Cloudera’s Week of Service with Goodera
150+
employee volunteers from
300+
beneficiaries
16
volunteering events
16
NPOS
THE CHALLENGE
Virtually Engage Cloudera’s employees for a Week of Service
A growing number of our clients are exploring organizing a month, a week, or even a day service around the giving season to maximize social impact and bring the joy of volunteering to employees before the holiday season.
In October 2022, after participating in multiple virtual volunteering experiences, Cloudera decided to host a week of service with Goodera. For a company with employees working out of multiple different time zones delivering the same 5-star experience to someone volunteering out of New York as that of someone volunteering out of Budapest became a challenge that we had to overcome.
To achieve this, we worked closely with the Cloloudera team to plan and create a framework that successfully helped us execute their Week of Service
In October 2022, after participating in multiple virtual volunteering experiences, Cloudera decided to host a week of service with Goodera. For a company with employees working out of multiple different time zones delivering the same 5-star experience to someone volunteering out of New York as that of someone volunteering out of Budapest became a challenge that we had to overcome.
To achieve this, we worked closely with the Cloloudera team to plan and create a framework that successfully helped us execute their Week of Service
THE SOLUTION
16 Virtual Volunteering Events with activities curated from 16 NPOs across cause areas
For their Week of Service, Goodera worked as an extension of the Cloudera team to conduct 16 virtual events curated from 16 non-profits. Their Goodera experience included:
Pre-event
One of the requirements that were important for Kyndryl was volunteering to impact employee communities. Goodera took this on to source activities for a diverse range of cause areas and beneficiaries. Our activities included:
- Flyers about the event
- NPO introduction
- A “Know Before You Go” manual for volunteers that consisted of information about:
→ The cause area
→ The non-profit
→ The activity
During event
- Goodera Ambassadors to host events and conduct icebreakers and challenges during the event to help employees in getting to know each other and collaborate better
- Impact mailers
Post-event:
- A Goodfie (photo of the volunteer teams)
- Thank you note from the non-profit
- A post-event email containing:
→ Zoom recording of the event
→ Poll report
→ Participants data
THE RESULTS
Cloudera’s week of service impacted 320 beneficiaries, most of whom included youth and children. Employees participated in activities including learning ASL to record messages of hope, and recording audiobooks for young girls in Ghana.
Volunteers across locations came together to volunteer for Cloudera’s week of service:
Hear from our Non- Profit partners
“We express our heartfelt thanks to volunteers for recording audiobooks for African refugees with such zeal and enthusiasm. Your participation has helped create lifelong resources to improve their comprehension skills and help them become better versions of themselves.”
Acedone
“We thank everyone who spent their time learning sign language and recording a message of hope for our beneficiaries who are hard of hearing. We are sure it made their day and filled their hearts with joy as it made them feel included with a sense of belongingness. We hope to find more people like you!”
Helping Hands for the Deaf
“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the volunteers for providing comfort and motivation to the young minds through their uplifting messages of hope. We are sure that your words will go a long way in helping them navigate through all the difficult challenges they face.”
“We truly appreciate and thank all the volunteers who helped curate a word glossary with various terminologies enveloping action against climate change. Your proactive indulgence will help bring the adversities of climate change to the foreground while reiterating the importance of immediate action for a safe and clean future.”
BIOagradables
“Your contribution has empowered our beneficiaries with energy and hope as they were enlightened about success stories from their community. The career cards will inspire them to walk on their footprints while creating one of their own, thanks to you!”
Project: Vision
“Thank you for participating in the mindful meditation session and resonating with our vision. We are hopeful that you had a great time helping us create a positive path towards promising futures for youth!”
Acedone
