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The Skills-Based Volunteering Starter Kit

Skills-based volunteering produces 10x more nonprofit impact per hour. Here's the complete framework: matching table, engagement models, volunteer brief template, and a 60-day launch plan.

Your Team's Expertise Is Worth 10x More Than Their Time

Nonprofits value one hour of skills-based volunteer work at $150 to $500. One hour of general volunteering is worth $15 to $20.

That is not a rounding difference. That is the difference between giving your employees' time and giving their expertise.

Employees in skills-based programs volunteer 42% more hours annually. They report higher satisfaction. And they are significantly more likely to keep volunteering.

This starter kit gives you everything to launch one:

Three engagement models: Project Sprint, Functional Partner, Skills Day
A skills-to-nonprofit match table for 10 employee functions
A volunteer brief template: the one document that separates productive engagements from frustrating ones
A 60-day week-by-week launch plan

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