For over 10 years, Realized Worth has partnered with some of the best-known brands in the world to design and implement corporate volunteer programs. Through a comprehensive design, transition and implementation process, we analyze existing programs and volunteer networks, provide clear recommendations on how to grow programs, and support the implementation of programs that keep employees engaged in transformative volunteerism year-round.
This paper is intended to stimulate discussion and consideration of the importance of citizen and community participation and to put forward an argument for investment and leadership. The potential “investors” in this remarkable phenomenon are many: governments, foundations, the corporate sector, voluntary and non-profit organizations, communities and even individuals. Like participation itself, the process required to think through ways to lever and enrich citizen and community participation needs to be multi-faceted, collaborative and creative. No one agent of society can or should own the leadership or enabling role. Ultimately, action must be harnessed to a shared vision; a vision for a Canada in which each person makes a contribution and together we build a better world.
The uncertain times have had a major effect on how organizations operate these days. Organizations that used to operate smoothly with the help of forecasts and projections now refrain from making business judgements that are set in stone. Now, organizations have a renewed focus: to manage risk.