S2E02 Bea Boccalandro, VeraWorks
Small acts can really change the way we feel about our jobs and therefore how well we perform them.
Audience: Companies
S2E01: David Shapiro, MENTOR
There is something incredibly powerful about showing up for a young person time and time again… It is one of the most enriching things you’ll find in life.
Training Magazine: Skills-Based Volunteer Programs Engage Employees and Support Professional Development
Skills-based volunteerism is an excellent way to connect employee engagement and talent development with corporate community goals and values. Pro bono programs are extraordinarily successful due to the combination of experiential learning and learning in a new environment. Plus, they allow employees who want to bring their own personal values to work to meaningfully contribute to their local …
S1E39: Celebrating a Year of Social Impact Conversations
In the season 1 finale of Pro Bono Perspectives, host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly looks back on more than a year of social impact conversations with insightful, inspiring change leaders across sectors and industries. A few key trends emerged, which Danielle explores further in this episode: the expanding definition of philanthropy, new approaches …
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S1E38 ENCORE: Tim Smith, The Boston Foundation
There is more engagement, more folks joining boards, wanting to volunteer, wanting to work for social impact companies whose business models are to give back.
S1E37 ENCORE: Robert Lee, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
Every time I think about the statistics, the pure math of the problem, I always think about that if you take one third of the food that is going to waste and bring it to people who are food insecure, that is enough nutrition to eliminate food insecurity.
S1E36: Myung Lee, Cities of Service
What we need to get better at is asking people to help us and telling them how they can help us.
Experts call for more skills‐based volunteerism in disaster philanthropy
Leading experts in the field of corporate volunteerism are calling for companies to leverage the skills and knowledge of their employees in the disaster philanthropy arena, an area where most companies’ giving extends only to cash and product. In a white paper recently published by Common Impact, a national nonprofit focused on connecting corporate volunteers with …
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Celebrating a Successful Pro Bono Week
Pro Bono Week 2019 was an action-packed stretch of flash consulting events with skills-based volunteers across the nation supporting local nonprofits.