By Aruni Ranaweera In the nonprofit sector, you’ll often hear staff members say that they "wear many hats," meaning they fill a number of different critical roles atBy Aruni Ranaweera In the nonprofit sector, you’ll often hear staff members say
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Skills-based volunteering offers a transformative opportunity for organizations with capacity needs with over 70% of nonprofits reporting that pro bono service would enable them to increase their impact. Skills-based volunteering connectsSkills-based volunteering offers a transformative opportunity for organizations with capacity needs with over 70% of nonprofits
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In October of 2018, The SAFE Alliance joined forces with a volunteer team from Charles Schwab to tackle a pressing organizational staffing challenge. The SAFE Alliance is dedicated to ending violence
Keep readingAround the world, employers are seeking highly-skilled workers to take on existing and emerging roles in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, also known as STEM. Workforce development and education, particularly
Keep readingYWCA Metropolitan Chicago impacts more than 200,000 individuals annually through programs focused on safety and wellness, education and training, and economic sustainability. They provide career, financial management, digital literacy and business
Keep readingThe Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention (CHIP) mobilizes, advocates, and empowers community collaboration towards ending homelessness and fosters an effective system of homelessness prevention and intervention in the greater
Keep readingBoston, MA, September 26, 2017 -- Common Impact, a nonprofit that pioneered corporate skills-based volunteering, teamed up with longtime partner John Hancock to design its inaugural skills-based flash consulting event in Boston.
Keep readingOriginally published by Idealware How valuable are volunteers to your organization’s technology infrastructure? Believe it or not, this question actually sparks some controversy. Not all nonprofits are comfortable
Keep readingOver the past ten years, the private sector has vastly increased their investment in communities. In 2015, 75% of companies were engaged in corporate citizenship activities[1]. Those activities include philanthropic and
Keep readingWe all know that skills-based volunteering is a great idea for companies, its people and, most importantly, the nonprofits that deliver critical services every day to our communities. Still,
Keep readingCommon Impact’s IT Associate Consultant, Patricia Vaccaro-Coburn, is guest writing this week’s SCOOP, with a special focus on how digital technologies create a foundation
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An Afternoon’s Potential What do you typically accomplish in a single afternoon? Perhaps digging yourself out of your inbox absorbs half the day. Or preparing for a meeting
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What an incredibly inspiring and super-charged #GivingTuesday we had! Common Impact hosted its first Salesforce “Speedforce” event on #GivingTuesday at General Assembly in Boston, with 30 nonprofits digging into
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Pro Bono Week, the annual weeklong celebration of pro bono and volunteerism that takes place in late October, raises awareness and recognition for the value created for individuals, companies and
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I’m always interested in learning different perspectives about skilled volunteering and the value that is defined and delivered by these programs. For a view from the corporate executive
Keep readingSkills-Based Volunteering has gained wide popularity among nonprofit organizations, companies and individuals. For nonprofits, skills-based service offers a new way to build the capacity and talent at their organizations.
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