Skills-Based Volunteering and How Nonprofits Can Benefit
Skills-Based Volunteering and How Nonprofits Can Benefit
Wareham Free Library
The training will support nonprofits who have a working knowledge of SBV, but are still working to implement and institutionalize strategic pro bono within their organization.
Training will focus in the following areas:
Nonprofit Sector Overview and the Need for SBV
Overview of nonprofit sector structure and operating environment
The unique capacity building challenge of the nonprofit sector
Overview of SBV
Current landscape
Core models and trends
What’s in it for companies, nonprofits and volunteers
Where to Start: Strategic SBV at your Organization
Assessing organizational readiness
Scoping SBV projects across functional areas
Clarifying and communicating the intended impact
Considering volunteer options
Best practices for creating and sustaining meaningful cross-sector partnerships
Project Scoping Workshop
Facilitated Session during which attendees will:
Identify organizational challenges
Narrow challenges into potential skills-based projects
Determine the deliverables where skilled-volunteers should focus their efforts
Facilitator:
Common Impact Boston
Common Impact is a nationally-recognized nonprofit that works to build a society in which individuals and businesses invest their unique talents towards a shared purpose: strengthening the local communities in which we live and work. We connect corporate employees to nonprofit organizations with proven models to tackle the greatest challenges our communities face.
We break down barriers that exist between sectors and industries to create meaningful partnerships between companies, social sector organizations and the people that drive them. The common purpose of these connections: to deliver real value to each partner through innovations in community engagement, and ultimately to address deeply rooted and complex social challenges.
With a deep understanding of both mission-focused and business goals, Common Impact enables growing nonprofits to achieve even greater results in our communities, while simultaneously engaging corporate employees in dynamic and challenging opportunities that develop their skills and unlock successful, purpose-driven careers.
CONTACT: Michael Stewart 5089307561 mstewart@mass-service.org