3 Reasons You Need a Skills-Based Volunteer Program

3 Reasons You Need a Skills-Based Volunteer Program

5. April 2023

Corporate Volunteering, International Corporate Volunteering (ICV), Pro Bono

AMAIDI’s skills-based volunteering programs empower companies to dedicate volunteer hours to under-resourced causes year-round. Maximize your company’s corporate social responsibility and employee engagement by implementing a strategic skills-based volunteering program.

Through our Global Pro Bono service, AMAIDI has designed and implemented skills-based volunteering programs for socially conscious companies for more than 15 years. Our early entry into this area of corporate social responsibility puts us at the forefront in terms of the breadth of programming we offer, our international scope, the number of social enterprises we work with on the ground, and the resources we bring to bear on your project.

Drawing from our extensive experience and global networks, we create bespoke programs that match your company with ambitious social enterprises in your field. We consider your corporate culture, resources, objectives, and industry positioning.

Designing and Implementing Skills-Based Volunteering Programs since 2006

Global Volunteer Month celebrates the power of donating time to the communities in which we live and operate. While every April shines a spotlight on volunteering, AMAIDI’s skills-based volunteering programs empower companies to dedicate volunteer hours to under-resourced causes year-round.

With corporate social responsibility (CSR) impacting so many business decisions, your company likely has a long history of philanthropy in the form of grants, donations, and traditional volunteering. Now you want to build a more deeply strategic program that multiplies your existing impact.

Learn how AMAIDI’s Global Pro Bono service can help your organization

Skills-based volunteering programs achieve multiple objectives concurrently, and the success of each objective reinforces the others. It leverages one of your most critical resources—your employees—to make a difference while simultaneously increasing the value your employees bring to your own operations.

Building a program with AMAIDI meets these objectives:

Skills-based volunteering puts your core values into action by providing opportunities for your employees to identify with and embody your culture in concrete ways. Volunteering also fuels your employees’ passion for social change and aligns them with your overall mission. It’s no surprise, then, that employees who participate in programs designed by AMAIDI’s Global Pro Bono service have more enthusiasm in their day-to-day work and a greater commitment to their employers.

Another way these programs engage employees is through professional development. Employees value learning new skills and applying established skills to fresh, complex problems. Of course, this has an equally great impact for your company.

Global Pro Bono programs impart new skills and knowledge, improve intercultural and cross-sector competencies, and expand networks. These experiences improve your employees’ day-to-day efficacy, whether they’re in a volunteer position or leading a key project for your team.

One of the greatest challenges in executing a skills-based volunteer program is convening internal stakeholders, all of whom bring different perspectives, goals, and interests. AMAIDI is uniquely situated to unite your leadership behind a shared vision that meets everyone’s goals, including those of human resources and the organization as a whole. We also help you measure outcomes to ensure that your efforts have an outsized benefit for your workforce.

Employees are increasingly interested in meaningful work. They want to be part of a company that shares their values. They want their contributions to be socially and environmentally sustainable. Naturally, companies with social responsibility integrated into the employee experience have a competitive edge over those with a more hands-off approach to CSR. By building skills-based volunteering opportunities into your employment pitch, you enhance your reputation as an “employer of choice” within your industry.

Global Pro Bono programs also expand recruiting pipelines. In the process of working directly within their communities, companies engage with and even develop the talent of potential employees.

Since 2006 AMAIDI is able to tailor a program that aligns with your corporate culture, resources, objectives, and industry position. Whether your organization is new to skills-based volunteering or already has an established pro bono program, AMAIDI can help you achieve your business goals while making a positive impact on the world.

Leading companies have already experienced the positive effects of our skills-based volunteering programs.

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