Employee Volunteer Programs

Workplace Volunteering Brief: Top Seven Trends Affecting Employee Volunteer Programs

This concise publication provides a great overview of the issues facing EVP managers along with a list of other recommended resources to explore.

How the Best Employee Volunteer Programs Structure Themselves

The Benchmarks of Excellence research is an excellent source of data for your HandsOn Action Center or organization on how to best work with companies.

Co-workers and Change Makers: Employee Volunteer Programs' Steps to Success for Small-to Medium-Sized Businesses

Small and medium-sized businesses can affect a change in the way private enterprise contributes to public good through employee volunteer programs (EVPs). EVPs offer great benefits to businesses and employee volunteers themselves, including enhanced employee loyalty, satisfaction, retention, recruiting, productivity, camaraderie and even stability during organizational changes, as well as service-learning opportunities for professional development as volunteers practice increased management, professional or technical skills.

The Corporate Volunteer Reporting Standards

These standards were developed in February 2006 in response to an increasing need for standardization.

Developing Volunteer Projects Toolkit

Do you need help developing a volunteer project? Great! We have you covered. The following pages cover the process of developing a volunteer project in more detail.

• Setting a timeline for the project
• Example of a one-day project agenda
• Sample checklist for the project
• Tips on managing your project
• Evaluating your project