Cause selection is a strategic decision. Most brands treat it like a values exercise.
The wrong question is which causes resonate right now. The right question is where what you actually do connects to something the world needs. Here's how to tell the difference.
The day I brought a miniature horse into the Xbox office
Every year during Microsoft's Give campaign, I organized a blanket-making event for shelter animals at the Nebraska Humane Society. The secret to getting people to show up? Pizza. And a miniature therapy horse named Streaker.
A campaign that runs once isn’t a strategy. It’s a donation with a press release.
The launch moment gets the budget. Year two gets a line item if the metrics were good, and nothing if they weren't. Here's why the campaigns that actually compound are the ones that come back.
Gaming companies have the best fundraising infrastructure in the world. Most of them aren't using it.
190.6 million Americans play video games weekly. U.S. charitable giving hit $592.5 billion in 2024. The gap between those two numbers is a framing problem, not a resource problem.
You can’t measure what you won’t define
Most social impact teams know they have a measurement problem. Few have been set up to solve it. Here's why defining success before a campaign launches is the only way to earn the budget to do more of it.
Why cause campaigns outlast the budget that funded them
Paid media buys attention. Cause campaigns build trust, credibility, and community that compounds over time. Here's the business case - with the data to back it up.
Gaming communities are already organized. That’s the point.
Gaming communities don't need to be activated. They're already organized, already moving, and already motivated around things they care about. The question for brands isn't how to engage them - it's whether your cause resonates with them.
Why social impact wins where traditional marketing Stalls
Social impact does what ads cannot. It earns trust, fuels community, and creates the kind of reach money can’t buy. Here is why purpose driven campaigns outperform traditional marketing.
How zombies drove 169,000 blood donation signups
Yes, really. A zombie survival game drove a wildly successful blood donation campaign for the American Red Cross.
Why I created Aizle Impact
I’d been thinking about starting Aizle Impact for a long time, and this summer I decided it was time to make it real. Today on July 16, 2025, I filed my business license and stepped fully into the work I know can create lasting change. It feels like the right moment to share where it began.