Category: Corporate Citizenship

Making the corporate volunteering experience meaningful for your group

Posted On By Elizabeth Dove

(This blog was adapted from resources created by Realized Worth. Want to learn more? Dig into further resources here on briefing and debriefing your corporate volunteers.) The two most important tools for making the volunteering experience meaningful for members of your group are a good introduction to the activity, cause and organization and a good debrief.  A volunteer experience can move from being a transactional event to a transformative experience for volunteers by employing these techniques. During the brief, do these 4 things: Thank everyone for coming Explain why they’re there, and why that’s important Outline the logistics of the […]

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Category: Volunteer Engagement

Helping youth turn their passions into careers

Posted On By Volunteer Canada

Volunteering is good for the community, but it’s also good for volunteers. For youth especially, volunteering is a fun and rewarding way to develop their passions, learn and improve their skills, and get started on a career path. Volunteer opportunities can give youth ahead start in their professional lives by teaching them about different careers and helping them develop relevant skills. Employers seek out employees who can adapt to new environments and who are willing to learn – two things that volunteering demonstrates they can do. However, there are thousands of volunteer opportunities available out there, and it’s not always […]

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Category: Corporate Citizenship

Employer Supported Volunteerism: The Top 5 Methods at Canadian Companies

Posted On By Devon Hurvid - Imagine Canada

This month we’re celebrating the release of a new study on the state of community investment, north of the 49th parallel that is. Corporate Giving in a Changing Canada is an industry-leading research project, produced by Imagine Canada in collaboration with our friends at Volunteer Canada. The report explores the rise of corporate and nonprofit partnerships, the need for strategic disaster philanthropy, and the evolution of community investment over the last 10 years. The study also examines trends in employer supported volunteerism, commonplace for the leading companies featured in the study. All 54 companies in the study – which included some […]

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