Points of Light Blog

Ask a CSR Friend: Making the Case for an Employee Volunteer Champion Model

15 Insights for a Changing CSR Landscape

Ask a CSR Friend: Sunsetting CSR Programs and Partnerships

The Top 10 CSR Events to Attend This Year

Ask a CSR Friend: Shifting ERGs from Company-Focused to Community-Centered

Navigating Disasters and Crises: A Playbook for Social Impact Leaders

Elevate Your Employee Volunteering Program by Integrating Volunteer Days and Key Milestones

Ask a CSR Friend: Setting Realistic Goals for the New Year

Ask a CSR Friend: Gaining Middle Management Buy-in for Employee Volunteering

CSR Leaders: Embrace Community-Centered Volunteerism on MLK Jr. Day of Service

Ask a CSR Friend: A Framework for Employee Volunteering on MLK Day

Prioritizing Health and Wellbeing: A Rising Trend in Corporate Culture

Ask a CSR Friend: Building a Board Service Program

10 Reasons Your Company Should Get Involved in Family Volunteer Day

Time Well Spent: Jocelyn Nelson’s Case for Volunteer Time Off

4 Ways Companies Can Encourage Employees to Vote

Ask a CSR Friend: When it Comes to Volunteering, What Counts?

Ask a CSR Friend: Gaining Senior Leader Support for Employee Volunteering

Top Corporate Social Impact Insights from the 2024 Points of Light Conference

Ask a CSR Friend: Integrating CSR Impact Company-Wide

Ask a CSR Friend: 5 Ways to Increase Access through Volunteer Ambassadors

Uniting Forces for Social Impact: Why Business Leaders Should Attend the Points of Light Conference

Ask a CSR Friend: Launching an Employee Volunteer Recognition Strategy

Ask a CSR Friend: Building the Case for Volunteer Time Off

Ask a CSR Friend: Working With ERG Leaders

Connecting Employee Volunteerism With Human Resource Goals

Ask a CSR Friend: Distributing Employee Volunteer T-shirts

3 Ways You Can Make a Difference on MLK Day of Service

20 Links to Help You Plan for the 2024 MLK Day of Service

Honoring Those Who Served: Reflecting on Veterans Day

Your Go-To Glossary of CSR Terms

Unlocking Employee Civic Engagement: Beyond National Elections

Skills Based Volunteering: Effective Recognition Strategies

How to Organize a Successful Donation Drive for Employees

5 Questions You Should Ask to Strengthen and Scale Your Pro Bono Program

Getting Started with Pro Bono Volunteering

How CSR Programs Reduce Cost and Boost Impact

Global Diversity Awareness Month: 6 Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

3 Business Trends That Your CSR Strategy Can’t Afford to Ignore

Virtual Volunteering Best Practices: 4 Ways to Support Remote Employee Volunteers

Empowering Employee Voice: Tools and Strategies for Workplace Engagement

Key CSR Insights from The Civic 50 Honorees of 2023

Dollars for Doers Programs: A Guide to Employee-Driven Contributions for Nonprofits

5 Ways to Encourage Employees to Volunteer

Empower Employees to Exercise their Purchase Power

Designing an International Employee Volunteer Program: 8 Essential Tips for CSR Leaders

Storytelling, Systemic Inequities and Soul: The 3 S’s of CSR

Bridging Divides: The Role of Business and Civic Engagement in Addressing Polarization

5 Questions to Jumpstart Your Employee Volunteer Strategy and Program Design

Disaster Corporate Aid Tracker: Stay Informed on Corporate Response to Recent Disasters

Corporate Disaster Relief and Response

How Employee Volunteer Councils Can Foster Volunteer Program Success

Learn the Secrets to Showcasing Your CSR Impact

Template for Partnering with an NGO on an Employee Volunteer Project

5 Must-Ask Questions for Corporate Partnerships with Nonprofits

Updated Value of a Volunteer Hour in the U.S.

Your Employee Engagement Questions Answered: 5 Takeaways From Our Advancing Social Impact Today Webinar

