Corporate Community Engagement
Corporate Community Engagement
Information and resources on corporate community engagement during COVID-19. Virtual volunteering for companies.
Virtual Volunteering for Employees
- Volunteering Goes Virtual During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Bayshore Foundation) (August 19, 2020)
- Virtual Volunteering for Employee Volunteers (Volunteer Canada)
- Virtual Skills-based Volunteering Is Having Its Moment: 5 Reasons to Act Now (YourCause + blackbaud) (June 2, 2020)
- Engaging Employees Through Digital Volunteering (Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship) (March 20, 2020)
- Going Virtual Because of COVID-19? You’re Thinking About Your Corporate Volunteering Programs All Wrong (Moving Worlds) (March 15, 2020)
- Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide (YourCause + blackbaud) (March 13, 2020)
- Employee Volunteering When You Can’t Serve In-Person (Points of Light) (March 11, 2020)
- Virtual Volunteering - a corporate guide for involving employees (Jayne Cravens)
Research
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Time Well Spent: Diversity and Volunteering (NCVO) (December 2020)
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Wake Up Call: Navigating New Pathways for Corporate Community Investment in Canada (Imagine Canada) (November 2020)
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Effects of the Pandemic on Employee Community Engagement (Volunteer Canada, Volunteer Ireland) (October 2020)
- Influencing Young America to Act (Cause and Social Influence) (June 2020)
- Building Community through Collective Action: Canadian Trust Rises in the Face of Uncertainty (Edelman) (May 2020)
- 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Spring Update: Trust and the Covid-19 Pandemic (Edelman) (May 2020)
- Special Report: Trust and the Coronavirus Canada Findings (Edelman) (March 2020)
Examples of responses from companies
- Corporate Citizenship Responses to COVID-19 (BCCCC member companies) (Boston College Centre for Corporate Citizenship) (updated July 23, 2020)
- The Voice of Corporate Philanthropy in Response to COVID-19 Worldwide, Volume 4 (CAF America) (July 2020)
- Innovation & Adaptability: Corporate Responses to the Pandemic (IAVE, featuring TELUS) (June 24, 2020)
- Canadian Business Responders (CBSR and UPSWING Solutions)
- Everyday Impact Story: Deloitte Canada employees create Grocery Hero
Other Resources
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Volunteering boosts employees during lockdown, new research shows (Education and Employers) (January 8, 2021)
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Nonprofits: it's time to redefine your corporate relationships (Derrick Feldmann) (September 2020)
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Millennials & Corporate Partners: What Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know (podcast: Your Path to Non profit Leadership with Patton McDowell and Derrick Feldmann) (July 2020)
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The Corporate Social Mind Report (Derrick Feldmann) (June 2020)
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Future of Volunteering from the Volunteer Canada Perspective (YourCause + blackbaud) (June 23, 2020)
- 8 Things Non-Profits Want You to Know About Volunteering During COVID-19 (Volunteer Canada) (June 16, 2020)
- 5 Ways to Keep Employee Volunteers Engaged during COVID-19 (Volunteer Canada) (May 13, 2020)
- Webinar: Corporate Response to COVID-19 - good practices and considerations (Volunteer Canada) (April 2, 2020)