Meaningful volunteer opportunities are an often overlooked part of a company’s purpose and employee development. Too often, organizations try to establish employee volunteer programs as a sort of add on in their spare time. But there is another way to think about volunteering and the time has never been better to reimagine this part of corporate life since businesses are actively and publicly expanding their role in society. This new approach to volunteering involves identifying a nonprofit where your employees can lend their skills and expertise over a designated period of time or on a series of connected events. No matter your industry, your employee’s skills are valuable and in need at nonprofits. For some nonprofits, access to your talent and their skills can be just as — or more important — than dollars.

Read this short read from Beth Bengtson and learn more about it.

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Read the article, Skills-Based Volunteering: The New Executive Training Ground, to learn how some of the world’s largest corporations are using skills-based volunteering as their new executive training ground.

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It is easy for social impact leaders to be singularly focused on their own success or survival, and lose sight of how their work fits into the bigger picture.

However, it is never a bad time to consider the possibility of strategic alliances and restructuring, but some moments create more natural opportunities to do so than others. 

Read the Exploring Greater Impact Through Strategic Partnerships guide by The Power of Possibility to reflect on where your organization is, where it is headed, and how a strategic alliance or restructuring could help you get there.

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“An organization benefits from a robust volunteer infrastructure that sustains the activities of the organization. Essential to this sustainability are volunteer leaders, community members who are trained to recognize community needs and to lead other volunteers in service activities that will meet those needs.”

Read this resource written by HandsOn Network to learn how cultivating volunteer leadership can benefit your social impact organization and the broader community.

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Read this resource written by Christine Letts & Danielle Holly to learn more about the value of skills-based volunteering and how to build a successful skills-based volunteering program.

“There is also value in the skills-based volunteering process for the company and the nonprofit beyond the exchange of knowledge. Nonprofits get significant and immediate capacity-building results. Companies amplify the impact of their philanthropic giving and enhance their brand and reputation among customers and employees.”

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Read this resource written by 501 Commons to learn more about why and how to engage skills-based volunteers.

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