Cohort 1

Align your money with your values. Save & invest your money for impact & returns.  Build a planet positive portfolio.
 

Dr. Craig Zelizer

Founder/CEO, PCDN.Global, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

Investing for Social Impact Professionals

PCDN

Marketing

Many Impact Professionals avoid engaging with how they save &amp; invest money. This is a huge mistake. Your money choices have a large impact on the planet &amp; your financial future. Avoid "greenwashing" reduce costly fees, increase your returns &amp; build a portfolio for impact. Explore the pros/cons of do it yourself investing, AI Tools, and Financial Advising Platforms.

Money is of no use on a dead or dying planet.

You have money to save &amp; invest for impact and returns.

You want to ensure you aren't paying excessively high fees for often bad products.

You want to spot greenwashing and leverage your money for impact.

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Explore why it is essential for you to become money literate &amp; the range of options to place your money that works for you, people and the planet.

Stop Avoiding Money - Engage for Impact

Be prepared to spot &amp; avoid greenwashing. While there are no 100% perfect money options, ensure your money choices aren't actively destroying the planet &amp; harming people. Build the confidence to make financial decisions advancing positive change in the world.

Don't be a part of Greenwashing

Explore a range of investing resources, communities, podcasts, financial advising tools (including robo-advisors) to make you even smarter about money &amp; impact. We will also dive into the pros and cons of AI tools for investing.

Get the Tools & Resources

Learn how completely unnecessary fees hurt your returns. Many "green" investing options unfortunately charge high fees for no extra benefit. Be informed to make smart sustainable + low cost money choices and likely save hundreds or thousands of dollars a year.

Reduce Fees & Increase Your Returns

Build an actionable plan to align your money with your personal and impact goals. Decide how often to check on your your money + and make decisions based on your long-term goals. Avoid common mistakes such as timing the market, rapid trading or emotional money decisions.

Build The Right Portfolio for You

Do you want to set it and forget it or be active investor? Get the tools and guidance to build the right sustainable options for you.

Allocate Your Time More Wisely

Be part of one of the world's leading platforms connecting changemakers to impact career opps, upskilling, finance for good and more. Plus, we have weekly drop in office hours, monthly workshops and much more.

One Year Membership in the PCDN Career Campus

Explore why many social impact professionals focus on building a career of impact, but often avoid engaging with "Money." The impact you can have with your money decisions is critical both to planetary and your financial well-being. We will explore tools for avoiding greenwashing and how to ensure your money is Clean.

Greenwashing & Money are Dirty Words

Explore a range of options for parking your money for impact &amp; returns. Understand the average/potential risks, returns &amp; impacts of a wide range of financial vehicles from savings/checking, bonds, efts, stocks, mutual funds, angel investing, crowd investing, real estate and crypto.

Investing for Impact & Returns

Why fees are not your friend (really)? Avoid high fees, radically reduce your investment expenses while Growing your Impact &amp; Returns. Be an advocate for sustainable financial options both personally and organizational level.

Fees Definitely Aren't Your Friend

It is dangerous to put all your eggs in one basket. The same is true for your money.﻿Why diversifying for impact &amp; growth is key. Wind, solar, community banking, Bcorps, ETFs, Community Bonds, Angel Investing, Real Estate - find the right choices for you.

Diversification for Impact

Working together and individually build a portfolio to start using your money for impact in the short and long-term. Decide if DIY, robo-advisors and/or professionals are the right choice for you and how to find ethical and affordable options. Learn how invest/track your money as well as how often to rebalance.

Investing Is a Marathon Not a Sprint

Course Outline

Founder & Principal, Our Future Fist, Rotary Peace Fellow

CEO at TechChange | Professor at Columbia & Georgetown

What Others Say

Changemaker, Angel Investor, Professor, Founder with 30+ Years Experience in the Social Impact Sector

Wednesday

Feb 28- March 27

Plan to set aside up to 2 hours a week to work on your own, review course materials and start mapping out your investing goals. In addition to dedicate to build an actionable portfolio for impact.

Money & Impact Projects

Open Office Hours (optional)

Course schedule

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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