Volunteering is CSR: The VolunteerMatch Blog for Business Leaders

All content in this campaign is republished from the blog Volunteering Is CSR. Volunteering Is CSR, run by the Solutions by VolunteerMatch team, offers business leaders who are committed to social responsibility a place to learn how volunteer engagement can and should be a prominent part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) mix. 

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Peace, Love, and Volunteering
‘Tis the season for eggnog lattés, holiday parties, and philanthropic giving. It’s also the season for reflection and giving thanks.

Diversity & Inclusion

How to Reward Employees With Time Off for Volunteer Work
There’s a lot of evidence to show that launching a paid time off to volunteer (VTO) initiative will improve your corporate social responsibility image while benefiting your company in return. Here are a few things you need to know if you want to reward employees with time off for volunteer work.

Innovation & Technology

How to Find Volunteer Opportunities Through Your Current CSR Platform
Looking for volunteer opportunities that engage employees and impact communities? You may not need to look any further than your current corporate giving platform. In 2016, VolunteerMatch partnered with five platforms to bring our massive network of volunteer opportunities to an increasing number of employee volunteer programs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Can Volunteering Build Employee Engagement?
Lately, I’ve been writing about employee engagement quite a bit, and I keep coming across information showing that volunteering as a workforce can do wonders for improving it. At first, I didn’t get the connection, but the more I read, the more it makes sense. Engaged employees go a step beyond what’s required of them. A big factor in their willingness to do this is whether they believe there is a larger purpose — a meaning — to their work.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How to Plan a Service Day You and Your Nonprofit Partner Will Love
Despite new trends in corporate volunteering, the classic “Day of Service” remains popular among companies. How do you ensure the planning of your company’s day of service goes smoothly, and that it’s equally as beneficial to your nonprofit partner?

Social Impact & Volunteering

How to Create the Win-Win Scenario for Employee Volunteer Programs
When corporate social responsibility programs strategically align with the nonprofit they’re serving, the result is meaningful engagement for employees as well as measurable impact for the nonprofit. Companies need to be diligent, do their homework, and require that the nonprofit does the same.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Find the Metrics for Success: How to Evaluate Your Employee Volunteer Program
In honor of VM Summit 16, which is all about corporate/ nonprofit collaboration, this series of volunteerism-related blog posts will take one topic and explain how it’s relevant to both groups. Today’s topic? Metrics for success. Check out our other blog, Engaging Volunteers, for the same topic from the perspective of corporate volunteer program managers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

When Partnering with Nonprofits, Communication is Key
In honor of VM Summit 16, which is all about corporate/ nonprofit collaboration, this series of volunteerism-related blog posts will take one topic and explain how it’s relevant to both groups.

Diversity & Inclusion

Skills-Based Volunteering as Corporate Self-Care
Companies are frequently likened to machines–departments chugging away in happy synchrony like a well-oiled machine. It’s easy to see why this analogy exists. It works most of the time, and it helps us to emphasize company necessities like efficiency and functionality. When we want to shift that focus towards the overall health of a company, however, we are better served by a more humanized approach.

Within our new analogy, we can reflect on how a person remains healthy.So, self-care is vital for the person, and by extension, is vital for the company. What, then, is the corporate equivalent of getting plenty of sleep, eating your veggies, and maintaining a constructive mindset? I suggest skills-based volunteering as a holistic approach to corporate health.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Three Things Local Charities Want Business Volunteers to Know
Throughout my time managing volunteers, I’ve found that those from the corporate world, if properly engaged, can be the most valuable assets to small charities. They’re often smart, commercially aware, and willing to give. However, there are a few things that, as a volunteer manager, I’d love my corporate volunteers to know.
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