How To Get Your Employees To Stop Job Hunting
Studies show that engaged employees generate an average of between a quarter to a third more profitsfor their companies. Fantastic, right? But here’s the question: do you think that most of your employees are engaged? If you answered yes, chances are you’re dead wrong. According to one eye-opening study, fewer than a third of all […]
Brainstorming Fundraising Ideas? Don’t Overlook Corporate Philanthropy
For every non-profit, there’s no way around it. Your cause is relevant and worthy. You’ve identified the need and crafted a breakthrough solution that will ensure tangible impact. Your mission statement is both beautiful and inspiring. You’ve assembled an impassioned, dedicated staff ready to execute your vision. All’s in place. Time to get the ball […]
Brainstorming Fundraising Ideas? Don't Overlook Corporate Philanthropy
For every non-profit, there’s no way around it. Your cause is relevant and worthy. You’ve identified the need and crafted a breakthrough solution that will ensure tangible impact. Your mission statement is both beautiful and inspiring. You’ve assembled an impassioned, dedicated staff ready to execute your vision. All’s in place. Time to get the ball […]
3 Ways For Non-Profits to Get the Most from Corporate Volunteer Programs
Sometimes they’re a true blessing. Other times, well, not so much. Hopefully your non-profit’s experience with corporate volunteer programs has been nothing but positive. The program was organized, the volunteer team was filled with eager and genuinely engaged employees, the team took their work seriously, stayed on task, accepted direction, and the day was a […]
10 Employee Engagement Ideas for Skills Based Volunteering
Charities rely on charity, and most nonprofits will take whatever volunteer help they can get. But what if you’re a busy professional with more useful skills than dumping this week’s lasagna on plastic plates? Time to start looking at your job as the best way to give back. These days, many companies offer corporate volunteer […]
Satisfied Employees Vs. Engaged Employees
The news about the employee mood in this country appears, at first glance, to be positive. According to the 2011 Job Satisfaction and Engagement Research Report released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 83 percent of U.S. employees are satisfied employees, reporting overall satisfaction with their current jobs. “In general, people find ways […]
Employee Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility for Generation Twitter
At a time when attention spans are shrinking against the exponential growth of new technology applications and digital tools, maintaining employee engagement is a hard-won commodity, and the notion of uniting employees for a collective activity or cause can seem daunting. With so much information available at any given moment, reaching employees might be easier […]
Corporate Volunteerism for Incurable Cynics
There’s one in every crowd and at least one at every workplace; the cynic. She might be highly motivated and intensely career minded, but your garden variety cynic tends to be skeptical of corporate volunteer programs. And yet with a bit of attention, cynics can be transformed into your most passionate volunteers. Don’t try winning […]
4 Ways To Use Pinterest To Encourage Corporate Volunteerism
This blog originally apeared in Mashable. Lets face it; it’s hard to look away from Pinterest. The hottest new social media site has become a go-to source for the latest shopping tips, design advice and funny dog pictures. Who wouldn’t want to sit there all day and stare? As Pinterest fans are discovering through the […]
Corporate Volunteerism Bubbles Up for P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water
Across the globe, businesses are recognizing the expanding importance of corporate volunteer programs as an effective way to support their communities while increasing employee retention and engagement. The workforce of tomorrow demands corporate social responsibility. Millennials number 60 million in the U.S. and an estimated 86% want their work to make a positive impact on […]
Corporate Volunteerism Bubbles Up for P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water
Across the globe, businesses are recognizing the expanding importance of corporate volunteer programs as an effective way to support their communities while increasing employee retention and engagement. The workforce of tomorrow demands corporate social responsibility. Millennials number 60 million in the U.S. and an estimated 86% want their work to make a positive impact on […]
How to Boost Corporate Volunteering with Facebook
With all the news swirling around Facebook’s messy IPO, it’s important to remember one thing: nothing has changed about the site…yet. Despite shareholder lawsuits, NASDEQ fumbles and a stock price faceplant, Facebook is still a powerful tool that can be used to effect positive social change. And when it comes to corporate volunteering, Facebook is […]
The Volunteer Dating Game
In the world of those who volunteer to make a better world, some dream of settling down. But not you. Nosiree. You enjoy the variety of volunteering with many different organizations and causes. Last month it was a cancer nonprofit, today it’s a dog rescue. You heard that a literacy organization is having an awesome […]