Products
Bea Boccalandro, President of VeraWorks, writes frequently—both internally for companies and externally for the field. These written resources are meant to support companies in their efforts to develop and manage effective corporate-community involvement efforts. Below are some of Boccalandro's “best sellers,” that are available at no charge—courtesy of the sponsoring entities.
Publications.
- The End of Employee Volunteering: A Necessary Step to Substantive Employee Engagement in the Community download
- Maximizing Impact: Three Signs of Underperforming Employee Community Engagement download (This is a chapter in Corporate Responsibility 2011, published by F.A.Z -Institut and AmCham Germany which can be ordered here.)
- A Helping Hand or a Hijacking? How Nonprofits Can Respond to Ever-Increasing Corporate Involvement download
- Mapping Success in Employee Volunteering: The Drivers of Effectiveness in Employee Volunteering and Giving Programs and Fortune 500 Performance download
- The Methods Behind the Magic: Examining the practices of Atlanta's exemplary employee volunteer programs download (please note that the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship might require you to register prior to the free download)
- Using Employee Volunteering to Benefit HR Departments download
- For Better Employees, Nudge Them Out of the Office download
- The Promise Employee Skill-Based Volunteering Holds for Employee Skills and Nonprofit Partner Effectiveness download
Internal Memos. Companies often need internal products to help make informed decisions or implement their programs. Below are two Boccalandro developed for a Fortune 500 client:
- The Business Case for Corporate Community Involvement download
- Briefing Memo: Time Off Policy for Volunteering download
Blogs. Link below to see recent entries on the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship blog:
- Measurement is more than a good thing to do - it's the right thing link
- Is employee volunteering the management tool of the 21st century? link
- New tool provides answers on employee volunteering link
- Don't think recruitment. Think relevance, relationships, results and renewal. link
- Fear of measurement an indicator of misinformation link