World Café – Challenging the Corporate/Non-Profit Partnership Status Quo

How can companies be better partners to non-profits?  This is one of the themes regularly discussed by the companies of Volunteer Canada’s Corporate Community Engagement Council (CCEC).  Building on Spring discussions, including the June Gathering with non-profits, CCEC reps participated in a World Café-style workshop to dig deeper on three areas of identified tension in […]

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Rules of Engagement: the blending of participants, volunteers, and staff members

Not everyone thinks they need help and not everyone wants to acknowledge the fact, even if they realize they do. In a recent Volunteer Canada webinar, Paige Bromby of Guelph’s 10C Creating Space for Change, addressed a key point: people tend to be more engaged if they feel they are helping others, rather than just […]

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The Challenges and Successes as we Build Back Better, Together: Reflections on the CCEC Gathering of companies and non-profits

This June, Volunteer Canada hosted their semi-annual Corporate Community Engagement Council (CCEC) Gathering, bringing together over 100 delegates from the 21 member companies of the Council and their invited non-profit community partners. 2021 has been a year like no other. As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, we continue to be presented with unprecedented challenges for both […]

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