Corporate Volunteering

Businesses Backing Vets: Pro Bono Aid for Homeless Heroes

Ryan Scott | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Skills-Based-Volunteering, Pro Bono Service, Corporate Volunteering, Homeless Veterans, Veterans, Impact News
Ryan Scott

The issues that veterans face are multi-faceted, so when companies bring their unique skills to the table they can improve the employment prospects for vets in surprising ways.

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When Volunteers Become Voluntold

Ryan Scott | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Volunteering, Corporate Volunteering, Workplace Volunteering, Volunteer, Volunteering at Work, Volunteers, Impact News
Ryan Scott

As corporate volunteerism becomes commonplace in workplaces across the world, there's one word that no one wants to hear: voluntold.

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NCVS Recap: Looking Back at Three Days of Service and Self-Empowerment in New Orleans

Robert J. Rosenthal | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: National Conference on Volunteering and Service, New Orleans, Volunteering, Service, Community-Organizations, Employee Engagement, Ncvs, Corporate Volunteering, Nola, Impact News
Robert J. Rosenthal

As the people of New Orleans have rebuilt, their city has also quietly become a laboratory for some of the most innovative social service initiatives in the country. Indeed, we can all learn from New Orleans.

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The Fortune 500 Need to Take Their Own Advice

Aaron Hurst | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Nonprofits, Community Service, Cause Marketing, Volunteering, Corporate Volunteering, Csr, Impact News
Aaron Hurst

On behalf of the nonprofit sector, I would like to ask companies to act more like businesses. If you truly care about making a sustainable difference in the community, focus on where you can make your talent matter.

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All Together Now? AmeriCorps and the Thousand Points of Light

Shirley Sagawa | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Points of Light Institute, Corporate Volunteering, Americorps, George W. Bush, Impact News
Shirley Sagawa

AmeriCorps members are the recruiters and leaders of millions of community volunteers, the full-time, consistent presence that makes so much possible.

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10 Ways You Can Make Work Fit With Life and Family

Rex Flexibility | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Childcare, Retirement, Slidepollajax, Workplace Flexibility, Grandparents, Volunteering, Corporate Gym, Grandparents Rights, Sabbatical, Gym, Childcare Jobs, Work at Home Moms, Back to School, Sabbatical Leave, Graduate School Jobs, Retirement Planning, Work at Home Jobs, Going Back to School, Corporate Volunteering, Workplace Gym, Flexible Jobs, Healthy Living News
Rex Flexibility

Scientists still haven't figured out how to add more hours to the day, but many companies have come up with creative ways for employees to balance their lives and still be successful at their jobs.

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Survey: 84% Of Companies Say Volunteering Improves Their Business

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Volunteering, Volunteering, Deloitte, 2010 Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey, Impact News

At a time when nonprofits need support more than ever, corporate America is giving workplace volunteerism a strong vote of confidence as a means to ma...

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On Volunteerism During Tough Financial Times

Margot Pritzker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Non-Profits Economy, Volunteering, Urban Initiatives, Economy, Non-Profits, Corporate Volunteering, Volunteerism, Chicago Non-Profits, Chicago News
Margot Pritzker

As non-profits continue to feel the financial squeeze, think about volunteerism in a new light.

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