Recent Posts Tagged With 'npo'

• Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (1 of 7)

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 14:14 in CSR, volunteer, corporate responsibility, corporate social responsibility, evp, corporate citizenship, npo, employee volunteer programs, corporate volunteering

  “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 ac...

• MBA Program Trashed on Harvard Business Podcast

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 10:40 in MBA, CSR, corporate social responsibility, npo

  What does it take to create an outstanding leader? Apparently, not a Harvard MBA. Based on a study by Henry Mintzberg of 19 Harvard trained CEOs identified as superstars in 1990, ten were outright failures and another four are mediocre at best. Only ...

• Six Reasons Why You'll Never Volunteer Again

  Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 19:48 in Barack Obama, volunteer, united way, npo, financial crises, reasons to volunteer, volunteer management theory, retaining volunteers, highest level of contribution

  The downturn in the economy is proving to be a boon to volunteerism. It won’t matter. Most non profits are egregiously under-resourced in staff, dollars and expertise. Here are six reasons why most volunteer experiences will inoculate people agains...

• Walmart and Twitter Gang Up To Make The World Green

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 in sustainability, social media, sustainable development, npo

  Walmart is greening its supply chain. Twitter is being used to expose corporate practices that are destroying communities and the environment. Instead of dampening an emphasis on sustainability practices, the Financial Crises seems to be heating it u...

• Start a Corporate Volunteering Program Where You Work

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 13:43 in CSR, volunteer, corporate social responsibility, evp, npo, employee volunteer programs, corporate volunteering

  Corporate Volunteer programs, also known as Employee Volunteer Programs are a key component to Corporate Social Responsibility strategies. We’ll tell you how to start one where you work, or how to improve the one you have.One Step Forward, Three S...

• Finding Volunteer Opportunities for Your Company: The Quick and Dirty Answers

  Posted on Friday November 7th, 2008 at 07:51 in CSR, volunteer, corporate social responsibility, evp, co, npo, reasons to volunteer, employee volunteer programs, corporate volunteering

  Finding volunteer opportunities for your company can be tougher than expected. Here are some reasons why, and what you can do about it.Trends come and go. Skinny jeans, Emo and blogging are trendy. Webkinz, Facebook, and Crocs are trendy. Corporate ...

• Financial Chaos on Wall Street May Make Corporations Socially Irresponsible

  Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 18:11 in CSR, volunteer, corporate social responsibility, evp, corporate citizenship, npo, employee volunteer programs, corporate volunteering

  Amid chaos in the financial sectors, the trillion dollar bailouts, and the cannibalizing of historic financial institutions around the world, there is a small stage being set. It is being meticulously prepared by the stage hands of fear, loss, anxie...

• Know Your Audience: How To Offer A Great Volunteer Experience (part 6 of 6)

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 20:41 in CSR, volunteer, corporate social responsibility, evp, npo, recruiting volunteers, employee volunteer programs, retaining volunteers

  NPOs have to change their view of volunteers, donors and other stakeholders if there is any hope of achieving their mission. The tendency to distinguish between beneficiary and benefactor undermines success and limits impact every time.The Tale of T...

• Demote Your Staff To Create Limitless Potential: How To Offer A Great Volunteer Experience (5 of 6)

  Posted on Friday September 19th, 2008 at 09:36 in CSR, volunteer, corporate social responsibility, evp, npo, employee volunteer programs, volunteer management theory, highest level of contribution, the four conditions

  Massive change is sweeping through the business world. Corporate Social Responsibility is precipitating thousands of new Employer-Sponsored Volunteer Programs. But can non-profit organizations handle the huge increase of volunteers coming their way...

• Stop Treating Everyone Equally! How To Offer A Great Volunteer Experience (4 of 6)

  Posted on Saturday September 13th, 2008 at 17:27 in CSR, volunteer, meaning, corporate social responsibility, npo, reasons to volunteer, employee volunteer programs, volunteer management theory, stages of realized worth, highest level of contribution

  Exceptional volunteer experiences account for the uniqueness of each person, and their reasons for volunteering in the first place. Whether you are managing your companies Employee Volunteer Program as part of the overall CSR mission, or you are coo...

• Great Employee Volunteer Program Websites

  Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 15:52 in CSR, volunteer, corporate social responsibility, evp, corporate citizenship, npo, employee volunteer programs

  There is a lot of work being done by Foundations, Institutions and Government Agencies in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR and Employee Volunteer Programs (EVP’s) also known as Corporate Volunteering/Citizenship. I review nume...

• Build Your Jobs Around Your Volunteers: How To Offer A Great Volunteer Experience (3 of 6)

  Posted on Friday September 5th, 2008 at 16:54 in volunteer, meaning, npo, recruiting volunteers, volunteer management theory, stages of realized worth, retaining volunteers, highest level of contribution

  Meeting People at their Highest Level of ContributionOn a beautiful, mid-western morning in Spring, I was enjoying breakfast with my friend, Jay Hein. At the time, Jay was the Executive Director of Civil Society Programs at the Hudson Institute, a �...

• Give The Volunteer What He/She Wants!: How to Offer A Great Volunteer Experience

  Posted on Saturday August 30th, 2008 at 23:38 in volunteer, meaning, npo, recruiting volunteers, reasons to volunteer, retaining volunteers

  Most people don’t actually want to volunteer. Most of us are over-worked, over-stressed, and have obligations far beyond intended human capacity. When we say, “I’ve been thinking of doing some volunteer work,” we usually mean something more a...

• How To Offer a Great Volunteer Experience! (part 1)

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 15:27 in volunteer, npo, volunteer management theory

  If you have some background with volunteer management, you’re likely to recognize the following steps which are how you, as an organization, offer the best possible volunteer experience:PLAN. Work with your board and staff to identify volunteer rol...

• Why People Hate Volunteering!

  Posted on Friday July 18th, 2008 at 18:08 in volunteer, epiphany, npo, recruiting volunteers, reasons to volunteer, retaining volunteers

  One of the greatest mistakes non-profit organizations (NPO’s) make with volunteers (and the public in general) is offering too much and asking too little. Now, that may come across counter-intuitive, or maybe just a dumb thing to say...But I’m s...