Nonprofits Speak: 7 Steps to Creating a Successful Employee Volunteer Program
February 6, 2020
SHRM
A program is more successful if you get executive buy-in, too. Ask managers to give employees information about volunteer programs and encourage them to work side-by-side with their staffers, suggested Mei Cobb, senior director, Volunteer and Employee Engagement at United Way Worldwide. "The CEO must convey they see the value of it," she said. "It doesn't mean the CEO has to be at every event, but employees see rewards of interacting with leadership as well as their colleagues."