Volunteering Made Easy
Employee volunteering programs support recruitment and retention strategies, increase employee productivity, and help create a better work environment – and they don’t have to be difficult to implement and manage.
The benefits of employee volunteering directly support business success, however proposals to start or grow a volunteer program are often met with some resistance. Here are a few common challenges faced by volunteer program managers:
Measuring Impact – Between item donations, skills-based engagements and volunteer hours, managers can struggle to capture, align, and communicate an impact story that reflects all of the actions taken by employees.
Matching the right volunteer to the right project – Employees can feel unqualified for skills-based volunteer opportunities or struggle to locate an opportunity that aligns with the causes they care about.
Finding the Right Nonprofit Opportunities – Managers struggle to identify trusted and strategic nonprofit partners to work with on volunteer projects.
Increasing Participation – Managers need to promote volunteer opportunities and communicate with employees regularly and easily, or they risk delivering low levels of engagement.
CHC: Creating Healthier Communities has brought its trusted network of nonprofit partners to a new Volunteer Hub, an online web platform and app that brings together all the tools needed to create, manage, promote, track and report on all your volunteer efforts. By bringing these tasks together in one location, you can more successfully engage employees in activities and causes that matter most to them and tell a more compelling and comprehensive story about your company’s impact.
With the right tools, volunteer program managers can focus less on administration and more on strategic enhancements to deliver better experiences and results. Here are three areas where deeper development can yield improved volunteer program outcomes:
Diversifying the types of volunteer opportunities available, so that there is a better chance projects align with employee availability,
Celebrating individual stories and recognizing volunteer milestones, and
Organizing volunteer activities into strategic campaigns to focus on impact areas that matter most to business stakeholders, such as the local community.