Common Impact Launches Disaster Response Program
A new Insights & Impact report details how companies can leverage skills-based volunteering to proactively respond to natural and man-made disasters.
A new Insights & Impact report details how companies can leverage skills-based volunteering to proactively respond to natural and man-made disasters.
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.
I enjoy enabling others to fully engage in their talent and their skills… and really mobilizing people [on] an issue… I love letting everybody else shine in a way that is good for them and their audience, whoever that may be.
You don’t have to wait to do this kind of volunteer work… and there’ll be different points in your life when this opportunity is something that’s practically available to you.
Knowledge and understanding is key to helping people understand their differences and then be able to respect those differences.
Relationships are the through thread of meaningful work. In order to really identify and create change that is lasting and sustainable and meaningful, you have to lean on one another, trust one another, depend on one another and work together collaboratively, openly, in a way that is not assumptive.
As a private sector company or as an NGO, how you’re going to respond, what that’s going to look like and having those partnerships in place prior to a disaster happening is probably one of the most important aspects of making sure that you have a successful partnership response.
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.
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.
Find a way or make a way. If you can get through the established ways of doing it, great – and if not, make a way.