Black Leadership Spotlight: Ron Waddell, Legendary Legacies
“If there’s support coming in the form of money, if we’re doing it out of charity instead of justice, then we’re never going to get the results we want.”
Audience: Companies
The Business Case for Skills-Based Volunteering
Skills-based volunteering generates wins across social impact, talent development, employee engagement, recruitment & retention, and more.
Black Leadership Spotlight: Patrice Berry, AssistHub
“We don’t need lazy players on the field. If you’re in the game, make support of Black communities part of your bottom line and know your why.”
Chicago-fying Year Up’s Local Image
Even as an established and successful national organization, making a name for yourself in a new market can be difficult! Year Up Chicago – a workforce development nonprofit that engages young adults in intensive training, professional development programs, and internships – is navigating just that challenge. The Year Up team came to Charles Schwab and …
Reinforcing Community Partnerships Through a Skills-Based Day of Service
To develop and execute a skills-based volunteering day of service that would deliver on its goals across volunteer programming, internal education, and community impact, Citizens tapped on Common Impact and our two decades of program management experience.
Volunteer Spotlight: Jes Philo, Allstate
Skills-based volunteers apply their business experience and specialized expertise to propel nonprofits – and their own companies – to reach new heights. Today, we hear from one such volunteer: Jes Philo, Product Manager at Allstate, who worked with the Center for Youth Wellness during a day of service hosted by Common Impact and The Allstate Foundation.
Creating Cross-Sector Talent Development Wins
Skills-Based Volunteering in Action: Team Consulting Offering upskilling opportunities is a priority for any company that values its employees’ continuous growth and success. When Fidelity Investments sought a long-term skills-based volunteering program calibrated for the unique expertise of its Corporate Technology Group (CTG), it partnered with Common Impact to identify nonprofit projects that aligned with …
Pro Bono Perspectives Rewind: November-December 2021
Catch up on the latest Pro Bono Perspectives podcast episodes from November-December 2021!
S3E25: 3 Ways You Can Be a Force for Good in 2022
What is that superpower, that skill, that talent that your family and friends and colleagues always go to you for? How can you use that to create change in your community?
Skills for Cities: Taking Action for Racial & Digital Equity
Common Impact’s October 2021 Skills for Cities – a day of skills-based “flash” consulting – was exclusively dedicated to building the capacity of BIPOC-led, racial justice, and digital inclusion organizations. The event included 180 participants from 17 nonprofits and 16 companies, representing four countries. Together, we generated over $165,000 for BIPOC-led, racial equity, and digital …
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