hesketh.com's roots are in the old-school Internet values of the "gift economy." We believe that what you give freely and with good intentions will be repaid many times over. In other words, we believe in social entrepreneurship. More than just believe, we put our money (and time) where our mouths are by:
- Actively participating in & supporting local communities where we do business.
- Providing charitable support to selected not-for-profit organizations.
- Supporting the charitable interests of our employees.
- Providing leadership and participation in online community initiatives.
- Focusing our services to help non-profits, higher education, and social entrepreneurs solve complex problems.
A sampling of our involvement...
- South by SouthWest (SxSW) Interactive Conference
- An incubator of new, cutting-edge technologies, the SXSW Interactive Festival is ground zero for the world's most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators and new media entrepreneurs. We've been speaking at SXSW for almost a decade. And, CEO Heather Hesketh & CTO Steve Champeon both have a hand in shaping the conference as Advisory Board members. The job of the Advisory Board is to review all panel submissions and provide input to SXSW on what panels will be winners.
- Our involvement: advisors and speakers
- Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR)
- The ALR works to find better treatments and ultimately prevent and cure systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus is an autoimmune disease. So, instead of working to protect you from germs and keep you healthy — which is what the immune system should do — the body literally attacks itself. 100% of the contributions to "Walk with Us to Cure Lupus" funds lupus research. In 2008, hesketh.com was the top fundraiser in the Triangle, surpassing even the top corporate sponsor. We raised almost $1,000 per walker. Now that's results!
- Our involvement: corporate sponsor, 2008 top fundraiser, walkers/supporters
- City of Oaks Marathon
- The name of this Raleigh marathon and half marathon honors the abundance of oak trees and natural areas found in North Carolina's capital city. We encourage you to celebrate the diversity of Raleigh's landscape, from modern city to forest trails and open farmland by participating in or volunteering for this Raleigh marathon and related events.
- Our involvement: 2007 sponsor
- webdesign-L Online Community
- webdesign-l is a mailing list community of 2300+ professionals. The list is intended as a forum for those involved in creating the web.
- Our involvement: founders of this 10+-year-old, 2300+ member group for web developers
- Triangle Usability Professionals' Association (UPA)
- TriUPA builds and supports the local Triangle community of user experience practitioners, including people who focus on usability testing, user research, interaction design and information architecture. TriUPA achieves this goal by focusing on engagement and participation, learning and continuing education, mentoring and professional development, and connections and community.
- Our involvement: corporate sponsor, advisory board, founding member
- Web Standards Project
- One of WaSP's primary goals is to provide educational resources that can help our peers learn standards-compliant methods of web development. These methods are in their interest and that of their clients and site users.
- Our involvement: founding member
- Refresh the Triangle
- Refresh is a community of designers & developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of new media endeavors through design, technology, usability, and standards. Refresh the Triangle meets monthly.
- Our involvement: sponsor, speakers, host, members
- Triangle Web Women (formerly Triangle Webgrrls)
- Triangle Web Women provides a forum for women in or interested in new media and technology to network, exchange job and business leads, form strategic alliances, mentor and teach, intern and learn the skills to help women succeed in an increasingly technical workplace and world.
- Our involvement: founding member
