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Canada: Conflicted On Volunteering?

BY Chris JarvisMon Mar 9, 2009 at 9:28 PM

Having won the Oval Office, the Obama volunteer revolution is just picking up speed. Due to financial constraints, Corporate America intends to grow their volunteer efforts by a whopping 45%. From Washington DC to Mumbai; London to Dubai, volunteer activity is on the rise. Communities endorse it. Companies infuse it. Governments champion it....Except Canada. With no national policy or formalized system, Canuks are living in the stone age of civic duty. Why? Good question.READ»

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Corporate Volunteering Becomes Popular: There’s Good News, And There’s Bad News

BY Chris JarvisTue Mar 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM

Corporate donations to charities in the US are about to plummet by over 50 percent. Corporate America intends to make up the difference by growing their volunteer programs by (a staggering) 45 percent. That might do the trick, except...few businesses know what to do or how to do it well. On top of that, managers don’t know how to measure success. The world of business is facing significant challenges - and under the merciless scrutiny of the public, there is little room for misstep. READ»

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Social Media and Volunteering: Blessing or Curse?

BY Chris JarvisWed Feb 25, 2009 at 11:36 AM

I write this blog with three groups in mind; volunteers, non profits, and companies with volunteer programs. For these three audiences, social media continues to expand its importance, taking a central role in the success of any ...READ»

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CSR and Employee Volunteer Programs: How to Make the Business Case

BY Chris JarvisWed Jan 21, 2009 at 9:59 AM

“The business doesn’t need to understand social impact; social impact needs to understand the business,” said Saul. “In other words, social impact needs to prove its value to the business.”The following is an expert from a ...READ»

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Is Your Corporate Volunteering Program a Success? Find Out Here

BY Chris JarvisMon Jan 5, 2009 at 9:59 AM

Ever find yourself wondering how your corporate volunteering program is really going? How does it compare to other programs? Are participation rates where they should be? Is your program....good? Effective? Worth it?Now there’s a ...READ»

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Corporate Social Responsibility Reports Fail to Prove Business Case

BY Chris JarvisTue Dec 16, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Corporate Social Responsibility reports almost never include data that supports the business case for CSR strategies. Unless business can tie the benefits of CSR to the bottom line it will be jettisoned during tough financial times. ...READ»

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | Comment

Why Volunteers Don’t Come Back

BY Chris JarvisMon Dec 1, 2008 at 11:12 PM

Nonprofits tend to see volunteers as necessary, but not strategic. Attitudes towards volunteerism are simplistic and out of date. The result? A loss of 1.9 billion hours of labor year to year. Corporate Volunteer programs can remedy ...READ»

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Start a Corporate Volunteering Program Where You Work (part 2)

BY Chris JarvisFri Nov 28, 2008 at 10:30 PM

Corporate Volunteer programs, also known as Employee Volunteer Programs are a key component to Corporate Social Responsibility strategies. In this second part of our discussion, we’ll tell you how to pull your Corporate Volunteering ...READ»

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Starbucks Coffee Saves Lives

BY Chris JarvisWed Nov 26, 2008 at 1:36 PM

Successful companies continue to enthusiastically embrace Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Volunteering as core strategies to combat lean economic times.I always thought “self-employed” had a sort of glamorous ring to ...READ»

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Obama: Volunteerism 2.0

BY Chris JarvisWed Nov 19, 2008 at 1:12 PM

President-elect Barack Obama understood the subtle difference between utilizing volunteers to achieve an objective, and embracing volunteers as the objective. He created free space for collaborative efforts. The interests of the ...READ»

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