Baby boomers, millennials, corporate employees, executives and students are responding to the national call for a new generation of service: Skilled-Based Volunteering (SBV). SBV is when company employees and/or individuals offer nonprofits their personal talents or professional competences to help organizations meet their demands. From the COO offering free strategic planning advice to the millennial…
Sample Plate Series #3: When companies talk about having a corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, we believe that corporate philanthropy and employee volunteerism can be incorporated with it. Our recent articles on how volunteer programs like Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO) and Dollars for Doers can engage employees and still meet CSR initiatives is something…
Sample Plate Series #2: We’ve recently launched our Sample Plate Series and in our first article gave a brief example on how companies can align their corporate giving and/or employee volunteer programs with their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy using Volunteer Paid Time Off or VPTO. Another example is through a “Dollars for Doers” program.…
Sample Plate Series #1: Am I the only one reading corporate social responsibility (CSR) articles and finding it absurd that experts are suggesting that corporate philanthropy is not considered CSR? Yes, it true that corporate philanthropy is not synonymous with CSR, but corporate giving should make up a piece of a company’s overall CSR strategy.…
I often tell people that I have the best job in the world. In short, I get hired by companies to give away their money to charities (the next best job would be to be Oprah!). But in the world of Strategic Philanthropy I have to show companies, especially those here in south Florida, the…
My clients in south Florida always ask why they should care about employee volunteer programs or engage their workforce in their philanthropic efforts. The answer is simple. It will save your company millions of dollars. Seriously. A few months back, I watched a presentation by Bea Boccalandro, president of Vera Works, who shed light that…
Finding Mr. or Mrs. “Right” can be tough. So is finding the right company that wants a long-term relationship with your nonprofit. Similar to dating, there are a lot of “fish” out there and the nonprofit world is no different. There are 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States vying for the same grants, funds…
I’m always surprised with how people and businesses define philanthropy. With all the good that philanthropy does, it sometimes get a bad rap. During my seven years in the nonprofit world, I saw how it often times got associated with only big dollar contributions, the wealthy, political campaigns, fortune 500 companies and so on. But…