What Is CSR in Business? A Complete Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility

The Skills-Based Volunteering Landscape: From High Potential to High Friction

Skills-based volunteering is often described as high-impact, but behind the scenes, it can feel high-effort. Projects take longer to set up. Matching feels manual. Employees hesitate. Nonprofits struggle with capacity. And CSR teams are left holding the complexity. The Skills-Based Volunteering workshop is designed to unpack why this happens and what actually works in practice. Together, we examine how skills-based programs are evolving, where they tend to break down as they grow, and how to design opportunities that are valuable for nonprofits and realistic for employees. Through real-world scenarios and practical frameworks, the workshop explores how to scope projects more effectively, reduce matching friction, and build skills-based pathways that can scale without overwhelming teams or partners. Because skills-based volunteering does not fail on intent. It succeeds or stalls based on design.

Target Setting and Calendar Planning: Making Employee Volunteering Work, Predictably and at Scale

Employee volunteering programs often struggle not because of low interest, but because they lack structure. This article explores how target setting and calendar planning create predictability, reduce operational strain, and enable volunteering programs to scale consistently. By shifting from reactive execution to intentional design, teams can build participation, strengthen nonprofit partnerships, and deliver measurable impact.

The Art of Possible: Reimagining Employee Volunteerism for the Future

If you’ve been running employee volunteering for a while, you’ve probably noticed something shifting, even if you haven’t put your finger on it yet. So you start noticing patterns. Volunteering feels harder to run than it used to. Employees are asking for more flexibility. Leadership expectations have shifted. More time is going into coordination than strategy. Participation spikes, then quietly fades. And slowly, it becomes clear: this isn’t a lack of interest, it’s operational friction.

Why Total Corporate Responsibility Is the Future of Sustainable Business

Sustainability is no longer a side project or a checkbox for modern businesses; it has become the core of long-term growth and resilience. Many companies are familiar with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), ESG initiatives, and social impact programs, but a deeper, more holistic approach is now emerging: Total Corporate Responsibility (TCR).

Top Nonprofits with Virtual Volunteer Opportunities for Teams

Explore inspiring virtual volunteer opportunities for teams, from remote mentoring to global nonprofit projects. Discover the top 8 nonprofits that you can partner with and volunteer.

8 Companies That Celebrate Juneteenth and Inspire Action

Discover how top companies that observe Juneteenth are making a difference and how you can spark similar action at work.