Best Practices in Corporate Engagement from VolunteerMatch Solutions: Improving Nonprofit-Corporate Relations, with Chris Jarvis

Thursday, 1/21, 2010 9AM-10AM PT / 12PM-1PM ET

Best Practices in Corporate Engagement from VolunteerMatch Solutions: Improving Nonprofit-Corporate Relations in Corporate Volunteering, with Chris Jarvis

Why do corporate volunteer groups want the things they want? Why do nonprofits react to common requests from corporate teams the way they do? Most important, how can the differences between nonprofits and corporate volunteer groups be integrated into a single program or service event that can accomplish real goals and solve real community challenges? 

Join VolunteerMatch Solutions for the first Best Practice Network Webinar of 2010 as Senior Consultant Chris Jarvis from Realized Worth discusses the seven most common requests that corporate volunteer groups make of nonprofit partners -- and what corporate volunteer professionals can do to keep relations positive and productive.

How can you avoid wasting valuable time during volunteer activities? As Chris will explore, getting a better handle on the root differences between the needs of companies and the needs of nonprofits can help improving nonprofit and corporate volunteer relations. Join this Webinar and learn how to guide nonprofits to the "best" response.

Speaker Profile: Chris Jarvis, Realized Worth

Over the past 20 years, Chris has worked with nonprofit organizations across North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia utilizing a model that elevates volunteerism from a task-oriented activity to a transformative experience.

Chris and his business partner, Angela Parker, act as expert writers on several Web sites including, 3BLMedia.com, APEsphere.com, and SocialFinance.ca. Recently, the two were advisers in the writing of "Mapping Success in Employee Volunteering: The Drivers of Effectiveness for Employee Volunteering and Giving Programs and Fortune 500 Performance," produced by Boston College and authored by Bea Boccalandro.

Chris and Angela also act as expert writers on several Websites including, 3BLMedia.com  APEsphere.com, SocialFinance.ca, and Volunteer Canada's CorporateVolunteering.ca. Chris is currently collaborating on a book which will be a comprehensive guide to Corporate Social Responsibility for HR managers.

Best Practice Network Webinars are free, hour-long events.

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