In celebration of National Volunteer Month, we spoke with longtime volunteer John Ketner of State Street about how skills-based volunteers propel nonprofits – and their own companies – to reimagine their possibilities and achieve their goals.
Common Impact will host Skills for Cities North Carolina on April 20, 2022, connecting nonprofits statewide with skills-based volunteers and social impact leaders to generate solutions for their pressing capacity-building challenges.
Beth Kanter shares insights on real-world innovation, nonprofit capacity building, and her and Allison Fine’s new book, “The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World.”
This signature flash consulting event enables skills-based volunteers to collaborate with vital nonprofits to address business challenges and expand their impact in our communities.
Girl Develop It Executive Director Katie Franco talks gender equity in the tech industry, workplace flexibility as a means to promote DEI, and advice for women in leadership.
Organizations are increasingly stepping up their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), but defining what that looks like in practice can be difficult, not to mention creating a plan of action and bringing different stakeholder groups into alignment. That was the challenge nonprofit Completely KIDS brought to the Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge in …
For six decades, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver has excited youth ages 6-18 with a wealth of quality programming in fun areas like athletics & outdoor activities, STEM & robotics, and cooking – all designed to provide them a safe, supportive, and enriching environment that inspires them to achieve their greatest potential. At …
“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.”
Skills-based volunteering generates wins across social impact, talent development, employee engagement, recruitment & retention, and more.
The Skills-Based Volunteerism Training Academy equipped nonprofits with the knowledge, resources, and support they need to run successful capacity building partnerships and scale their impact.
