Corporate Volunteering: Why It Works & How To Prove It
This is a recent presentation I gave to the International Association of Business Communicators at their World Conference in Toronto, June 8, 2010. I used a format available a Prezi.com. I HIGHLY recommend taking the time to figure out this new style of presentation. I absolutely love it. It’s free and fairly intuitive. You’ll never […]
Corporate Volunteering: Why It Works & How To Prove It
This is a recent presentation I gave to the International Association of Business Communicators at their World Conference in Toronto, June 8, 2010. I used a format available a Prezi.com. I HIGHLY recommend taking the time to figure out this new style of presentation. I absolutely love it. It’s free and fairly intuitive. You’ll never […]
Inclusive Business: Moving from the why to the how – today’s launch of the Business Innovation Facility
It is striking how far we have come. Only a few years ago, it seemed that many of us, represented in this network, were spending large amounts of our professional energy convincing donor agencies of business’ role in meeting international development challenges. Looking back now, three major trends stand out. First, there is a widespread, […]
Jeff Raikes, CEO, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: A Message to Members of Business Fights Poverty
We spend a lot of our time trying to convince skeptics that they should care about development. Bill Gates made the case very convincingly in his report to the G20 delivered last November. He argues from the supply side: successfully developing countries can keep the price of key commodities low by boosting production – important […]
The Journey of the Volunteer: Tourist, Traveler & Guide:
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Tourist – Traveler – Guide. This is the journey of the volunteer. The great failure of volunteer coordinators lies in expecting tourists to act like guides, treating guides like tourists, and ignoring the traveler all-together. Its time we meet people where they’re […]
The Journey of the Volunteer: Tourist, Traveler & Guide:
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Tourist – Traveler – Guide. This is the journey of the volunteer. The great failure of volunteer coordinators lies in expecting tourists to act like guides, treating guides like tourists, and ignoring the traveler all-together. Its time we meet people where they’re […]
The 3 Stages In The Journey Of A Volunteer
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Did the financial collapse have an effect on volunteering rates? You bet. Volunteer rates mushroomed during the winter of 2009. So where are all those volunteers now? Good question. In the early days of the Obama craze (which, incidentally, seems to have […]
How Volunteering Changed My Life: An Interview With Chris Jarvis
Everyone has a story. Call it a journey, an explanation, the reason we are who we are, but one thing is sure: there’s always more to a person than can be seen from the outside. There is value in learning each other’s stories. Together, in the messiness of our lives, we can encourage each other […]
Ray Anderson on Climbing Mount Sustainability
One of the great champions of proving the business case for sustainability Ray Anderson of Interface gives some of the insights he and his people have gleaned in climbing what Ray calls Mt. Sustainability Be remarkable Ian Founder Differencemakers CommunityPartnering passionate people to change what’s normal for the good of people, our planet, and for […]
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (3 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profits respond? Is there a “best” answer for everyone? (Part 3 of 7) If men are from Mars, […]
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (3 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profits respond? Is there a “best” answer for everyone? (Part 3 of 7) If men are from Mars, […]
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (2 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. “We want an activity that can be done together as a team” Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profits respond? Is there a “best” […]
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (2 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. “We want an activity that can be done together as a team” Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profits respond? Is there a “best” […]
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (1 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. “We want a volunteer experience that can be done in no more than a day, and no less than a half-day.” Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. […]
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (1 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. “We want a volunteer experience that can be done in no more than a day, and no less than a half-day.” Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. […]
Fighting climate change and poverty: business must be the driver of innovation
Today, Blog Action Day (www.blogactionday.org), is focused on the climate change crisis. This is a crisis that is integrally connected with the focus of this practitioner community – fighting poverty through business. As Nick Stern, who led the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, argued recently, “There are two big challenges for this […]
Harnessing the power of business for development impact: towards the fourth generation
By Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, and Chair of the 2009 Event Series, “Harnessing the Power of Business for Development Impact”. Here Simon shares his reflections on the Series. The Series was organised by the ODI, the UK Department for International Development, and Business Action for Africa. The final event in the […]
3 Reasons Why You’re Finding It Hard to Find And Keep Volunteers – And What To Do About It
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Volunteer rates are down, but more people are talking about the importance of volunteering. There’s a disconnect. Here’s why, and what you can do about it. Outside there’s an audible hum, and it’s increasing in volume by the minute. People are talking […]
Want Good Volunteers? Forget The Altruistic, Find The Self-Interested (Part 1 of 2)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Many argue that volunteer rates are falling. They complain that people today (usually young people) won’t make commitments to a cause. The problem, people tell me, is that volunteers want to know what’s in it for them. Yep, it’s true. But self-interest […]
Transforming Employee Volunteerism
Corporate Volunteering continues to grow in popularity. But what makes an employee volunteer program successful? Participation rates? Stakeholder awareness? The number of walls painted? Want to reap the real benefits of employee volunteering? Alyson Genovese will tell you how. GUEST BLOG POST: Alyson Genovese is a freelance consultant on issues related to sustainability, corporate social […]