosted one before, but that’s how Band Together NC started.

[9:00] Every year, Danny highlights a different, but special cause to allow people to tell their story.

[9:25] Brand Fuel has become the largest non-profit live music festival in the Southeast, US.

[14:15] At work, we’re missing the mark when it comes to the importance of living.

[19:15] Danny was very conflicted in combining Brand Fuel’s mission and purpose with Band Together. He didn’t want people to think he was trying to make a profit off of his charity.

[26:00] What’s making you upset in the world right now? What can you do to fix it? Every little bit counts!

[28:50] What are you doing with what you have been given?

[37:35] Why not make community service fun? Fun is contagious and it’s what engages people!

[44:55] Customers are expecting people to be authentic and human.

[47:05] What does partnership philanthropy mean?

[50:55] If you want to go far, you have to go together.

[53:45] How can nonprofits make their events more successful?

[54:55] Experience is the new luxury good.

[58:15] In many corporate environments, we leave generosity at the door. How can we change that?

[1:01:20] Hot off the press! The next Band Together event is June 23rd with American Aquarium and Walk the Moon to support Triangle Family Services.

“People often say, ‘I’m really busy’, and that’s not a good thing necessarily.”

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