Create or review your employee volunteer policy today! As your team grows and more employees ask about your company’s social responsibility, it’s a great time to review your initiatives. Volunteering as teammates is awesome for employee engagement. Yet, without a volunteer policy, you may find
One of the most common holiday philanthropy examples is adopting a family! Adopting families is a great way to give back during the holidays. You can absolutely do this all year round if you are able, yet this is especially present during the holiday season.
If you are looking to start a Corporate Giving or Employee Volunteering program, kudos to you! We’ll chat through 5 quick steps to starting a corporate philanthropy program. Whether your team has something currently or did in the past, here’s a first step to ensure
Welcome to November! As we progress towards the holiday season, it’s important to think of others. We are reminded to be selfless. It’s common to reflect on our position and how we can support family, friends, and those around us. This is a great time
Did you know there was a difference in philanthropy vs charity? That’s right! However, it is subtle, so don’t worry if you don’t know it. Naturally, we associate positive images with philanthropy and charity. Likely, we believe both help others and both are beneficial for
Let’s find some ways to do good today! Everyone feels better when they do good. We can engage employees and help employees recharge by providing each other 10 ways to do good. Think of those times you helped someone else. Awesome, right?! That’s the thought
If there’s one thing we think most people can agree on, it’s that philanthropy is a good thing! Not only does it help the communities around us (and that’s about as big a benefit as there is!), it offers the companies that embrace it a
This is the third part in our series of Pledge 1%! Our first article looked at the pledge and discussed the four options a company can pledge. The second article got into what happens after your pledge and how to involve all of your employees
First of all, committing to Pledge 1% is fantastic! You’ve built up internal buy-in, and your team has signed up! You’ve decided to pledge some combination of the four; 1% of time, 1% of profit, 1% of product, or 1% of equity. But what happens
How much time does it take to make an impact? How much time does it take to change the world? How about 5 minutes? Or perhaps an average of 5 minutes per day? Seems pretty low, but what if we did this collectively? 5 minutes
