How Will Your Company Give Back This Holiday Season

How Will Your Company Give Back This Holiday Season

Sometimes the greatest need is fulfilled in the act of giving itself. Connect with worthy causes, it can be done even on a small scale and can translate to part of your brand identity. If you connect to worthy causes you help build trust and a sense of community. You also help build brand loyalty by reaching out and helping with shared concerns.

There are any number of ways one can help, whether it’s with oversized checks or shoeboxes filled with gifts, there is always something that can be done for those less fortunate. Research through the internet revealed a list of 30 ideas that others have shared and used to help promote like-minded causes during the holidays.

After Hurricane Matthew: Employee Volunteer Programs

After Hurricane Matthew: Employee Volunteer Programs

Employee Volunteer Programs. There are always ways to help even if you are not part of, or your company does not have an employee volunteer program.

The American Red Cross For those who want to volunteer by donating blood. Please donate where you are, in whichever state you reside. There is always a need.
Emergency Management Services Check into the services nearest you and see where you can help.
For those who are inclined to deal with ongoing humanitarian needs around the world please check out this website Top Humanitarian Aid Needs

Common Sense – Work and the Professional Volunteer​

Common Sense – Work and the Professional Volunteer​

Part IV Increase Company Value. Listing your goals and identifying causes that match your organization is called strategic planning. You have to think in terms of “how can this cause benefit my organization and give me a personal outlet to express myself”? It is true that your personal time is your time, but if it involves doing things that disrupt the company image – you might want to switch causes, or at least tame it down a bit.

Cool Technology Trends in Business – the Digital Mesh

Cool Technology Trends in Business – the Digital Mesh

The connection between businesses and IT is shifting rapidly. Technology is no longer an indispensable cost center – it is progressively being regarded as a business enabler and a key component to competitiveness, thus its business value is measured by those factors. IT business strategies and goals need to be aligned together and optimized to provide the best return on business investment. Adaptive Security Architecture, it’s a game-changer for businesses.

Foster Care Teens Who Are Aging Out – How Businesses and Individuals Can Help

Foster Care Teens Who Are Aging Out – How Businesses and Individuals Can Help

Foster Care Teens Who Are Aging Out – How Businesses and Individuals Can Help. A landmark bipartisan proposal on Foster Care Legislation could mark a new beginning in the way foster care is handled in the US. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch(R-UT) , Ron Wyden (R-OR), Ranking Member and Chairman, Kevin Brady (R-TX), House Ways and Means Committee, and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), have been working on a bipartisan proposal that will help to prevent youth from entering the foster care system. The Family First Prevention Services Act will provide for federal funding in order to support evidence-based prevention services for families.

Volunteering – Concerned with Promoting Human Welfare

Volunteering – Concerned with Promoting Human Welfare

There is an old saying, “creating positive change can be filled with both learnable, and teachable moments” Learnable moments are filled with inspiration and motivation to accomplish a task or help out with a special project. It doesn’t have to be a big project either – it just has to be something that you feel passionate about .

Those passions become teachable moments when we help guide others in using those same skills, to help one another or themselves.