Ways to Engage your Company in Global Volunteer Month

Catch the Future of CSR at the Points of Light Conference

CSR Awards to Benefit Your Company’s Reputation and Attract Top Talent

How Service Year Programs Can Help With Corporate Recruitment

3 Global CSR Tips for Working with Different Cultures

Lowe’s Hometowns: Changemakers Impact the Nation’s Small Towns

Mobilizing Employees to Do Good

How to Build a CSR Strategy in 6 Steps

5 Social Impact Trends to Use During Global Volunteer Month

13 Employee Recognition Ideas for Your Volunteer Program

4 Steps to Start Measuring CSR Impact

5 Steps to CSR Employee Activation, Even with a Small Team

4 Areas Where You Can Test Your 2023 Social Impact Strategy

5 Reasons to Apply for The Civic 50, Our Corporate Citizenship Award 

How to Encourage Employees to Volunteer: 6 Expert Strategies

How to Use Your Volunteer Toolkit this Global Volunteer Month

6 Tips for Working With Nonprofit Partners on Employee Activation

4 Ways Corporate Volunteerism Will Change Your Business

3 Ways to Prep for Global Volunteer Month

4 Facts to Make the Case for Your Employee Engagement Program

Learn How to Spot Social Intrapreneurs Within Organizations

5 Tips for Selecting a CSR Consulting Partner

Top 5 Reasons to Attend the Points of Light Conference 2023

3 Steps to Help Employees Find the Right Election Volunteer Opportunities

Use Your Voice During Elections: Tips for Employees and Organizations

How to Support Volunteer Engagement at the Intersection of Civic Engagement and Mental Health

How Companies Build Trust Both Inside and Outside Company Culture

3 Labor Day Employee Engagement Ideas to Help Busineses Reach CSR Goals

Watch the Points of Light Civic Circle Come Alive in These 9 Documentaries 

4 Themes from the 2022 Points of Light Conference That Shine a Light on CSR Trends for Business

Creating Possibilities Worldwide with AbbVie

Can an Old Fashioned Day of Service Strengthen Post-pandemic Connections? 

Lowe’s Grant Recipient Creates More Culturally Responsive School Campus

Fostering Civic Engagement Among Your Millennial Workforce

Millennials Have Spoken. Here’s Why CSR Professionals Need to Listen.

The New Philanthropist: An Interview with Pamela Norley

As president of Fidelity Charitable, Pamela Norley is a leading voice in advocating for the power of American philanthropy across the world. Outside of the office,…

A Deeper Look at Social Intrapreneurship: An Interview with Mark Horoszowski

Delivering Hope

Three Things the Pandemic Revealed About Employee Volunteerism

Fidelity Continues to Deepen their Commitment in the Communities they Serve

Last year has been unlike any year in recent times. As we tackled a global pandemic, we also were confronting issues of…

Employee Volunteerism and the Impact of Purposeful Partnerships

Fidelity Investments: A Decade-Long Partnership with Points of Light

Virtual Volunteering: How 2 Companies Shifted Their Days of Service Online Amidst the Pandemic

What the 2020 Civic Engagement Research Reveals for Businesses

5 More Reasons Why You Should Present at the 2021 Points of Light Conference

Continue the Learning: Business with Purpose Themes from the 2020 Points of Light Conference Online Experience

Announcing the 2020 Corporate Volunteer Council of the Year!

One of the great hallmarks of the Points of Light Conference is recognizing individuals and organizations that take action that changes the…

Corporate Volunteers of New York Receives 2020 Corporate Volunteer Council of the Year Award

An Environment of Service, During and Despite COVID-19

Stronger, Safer, Better Together

Fidelity: Building Bigger Tables, Better Communities

What is the Courageous Opportunity for Companies in this Crisis?

UPS: In Service of Human and Civil Rights

How Phillips 66 is Continuing the Spirit of Volunteerism

Employee Volunteering When You Can’t Serve In-Person

Where Companies Need to Lead: Trust, Metrics, Social Change

Leading with Purpose: What We Learned in 2019 And How Companies Can Prepare for 2020

Corporate Citizenship and Social Good at Clif Bar & Company

Meet the 2019 Cabot Community Celebrity Cruise Honorees

When you do amazing things, people notice. That’s why we were so excited to honor these five incredible individuals on the 2019…

How Companies Can Build Communities and Solve Social Issues

Developing Future Civic Leaders, One Neighborhood at a Time

The Power of Connectivity: A Reflection on Volunteering and Service

Trends in Business & Social Good: What Changes Will 2019 Bring?

CSAA Insurance Group: Supporting Community Safety During Disaster

How DTE Energy is Reviving the Skilled Trades in Detroit

Clif Bar & Company: Sustaining the Environment Through Service

Tackling Hunger One Meal at a Time: How Food Lion and General Mills are Fighting Food Insecurity

Top 5 Reasons for Businesses to Attend the Service Unites Conference

Make a New Year’s Resolution Your Company Can Keep in 2018

Mobilizing Corporate and Community Volunteers to Improve Veterans’ Lives, One Home Repair at a Time

Announcing the 2017 Corporate Volunteer Council of the Year

Aligning Service with Corporate Values to More Effectively Manage Employee Volunteer Programs

Making the Business Case for Employee Volunteering

What’s Working for Employee Volunteering in Asia?

