skills-based volunteering

How Deloitte Lives United

Meghan Keaney — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:12:48 -0500

Community involvement has long been a key aspect of Deloitte's culture, and the firm has been a pioneer in skills-based read more »

Some More Thoughts on Skills-Based Volunteering

Chris OKeeffe — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:06:28 -0500

A couple of months ago, I wrote about skills-based volunteering in response to a Boston Globe article. Thinking back on it, I realize that both the Globe reporter and I left out something that’s important to acknowledge. What we now call “skills based volunteering” was really invented by professional service firms: accountants, consultants, law firms and advertising agencies. read more »

Your money's no good here

Meghan Keaney — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:34:00 -0500

Recently on PARTNERS+simons blog, Tom Simon's posted a reflection about his marketing firm's pro-bono work over the years developing ad campaigns that garnered attention for a number of nonprofits, including our own United Way, The Leeway Center, and The Schwartz Center among others. My colleague Chris has talked a bit about skills-based volunteering and pro-bono campaigns in other posts, but today, I want to draw your attention to something that stood out to me in Tom Simon's post. Reflecting on the firm's pro-bono work, he wrote: read more »