Design an Employee Volunteer Program
Maximize shared value for the organization, employees, and the community through an employee-powered volunteer program.
Onsite Workshop
Without a volunteer program that considers employee choice, employees often:
- Lack the time for volunteering activities.
- Do not have the ability or motivation to begin volunteer initiatives that the company hasn’t facilitated.
- Are less likely to participate if they don’t have choice in and affinity toward the cause offered.
After enabling volunteerism, companies experienced:
- Faster revenue growth, process innovation, and product innovation.
- Increased employee engagement, purpose at work, and job satisfaction.
- Lower turnover.
Module 1: Frame the Employee Volunteer Program
The Purpose
- Determine program scope, metrics, and goals.
- Assess current initiatives and level of employee interest.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Established program scope, metrics, and goals
- Reviewed current initiatives and level of employee interest
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1.1 | Review organizational implications to set program scope. |
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1.2 | Examine organizational data to determine program needs. |
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1.3 | Review existing volunteerism and employee interests. |
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1.4 | Set program goals and metrics. |
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1.5 | Review and select elements. |
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1.6 | Decide parameters of selected elements. |
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Module 2: Operationalize the Program
The Purpose
- Decide on strategic initiatives, program management, and technology that may be necessary.
- Integrate with existing HR programs.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Assessed strategic initiatives, program management, and technology required
- Integrated existing HR programs
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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2.1 | Assess the feasibility of selected elements. |
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2.2 | Review internal data to decide if a strategic cause will be selected. |
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2.3 | Decide on and draft a volunteer program manager role. |
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2.4 | Decide if technology will be used. |
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2.5 | Identify required integration points with other HR program areas. |
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Module 3: Plan to Iterate and Implement the Program
The Purpose
- Set the program parameters.
- Incorporate volunteer recognition practices and share the program’s impact.
- Solicit feedback to evaluate and iterate the program.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Determined program parameters
- Integrated recognition practices
- Generated methods to gather feedback.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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3.1 | Determine required policies, guidelines, and procedures. |
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3.2 | Identify ways to track and share impact. |
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3.3 | Identify how employees will be recognized. |
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3.4 | Determine how feedback will be gathered for program evaluation. |
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3.5 | Create an action and communication plan. |
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