A Creative Services & Career Studio.
We are what we do. Work at SOCIAL IMPACT.
Writing/Editing/Editorial/Strategic Planning
Job Search / A New Career /Leadership
Arts & Culture, Community Building, Education, Environmental Conservation, Science & Policy, Food Justice, Healthcare, Housing, International Development, Poverty, Public Health, Public Service, Science & Technology, Social Justice and so much more.
Our Mission
Our mission is to serve you—as you focus your talents, skills, experience and education on making a positive social impact in your community and beyond. We provide accessible and affordable job search, career planning and leadership development programs for people working to change the world.
Arts & Culture * Civil Rights * Community Service & Capacity Building * Data & Evaluation Science * Disaster Relief & Public Safety * Disability Advocacy * Education * Educational Counseling * Environmental Science & Policy * Faith-based Services * Food Justice & Nutrition * Fundraising & Philanthropy Services * Government * Healthcare & Public Health * Housing * Human Services * International Development * Journalism * Legal Services * Medical Research * Mental Health * Political Activism * Poverty * Publishing * Recreation Therapy * Science & Technology * Senior Services * Social-Enterprise Entrepreneurship * Youth & Children
We are all makers.
This is our approach to Work (with a capital W). In the same way an architect or artist is a maker, so is an educator, a public health nurse, an environmental activist. And you alone must decide what it is you’re going to make. To be satisfied and productive, alas happy, it’s the only way. We look forward to being your partner as we design and build a program that empowers you to launch your next job search, advance your career and build a legacy of positive change.
Services
The Digital-First Job Search
The Early Career Program
Mid/Senior Career Search
The Compass Sessions (PWYC)
The Founder
JOE WOODWARD MA, MFA, CCSP has led social impact campaigns and hired and trained leadership teams in secondary and higher education, public health, and marketing communications. Over more than three decades, his experience has spanned the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Claremont Graduate University, Pomona College, Brooklyn College/City University of New York, Southern California Public Radio/NPR, The Webb Schools and elsewhere. In a senior leadership role and consulting, his teams have raised more than $200 million and been honored with multiple regional and national awards by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and others.
A four-time finalist and two-time winner of a Los Angeles Press Club Award, Woodward’s work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Poets & Writers and elsewhere. He is the author of the literary biography published by O/R Books, Alive Inside the Wreck: A Biography of Nathanael West.
JOE WOODWARD MA, MFA, CCSP earned a master’s degree in education with an emphasis in teaching and learning from the Claremont Graduate University and an MFA from Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He is a member of the National Career Development Association, where he completed the Facilitating Career Development program and was awarded the Certified Career Service Provider (CCSP) credential.
A member of the National Career Development Association (NCDA).
“Work at Social Impact helped me explore my talents and strengths and keep me on track so I could reach my goal.”
— A CLIENT
