Measuring and understanding impact and outcomes is key to communicating the social and business value of skills-based volunteering. Common Impact’s measurement framework outlines our approach to defining and analyzing metrics to ensure the greatest results.
Research shows that skills-based volunteering delivers real upskilling and gives employees an opportunity to flex their expertise in a totally new context. Common Impact’s Talent Development Toolkit is a how-to guide for corporate leaders thinking about developing or transforming a skills-based volunteer program into a meaningful talent and leadership development initiative.
The Challenge Since 2003 State Street Corporation and Common Impact have been partnering to provide skills-based volunteering opportunities to State Street employees. Since this partnership began, State Street, headquartered in Boston, grew into new and emerging markets like China, presenting the need for new and innovative professional development opportunities for cross border teams. The Solution …
The Challenge The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) aims to end hunger in Eastern MA by providing 36.4 million pounds of food to 600 small, medium and large human service agencies such as food pantries, after-school programs, senior feeding programs and homeless shelters. In order to achieve the goal of distributing more pounds of food …
Optimizing mission delivery through smarter systems at The Greater Boston Food Bank Read More »
The Challenge Educational First Steps (EFS) core program, Four Steps to Excellence, partners with child care centers across North Texas to provide the key ingredients to running quality early-childhood education programs. Its child center accreditation process was taking a time-consuming 60+ months to complete, taxing the EFS staff and limiting the number of centers that …
Refining a cornerstone program for broad impact thanks to skills-based volunteers Read More »