Through Strategic Volunteer Engagement, KPMG and Freeport-McMoRan Promote Youth Education

Waste Management Crisis Meets the Full Power of Employee Volunteerism

Spreading Holiday Joy to Veterans and Active-Duty Military Through Service

Power of Pro Bono Collaboration Helps NGOs in Hungary Unlock Full Potential

Building a Culture of Service: Altria and Valero Put Local Communities First

Argentina’s Youth Create Tech Solutions to Community Needs

Civic 50 Honorees AT&T and Hasbro Made a Difference by Mentoring Youth

AbbVie Demonstrates What’s Possible When Employee Volunteers Band Together to Give Back

The Purpose App: Reinventing How People are Invited to Serve and Changing How They Apply Their Passion

What’s Their Secret? Lessons from the Most Community Minded Companies in America

Agents of Purpose, from Detroit and Around the World, Headline Conference Sessions

Announcing the 2016 Corporate Volunteer Council of the Year

ServiceWorks Scholars Join Citi Volunteers for Global Community Day

Corporate Service Council Asia Meeting: A New Era of Corporate Engagement

Employee Volunteers Demonstrate Fidelity’s Commitment to Education and Service

Is Your Company the Most Community Minded in America? Get Recognized by The Civic 50!

What’s Your Mantra?

5 Things You Should Know About Using Data for Good

Do You Work for a Community-Minded Company? Check Out The Civic 50!

Celebrating a Decade of Powering Volunteer Service and Accelerating Social Change

To Thrive, Your Company Needs a Soul – Find It in Volunteer Service

Points of Light Brings the Volunteering Experts to You

Enhancing Corporate Volunteerism to Strengthen Communities

Want to Volunteer Virtually? Here’s How

Points of Light Leadership Partners Invest in the Future Workforce, Prepare Americans for Disaster and More

Challenging What’s Possible in Pro Bono Service

White House Gathering Explores Ways Pro Bono Volunteers Strengthen Nonprofits

The Strengths of Community-Minded Companies

The Cost of Doing Nothing

Giving Women Entrepreneurs a Place to Refine and Expand Their Civic-Minded Ideas

Answer a Call for Kindness for a Chance to Receive a $500 Grant

Fidelity’s School Transformation Days Breathe New Life Into Schools

Nominate a Young Leader for the Hasbro Community Action Hero Award

Youth Turn Messages of Joy and Peace Into Action That Serves Others

TIME Magazine Honors ‘A Ragged Army of Volunteers’ That Needs Your Help – 3 Quick Ways to Support The Ebola Fighters

`A From-the-Top Type of Priority’ – Altria’s Volunteer Program Challenges Employees to Serve Their Communities

Companies Eager to Work Together in Response to Ebola

Serving Those Who Served Their Country – Exelis Action Corps Members Make it Their Mission

Want Meaningful Family Time? Volunteer Together

Who Made the List? Announcing the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in the Nation

Bringing Financial Coaching to Those Who Need it Most

Days of Service Spark Commitment to Volunteering Among Belk Employees

We Got the Billion +, Now It’s Time to Count the Change

What Would You Do in a Disaster? Allstate Shows How Easy it Is to Prepare

Volunteers Go for the Win at Turner Field

A Lifelong Volunteer Expands His Reach with the Help of UPS

Creativity Pays Off for Innovative Nonprofit Programs

Better Living Through Technology

40 Million Puppy Adoption Fees, Clean Water for 160 Million People and More – the Possible Result of This Small Business Practice

The True Value of Employee Volunteerism

Get the Skinny on Employee Volunteerism From the People Who Know

In the Air, on the Ground and Getting Things Done for Communities in Need

Everyone Wins in This Workers’ Competition

Will You Help Nonprofits Get $5 Billion Worth of This?

Road-Tripping for Some Life-Changing Souvenirs

More Kids Have Books to Read Because of What This Company Did

What We Have Learned From Businesses That Help Their Communities

Got Skills? Here’s How to Use Them to Help Others

Digging Out of Debt With Help From Volunteer Financial Coaches

When Schools and Businesses Collaborate, Students Win

A Storyteller Uses Her Skills to Help the Hungry and More

Helping Kids They’ve Never Met

Here’s What Happens When Companies Make Community Service Business as Usual

Who Made the List?

