How to Make

Volunteering

Work for All

Your Employees

Jason WolfsonDirector of Marketing, Bright Funds

Tess SrebroSenior Marketing Manager, VolunteerMatch

Rachel McMillanClient Experience, East Coast Manager, Bright Funds

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Today You Will Learn How To….

Take stock of your employees’ unique volunteer preferences

Design a robust corporate volunteer program that makes everyone happy

Turn those plans into action with the help of engaged employees

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Making it easy for good people and good

causes to connect with the web’s largest

volunteer engagement network

The workplace giving platform that makes

philanthropy more rewarding for individuals,

more measurable for companies, and more

impactful for nonprofits and communities.

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What Makes a Great Employee Volunteer Program?

Meets Business Priorities

Meets Community Needs

Ignites Employee Passions

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Understand Employee Interests and Passions

77% of millennial employees said they are more likely to

volunteer for a cause if they can use their specific skills or

expertise.

Top priority for Gen Z:

Professional Development

Popular cause areas:

Children & Youth

Education & Literacy

Health & Medicine

Gather Interests

Survey employees

Types of volunteering

Big community-building off-site day

Skills-based service

Personalized and hobby-driven activities

Understand Employee Interests and Passions

Research nonprofit partners

Speak with organization leaders

Understand ad hoc vs. ongoing needs

Discover Community Needs

Develop goals and strategy around employee preferences and

nonprofit needs

Carve out time for volunteerism during the work day/week?

Execute approach with community partners

Bring nonprofits in to speak at your office

Host an in-office volunteering event

Ideate and Co-Create Plans of Action

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Demonstrate company buy-in

Outline variety of ways to volunteer

Reward volunteer excellence

Fuel Adoption and Engagement

Variety

Include Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Storytelling

Leadership

Ignite Employee Passions

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