Many companies invest a lot of time in researching nonprofits and curating one-off volunteer opportunities for their employees. Yet research shows that one-third of employees won’t actually give through their workplace because they’re not able to choose the causes that matter to them.
What if there were an easy way to connect employees with high-quality volunteer experiences that are meaningful to them?
There is. The VolunteerMatch Network is a consolidation of vetted, real-time nonprofit volunteer needs, all in one place. It can be easily integrated into your existing corporate giving platform in a way that’s tailored to your company’s goals and preferences.
On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 2pm ET/11am PT webinar attendees got a walkthrough of:
-Why it’s important to give your employees choice in your volunteer program
-How to balance employee choice with company-sponsored cause areas
-How the VolunteerMatch Network connects employees with causes that are meaningful to them
-How VolunteerMatch’s custom integrations can serve the interests of both your company and its individual employees, while saving you time and money.
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3. Logistics
● Type questions in box (left sidebar)
● Q&A will take place after the presentation
● You’ll receive webinar recording and slides tomorrow.
4. ❑ Why it’s important to give your employees choice in your volunteer
program
❑ How to balance employee choice with company-sponsored cause
areas
❑ How the VolunteerMatch Network connects employees with
causes that are meaningful to them
❑ How VolunteerMatch’s integrations can serve the interests of both
your company and its individual employees, while saving you time
and money.
Today You’ll Learn:
5. About VolunteerMatch
Making it easy for good people and good causes to connect.
• 19 years in operation
• 13.6M annual visitors to
VolunteerMatch.org
• 121K nonprofits
• 103K opportunities/day
• 29 cause areas
• 150+ corporate partners
& organizations
• 13M+ connections
= $11,820,490,373
in social value
7. What Motivates Employees to Volunteer?
● The choice to volunteer how they want
● Feeling that they’re not being pressured to volunteer
“ The desires to give back and volunteer are important to our core sense
of self.”
- Junelle Kroontje, King County Employee Giving Program
“ When employees feel as though they have a choice in their workplace
giving and volunteering, they feel engaged and are more likely to value
the experience.”
- Kim Young, America’s Charities
8. A Balancing Act
We want our programs to
have positive impact on:
● Our company
● Our employees
● Our community
9. A Balancing Act
● Develop a clear framework
● Allow for flexibility within that framework
○ VTO
○ Recognition for outside volunteer activities
● Keep nonprofits needs top of mind
● Access the VolunteerMatch Network database of searchable, high-
quality volunteer opportunities, filterable by keyword, cause area,
skills, location, and more.
11. “Ask employees to give and you’ll see a handful of one-off
transactions. But empower employees to learn about,
connect with, and give to the causes that interest them, and
you’ll have yourself a team of employees championing your
company’s community involvement and cause initiatives.”
- Chris Jarvis, Realized Worth
12. The Anatomy of a High-Quality Volunteer
Experience
● Easy to discover
● Meaningful to the individual volunteer
● Something that the nonprofit actually needs
13. VolunteerMatch + Your Existing Program
● Complement your company’s existing volunteer opportunities and
partnerships
● Feature certain cause areas or nonprofit partners
● Turn on the network in your existing giving platform, or facilitate your own
integration.
● Save time and money.