The Highest-Leverage Investment in Your Volunteer Program Isn’t What You Think
Most corporate volunteering programs depend on a small group of people who never appear on the org chart. They’re the Champions. The Ambassadors. The Volunteer Committee…
Networked for Impact: The Benchmark for High-Impact Employee Volunteer Networks
Employee volunteer leader networks have become an established best practice for companies that want to scale community engagement. They are often described by the people…
You Don’t Have to Kill the Kit: Making Corporate Volunteering More Meaningful
Kit-building events are everywhere. If you work in corporate volunteering, you know exactly why. Kits are accessible. They’re scalable. They work for employees who can’t…
Employees Read CSR as Evidence of Who a Company Is (and Isn’t)
CSR practitioners are used to building programs under two kinds of scrutiny. The work has to be credible to communities, partners, investors, and reporting audiences,…
The Corporate Volunteer Kit that Makes it Matter
Stepping into most corporate volunteer events, particularly those organized around volunteer kits, you’ll see the markers of efficiency everywhere: Tables lined with supplies. Step-by-step instructions.…
Creating Conditions for Transformation, Not Controlling Experience
In the corporate context, the word “belonging” is a relatively new one, and as language like “diversity and inclusion” has come into the political crosshairs,…
From Helping to Belonging: Rethinking Corporate Volunteering
At Realized Worth, we spend a lot of time thinking about what actually changes as a result of corporate volunteering — and what doesn’t. …
Designing Virtual Volunteering for Real Impact
Virtual volunteering is efficient, scalable, and easy to coordinate across time zones. And it’s only getting bigger. According to Benevity’s 2026 State of Corporate Volunteering…
Why Most Volunteer Programs Don’t Change Anyone
The hidden design flaw in corporate volunteering, and the call center study that proves it A corporate volunteer team shows up at a food bank…