Looking back: The Best Signature Program of 2020
Want to offer meaningful support to employees in these strange and uncertain times? Consider the example of health care company based north of Chicago that…
2021 CSR and Sustainability Conferences Guide
Please Note:Many of the conferences and events listed below have been rescheduled or adjusted to a virtual event due to COVID-19. Click the link associated…
3 Tips for Finding Virtual Volunteering Opportunities
Realized Worth has spent the year like everyone else – adapting, adjusting, and committing to adding value in a new world of remote work where…
The Next Four Years: What does it mean for Corporate Citizenship?
An Open Letter from our CEO On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, I opened my laptop and set up tabs…
When Volunteering is Too Easy: Better Ways to Engage and Activate Employee Volunteers
You know who you are. You got into this job for one of three reasons: You started out working in the nonprofit or social good…
Reciprocity and Corporate Social Justice
A client recently sent me a video they’d created and shared internally to show how the company was supporting employee civic engagement. They were really…
Employee Engagement in CSR Partnerships
In an age where companies are becoming increasingly engaged with their communities through their corporate work, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is fast evolving into an…
Making Employee Volunteering Easier May Undermine Long-Term Interest in Participation
Most of the clients we’ve worked with over the past decade have asked the same question: “How can we make it easier for our people to…
Recognition, Rewards and Incentives
First of all, let’s outline the difference between recognition, incentives, and rewards: Incentives: Incentives are intended to grab people’s attention and act as a ‘carrot’…