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NATIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES

A Guide to the Business Workshop Series 58 KB

2007 Awards for Excellence In Workplace Volunteer Programs

Give Your CVC a Boost
In this workshop, representatives from some of the most successful Corporate Volunteer Councils (CVCs) explained how to set up sound structures and effective programming, overcome challenges that CVCs face and how to keep CVCs fresh and exciting.

Quality over Quantity – New Heights of Efficacy Through Employee Skill-Based Volunteering
In this workshop, participants learned from the most innovative EVPs and CVCs.  Recent surveys, studies, and effective practices (including problems and pitfalls) were presented proving that Skill-Based Volunteering can offer an improved and enhanced impact for the employee volunteer.

What Tools Are Your Peers Using to Manage Their Employee Volunteer Programs
In this workshop, EVP managers shared effective practices on the use of technology to manage their EVPs. Each company showcased a different system currently available on the market.

Expanding Global Workplace Volunteering Programs
International Employee Volunteer Programs (EVPs) are integral part of effective workplace and human resources development. This workshop featuring speakers from Disney, Alcatel-Lucent, Asociacion Trabajo Voluntario, BD, Disney, IAVE, Oracle and Vale do Rio Doce tackled issues in expanding EVPs overseas by looking at different regional models, top-line challenges and opportunities for growth.

Emerging Ideas in Employee Volunteer Programs
In this workshop, panelists shared inspirational practices of forward-looking Employee Volunteer Programs. The audience learned how EVPs can give employees an opportunity to volunteer in the third world, integrate into corporate branding, create teams that transform nonprofit organizations, keep laid-off employees within the company, and push employee volunteering to new frontiers.