Transforming a School, Rebuilding a Community After Hurricane Sandy

On the Ground with the Financial Opportunity Corps

Win up to $15,000 for Your Favorite Cause

Learnings From the Civic 50: America’s Most Community-Minded Companies

Corporate Pro Bono Support Matches Charitable Giving

How to Build and Grow a Successful Cross-Sector Partnership

Why Millennials Are Not Interested In Your Corporate Service Program

Leading CSR at Hasbro With Some Help From Transformers & GI Joe

Big or small, your business has the power to lead change through skills-based service

Community Development: Morgan Stanley Challenges Its Employees to Get Involved

Volunteering 20 Minutes at a Time

Today's blog is reposted from Business4Better blog, published on March 20, 2013. Do you have busy employees that can’t give large amounts…

Cause Alignment: Capital One’s Formula for Aligning CSR With Everything It Does

The Citi Foundation Finds New Ways to Measure the Impact of CSR Efforts

The Power of Collaborative Volunteering: OneOC & CVCOC Oak View Project

The Civic 50: Why IBM’s Integrated Commitments Makes it America’s Most Community-Minded Company

How Do We Plan A Global Volunteer Event?

An Argument Against Trying to Save the World

Great to Good: 7 Ways to Judge a Company

The Cream Rises to the Top

KPMG Supports Family Volunteering with Family for Literacy

Civic 50 Award Shines Light on AT&T Community Engagement

Today's post is reposted from the AT&T Consumer blog published on Nov. 8, 2012. It’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? With…

Jackie Norris: Creating a Standard for Doing Well by Doing Good

From Charitable Giving to Strategic Philanthropy – The Advisory Board Makes An Impact

Let’s Flip This Inside Out: The Impact of Corporate Responsibility on the Bottom Line

“Give With Target” Back-To-School Initiative Launches

Envisioning Pro Bono as the Future of Corporate Service

Today's post is republished from the Billion + Change blog on July 19, 2012. This post was contributed by Michelle Nunn, CEO…

The Employee Volunteer Program – Putting the CSR Puzzle Together

A Billion + Change: Envisioning the Future of Corporate Service

Can you imagine a future where 500 companies decide to collectively lead social change and tackle the most pressing challenges of the…

Join Points of Light’s Corporate Institute

Now, more than ever, businesses and corporations are embracing service programs, lending their most valuable assets – the time, talent, skills and…

Inspiring Change Through Skills-Based Service

A Billion + Change, a growing national campaign to mobilize billions of dollars of pro bono and skills-based volunteer (SBV) services from…

News Flash: Points of Light Partners with NCoC, Bloomberg News to Launch Civic 100

Points of Light has partnered with the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) to launch The Civic 100, a national initiative to survey,…

Change Notes: American Express Engages Volunteers to Help Preserve New York City

Friends, American Express, a Points of Light Leadership Partner, is engaging volunteers in a whole new way this summer – to help…

News Flash: A Billion + Change Reaches 100-Company Milestone

A Billion + Change, a growing national campaign to mobilize billions of dollars of pro bono and skills-based volunteer services from corporate…

The Impact of Employee Volunteer Programs

Today’s guest post is written by Jennifer M. Highsmith, Senior Director, Corporate Training & Consulting  for The Points of Light Corporate Institute.…

News Flash: Innovative Strategies for Serving Atlanta

As part of National Volunteer Week, A Billion + Change brought together leaders from Atlanta’s business and nonprofit communities yesterday for a…

Innovative Strategies for Serving Atlanta: Kicking-off National Volunteer Week in Our Home Town

National Volunteer Week (April 15-21) is a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things through service. As the President said earlier this…

Change Notes: Cuenta Conmigo – “Count on Me”

Friends, Last week, Points of Light staff had the honor of participating in the Madrid Innovation Service Summit, the first global service…

News Flash: Just Released: Trends in Excellence – Innovations in Employee Volunteering

The Points of Light Corporate Institute has released the newest Trends of Excellence, a series of reports analyzing employee volunteer programs (EVP)…

Make Me Care

Corporate Service Council- Photo Courtesy of Points of Light Today’s post is written by Daniel Horgan and republished from his blog “Discover…

IBM: Making Volunteer Service a Celebration

This post is written by Diane Melley, Director, IBM, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, who will be hosting a free live webcast,…

News Flash: A Billion + Change Mobilizes $1.6 Billion in Skills-Based Volunteering

More than 100 leaders in business, policy and civic engagement celebrated the continuing success of A Billion + Change on Monday with…

From A Thousand Points of Light Toward New Innovations in National Service and Social Impact

Today’s guest post is written by Jackie Norris, the Executive Director at the Points of Light Corporate Institute, an Iowan by way…

Corporate Volunteering Across Borders

Today’s guest post is written by Cristina Andoni, ATLAS Corps Fellow from Republic of Moldova, serving at Points of Light as Corporate…

Change Notes: Resolve to Serve in 2012

Friends, The New Year is always a great time for clean slates, aggressive goals and personal resolutions to be good and do…

Why Measurement Matters: 5 Steps to Improving Corporate Volunteer Programs

Today’s guest post was written by Sadie Miller with True Impact LLC.  Prior to her work at True Impact, Sadie was the…