{"id":20320,"date":"2023-12-04T08:56:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/?p=20320"},"modified":"2023-12-04T12:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:01:33","slug":"guide-to-successful-corporate-volunteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/guide-to-successful-corporate-volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Successful Corporate Volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Corporate volunteering offers an invaluable opportunity for organizations to contribute to the social, environmental, and economic development of the communities with which they interact, while fostering a sense of belonging and a collaborative spirit among collaborators. Here are eleven key considerations for designing, organizing, and executing successful volunteering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose corporate volunteering initiatives that are directly related to the organization&#8217;s areas and audiences of impact.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outline and publicize to the parties involved the protocols for volunteering, including the process for registering hours, requesting permission and the requirements to be met in order to participate.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define in advance if the actions can be carried out by any collaborator, or if some or several tasks require specialized technical knowledge.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish and ensure that all participants are clearly aware of the program\u2019s purpose, the expected results and the responsibilities of each party, including organizers, volunteers and beneficiaries.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure that all volunteers have assigned roles and clearly understand them.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitate or manage all resources for the execution of activities, from tools to work space.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide clear instructions to volunteers in the days leading up to the activity or task assigned.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is ideal to provide the food, hydration and uniforms volunteers will need during the activities.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a good practice to designate one or more volunteer leaders to coordinate the different volunteer tasks or processes.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Document the activities, if possible with photography, video and testimonies of the participants. The participants\u2019 consent is required to take photographs.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conduct evaluations involving both volunteers and beneficiaries to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FIFCO Volunteer Program in 2023<\/strong><br><br>Environmental and Social Programs<br>1,043,629 hours donated to the communities<br>1,500 collaborators involved in activities<br>7 provinces benefited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate volunteering offers an invaluable opportunity for organizations to contribute to the social, environmental, and economic development of the communities with which they interact, while fostering a sense of belonging and a collaborative spirit among collaborators. Here are eleven key considerations for designing, organizing, and executing successful volunteering: FIFCO Volunteer Program in 2023 Environmental and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20325,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20320\/revisions\/20325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}