resources
For businesses interested in starting or enhancing a corporate volunteer
program, the following may be of interest:
Points of Light
Foundation has an office
for Corporate Volunteer Development. See: Join a Corporate Volunteer
Council.
Business Strengthening America is a peer-to-peer
effort to engage businesses in civic engagement. See: Join a Corporate
Volunteer Council.
Hands On Network has over thirty affiliates
in metropolitan areas around the country.The Corporate Citizen Council
is made up of companies who value the power and potential of hands-on,
high impact volunteerism and support Hands On Network's vision of transforming
people and communities through service. Hands On Network supports an
innovative alliance of volunteer organizations that are building communities
through service and civic engagement. With proven models, Hands On
Network affiliates develop entrepreneurial strategies for bridging
community resources and needs.
AngelPoints is a commercial venture that provides corporations with a web-based
application, Enterprise Volunteer Solutions (EVS) that enables businesses
to maximize their efforts. Many businesses struggle with achieving
their desired impact due to serious challenges - communication, program
management, technology infrastructure, employee participation - just
to name a few. The EVS application allows businesses to track and control
these programs.
Samaritan Technologies offers
a menu of products designed to manage and measure volunteer programs.
This socially conscious business offers free software to organizations
with fewer than one hundred volunteers.
National
Work-Life Alliance,
a nonprofit organization founded and headquartered in Montgomery County,
Maryland, is a private, public, nonprofit coalition committed to empowering
employers nationwide to create and become recognized, as "Excellent
Places to Work." Their document “Leadership Development
Through Corporate Volunteerism” is a blueprint toward creating
an employee volunteer program.
Corporate Social Responsibility by Philip Kotler and Nancy
Lee. John Wiley and Sons, 2005. This is an excellent overview of corporate
social initiatives and their place within the business world. Included
is a section on corporate volunteer programs with examples of successful
programs.
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