Participation Rates and the Perils of Conformity
Employee volunteering programs with ambitious participation rates may not be generating value for the company. Worse, they may even be creating a negative culture. 1.…
Multi-Sector Partnerships – The Key to a Brighter Future?
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink wrote a letter this year that shook the business world. Fink, CEO of one of the most influential investment management companies…
Infographic: The Journey of the Volunteer
Volunteering is a safe space. First-time volunteers can interact with unfamiliar issues and with people (beneficiaries) they may not ordinarily cross paths with due to…
Pro Bono Today: What’s New, What’s Working
Not too long ago, LBG Associates and LBG Research Institute studied the challenges of pro bono from the nonprofit point of view. Since then, we’ve…
Investing Human Capital: A New Approach to Achieving the SDGs
The private sector has direct access to financial and human capital. With the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework to provide a shared…
Will Implicit Bias Training Solve the Starbucks Problem?
A barista calls the cops on two black men waiting for a friend and Starbucks responds with implicit bias training to help employees recognize subconscious…
Proofs and Research: Volunteering Benefits Individuals and Companies
We’ve gathered evidence that supports the business case for corporate volunteering from a talent, engagement and recruitment perspective, as well as from the employee perspective.…
Discover the Motivation: Exploring the Empathy Map
With numerous competing priorities, how do you motivate employees to place volunteering at the top of their list … over and over again? Getting your…
Volunteering: it’s all about you
By Kelly Lynch, Content Specialist At an elemental level, people have a need for security, safety and comfort. You can’t really blame us – it’s…