Trends of Excellence Series
Trends of Excellence in Employee Volunteering is a series of reports compiled by the Points of Light Business Member program. The series analyzes employee volunteer programs (EVPs) to identify the practices associated with excellence.
- Volume 1 – Basic EVP Infrastructure
- Volume 2 – EVP Strategies
- Volume 3 – EVP Operations
- Volume 4 – Demonstrating Outcomes from your EVP
- Volume 5 – Innovations in Employee Volunteering
- Volume 6 – Employee Volunteer Activities
Employee Volunteer Program Development
These resources outline the various stages of EVP development so that you can employ the key elements essential to establishing a successful EVP at your company. They provide you with indispensable tools for developing an EVP that encourages optimum participation and provides opportunities for employees to invest their time and talent in generating social change while bringing value to the organization.
Employee Volunteer Program Reporting Standards
As the prevalence of EVPs continues to grow and corporate America reports their activities and impact, it is important to apply standard definitions to this work. Standards allow the corporate volunteer community to track trends, benchmark programs and encourage better practices. The Points of Light Corporate Service Council is proud to present the newly revised 2010 Employee Volunteer Program Reporting Standards.
Global Corporate Volunteering
The Global Corporate Volunteer Council (GCVC) of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) has recently released its groundbreaking study - Global Companies Volunteering Globally. This comprehensive report is a qualitative piece of work, filled with inspiring examples of the myriad ways companies are carrying out corporate volunteering in all regions of the world. Points of Light and Hands On Network are official "Cooperating Organizations" on this research. The Points of Light CVC Network is proud to endorse this work, and encourage our members and colleagues to check it out.
Corporate Volunteer Councils
Skills-Based Volunteering and Pro Bono: Building the Case
The Readiness Roadmap is a product of The Nonprofit Collaborative, consisting of Points of Light, the Taproot Foundation, and Common Impact, initially convened by Capital One in February 2011. The Collaborative came together to identify, organize and share resources that will help the nonprofit sector be ready to engage in and benefit from pro bono professional services.
The Readiness Roadmap is an online tool for nonprofits, designed to help build capacity and make good use of volunteer hours by assessing and analyzing organizational needs to direct pro bono services to the areas where they will have the most impact. The tool takes nonprofit leaders through a multi-stage assessment designed to help them determine if pro bono services meet their immediate needs and the best way to engage skilled volunteers. The Readiness Roadmap addresses:
- Project readiness assessments
- Pro bono and skills-based volunteerism sourcing
- Project planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation and post-project volunteer recognition.
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- Skills-Based Volunteering: A New Generation of Service
- The Promise Employee Skill-Based Volunteering Holds for Employee Skills and Nonprofit Partner Effectiveness: A Review of Current Knowledge
Click here to read Skills-Based Volunteering Case Studies.
Skills-Based Volunteering 101 E-Course
This training session provides you with an overview of skills-based volunteering (SBV), how it can benefit you, your company or nonprofit organization, and the community, as well as outlines strategies for implementing and managing SBV programs.
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