New Online Platform Provides Social Change Organizations One-Stop Shop for Skills-Based Volunteering
Capacity Commons is a new online platform to accelerate the adoption of skills-based volunteerism for social sector organizations.
Audience: Nonprofits
S1E23: Marcy Scott Lynn, Facebook
I was motivated by the idea [of] social connections being an important component of bouncing back. That’s what resilience is: bouncing back and being stronger the next time.
Impact at Work: FNA Partners with JPMorgan Chase to Double Membership in Two Years
The Florida Nonprofit Alliance (FNA) partnered with the JPMorgan Chase Virtual Service Corps and Common Impact to create a new membership development strategy.
Impact at Work: FNA Partners with JPMorgan Chase to Double Membership in Two Years
To achieve its ambitious goal of doubling its membership base in just two years, the Florida Nonprofit Alliance partnered with the JPMorgan Chase Virtual Service Corps and Common Impact.
S1E21: Rachael Weiss Riley, Two Sigma Data Clinic
Do not underestimate the value and the asset of your unique skills, whatever they may be.
S1E20: Farron Levy, True Impact
Measurement is a means to an end, and the end is either proving value or improving value.
Impact at Work: Charles Schwab and the SAFE Alliance Join Forces
In October of 2018, The SAFE Alliance joined forces with a volunteer team from Charles Schwab to tackle a pressing organizational staffing challenge.
The Knitting Factor: Why Skills-Based Volunteering Done Right Works
Common Impact has designed hundreds of meaningful skills-based volunteer partnerships over the years, and has watched them sustain far past the individual projects that initially bring business and nonprofit professionals together. Along the way, we’ve asked ourselves a few questions. What makes some skills-based engagements work better than others? When do we see partnerships move …
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Making Long-Term Impact through a Day of Skilled Service
A new case study on the Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge is available to help organizations find new ways to engage volunteers in shorter-term skills-based engagements that provide measurable longer-term results.
S1E18: Greg Baldwin, VolunteerMatch
I’m always delighted and surprised by the breadth and depth of opportunities out there for people to get involved… There’s just so much more variety for people to find something that’s a real fit with their own interests and passions than there was 20 years ago.