Are you eager to start a Workplace Volunteer Program, but wonder how you’ll get the rest of your company on board? Luckily, the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is changing, and it’s becoming an easier sell to do good. Not only are nonprofit organizations becoming more savvy corporate partners, but companies are beginning to see a shared purpose in volunteer partnerships. In this month’s Best Practice Network (BPN) Webinar, we’ll hear from Angela Parker and Chris Jarvis, co-founders of Realized Worth. Their years of experience in the corporate volunteerism field will lend to their discussion of the trends and challenges they’re seeing, recommendations on how to inspire employees to volunteer, and the corporation’s role in a higher calling. Their stories will energize you to launch the perfect workplace volunteer program for your company.

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Changing Corporate Perspectives:
Workplace Volunteer Programs
Chris Jarvis
Co-Founder
Realized Worth
Speakers:
Facilitators:
Lauren Wagner
Sr. Manager, Marketing Strategy
VolunteerMatch
Angela Parker
Co-Founder
Realized Worth
Stephanie Hong
Manager, Engagement
VolunteerMatch

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4. Fundamentally, our goal is to equip companies to
develop their employees into leaders – leaders
whose decision-making is influenced by their
exposure to social issues and societal needs.

5. What we’ll cover today:
 Workplace Giving and Volunteering Trends
and Challenges
 Inspiring Employees to Volunteer
 Why What We Do Matters

6. Questions
before we start?

7. Why do companies volunteer?
Corporations weren’t created to do good—much less send
their employees out to volunteer on company time.
Companies were created to maximize shareholder returns.
Right or wrong, this fundamental reason for existing is
written into the DNA of corporations and inevitably
influences their relationship with the social sector.
So….why volunteer?

8. Employee Engagement
 According to Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends study,
involving more than 3,300 business from 106 countries:
 87% of HR leaders cite culture/engagement as one of their top
challenges,
 7% rate themselves “excellent” at measuring, driving, and
improving engagement and retention.
 66% reported that they are updating their engagement and
retention strategies.
 Organizations that create a culture defined by meaningful work
outperform their peers and are more likely to beat their
competition in attracting top talent.

9. 87% of employees who volunteered with their companies
reported an improved perception of their employer, while
94% of employee volunteers believed volunteerism was a core
component or positive influence on job satisfaction.

10. When companies act pro-socially, employees view
themselves in a positive light, generating trust between you
and your employee.

11. In a major study by the University of Georgia, employees
who volunteered “worked harder, were more willing to
help their colleagues, [talked] positively about their
company, [and] were less likely to waste time at work or
miss meetings.” They just tend to be better performing
individuals.

12. A 2008 study found that companies that enable employees
to volunteer produce affective commitment, creating a
warm perception of themselves and the organization they
work for as helpful, caring and benevolent.

13. Knowledge
Understanding

14. Trends & Challenges – Top 3
 Skills-based Volunteering
 Global Vetting of Nonprofit Partners
 Measuring Impact

15. Skills-based Volunteering
Nonprofits need –
more skilled volunteers doing real work that moves the
organization’s mission forward in a significant way.
Companies need –
to show how volunteering connects with their core
business and increases the knowledge and abilities of
employees.
Solutions?

16. Global Vetting
According to a recent survey by LBG Associates, vetting a
nonprofit outside the home country is the biggest challenge of all.
“The process includes deciding whether to even get involved in
vetting local NGOs … and if the company does decide to vet, how
deeply it wants to vet for different programs, who will do the
vetting, and how much it is willing to pay for that.”
Solutions?

17. Measuring Impact
When corporate volunteering was new, impact was
measured by how many people participated in the program. Now,
companies are getting smarter.
What sustainable difference are these programs making? What is
volunteering doing for employees? Are they more engaged? How
do we know? Is there any ROI?
Solutions?

18. Transactional vs.
Transformative
Volunteering

19. A High Calling
When we volunteer, we transform into better versions of
ourselves. If companies and nonprofit organizations can work
together to enable more people in the workplace to realize better
versions of themselves, the world will—over time—become a
better place, too.

20. Type questions into the box on the right side of the your screen
or
Submit via Twitter to @VM_Solutions using “#VMbpn”

21. BPNGet the Book!
Find content like today’s topic &
more in VolunteerMatch’s new
book Volunteer Engagement 2.0:
Ideas and Insights Changing the
World, out now!
Get your copy today:
bit.ly/Vmbook
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23. BPNThank You!
Contact Realized Worth to chat:
www.RealizedWorth.com
@RealizedWorth
Angela Chris
angela@realizedworth.com chrisjarvis@realizedworth.com
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