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Tapping Into Corporate Volunteer Programs (Self-Instruction
Guide) Starting October 18, 2010
Lately, there has been lots of buzz about corporate social responsibility -
but how can you capitalize on this interest and make use of businesses as sources
of volunteers? In this downloadable Self-Instruction Guide, David Warshaw, a
former employee volunteer program head for a major corporation, shares insight
and tips for developing effective relationships with volunteers from the
business world.
Access
this self-instruction guide plus other
topics and benefits by signing up for our $99 trial run.
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Corporate employee volunteer programs have
caught on worldwide, and there are efforts underway in many countries to increase
business community involvement and teach best practices in this type of
activity. Some of us still wonder if the value of creating nonprofit/business
relationships is worth the effort. Organizations that think through all the
issues and build their capacity to attract and incorporate business volunteers
can add tremendously to their ability to fulfill mission objectives.
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Featured Resources
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Employee Volunteering: The Guide This
publication is an in-depth and accessible resource which shows how the private,
public and voluntary sectors can benefit from employee volunteering, and gives
clear, practical advice to businesses on setting up employee volunteering
programs. Written in the UK for an English
audience, the principles in this guide are universally applicable, especially
as so many large corporations have a global presence. | | |
Take Your Partner for the Corporate Tango: A Guide to Developing Successful Business and Community Partnerships This electronic guidebook from Australia provides great advice for community/corporate
collaborations, no matter where they are located. Using the metaphor of the
tango as a "controlled dance that requires two partners to work
together," the reader is given clear steps to prepare for a partnership,
choose a suitable partner, and assure that all the features of a working
relationship are present. Includes "Things to Watch Out For" and
other practical dos and don'ts. Written for both the community and commercial
perspectives, and for small as well as large organizations. | | |
New Directions in Employer-Supported Volunteering: Part 1 and Part 2 Recently,
we've begun to see a shift from the so-called "team challenge" approach to
volunteering (where teams of employees perform a task, such as painting a
community center) to volunteering that
makes use of an individual employee's professional skills. On top of this,
anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that the growth and popularity of
employer-supported volunteering is not diminishing despite the global financial
crisis. In this Keyboard Roundtable, leading employer-supported volunteering
practitioners and from
several countries explore these and other key issues. e-Volunteerism subscribers can read the
full text of Part 1 and Part 2; non-subcribers can
purchase each article for only $3. Today's Corporate Workplace Volunteering in Context David
Warshaw, who spent 27 years in the public relations/corporate citizenship arena
for a huge company, looks at how nonprofits and businesses can work together to the betterment of our communities. Learn what
is motivating companies to enter the community arena and how corporate
citizenship imperatives might help nonprofits gain from the resources available
from the business sector. e-Volunteerism subscribers can read the
full text; non-subscribers can purchase the article for only $3.
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Book Excerpt
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Understanding What a Business Partner Wants Excerpted from Take Your Partner for the Corporate Tango by Kate Reynolds
Identifying what most businesses want from
partnerships with not-for-profit organisations is really very simple. They want
a professional relationship, clearly defined benefits, value-for-money and
protection from unacceptable risk. Most businesses can be quite clear about
their expectations of any partnership because they are looking for a
combination of all or some of the following benefits:
- increased understanding, knowledge and skills for employees
- increased job satisfaction for employees
- increased employee, customer or shareholder loyalty
- increased business opportunities
- opportunities for favourable exposure in the local, state, national or international media
- credibility in the local, state, national or global community or 'marketplace' as a good corporate citizen
- tax advantages
Some
businesses look for short-term relationships with immediate and obvious benefits
for the community - others prefer longer-term relationships that can evolve over
time alongside the programs that assist the community to achieve its goals.
All
businesses want:
- quality and timely proposals
- achievable goals which have real impact
- quality and timely communications
- quality and timely reports
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Permission is
granted for organizations to reprint this excerpt. Reprints must provide full
acknowledgment of the source, as cited here:
Excerpted
from Take Your Partner for the Corporate Tango: A Guide to Developing Successful Business and Community Partnerships, by Kate Reynolds, � 2001,
Volunteering South Australia. Found in the Energize, Inc.
Online Bookstore at http://www.energizeinc.com/store/5-202-E-1
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