If you are a CSR or HR professional or managing your employee volunteer program, you will want to join Deloitte and McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP as they welcome A Billion + Change to Atlanta with a breakfast event on April 16. This national campaign to mobilize billions in pro bono and skills-based volunteer (SBV) services from corporate America is attracting the attention of businesses large and small across the country.
The event, hosted at Deloitte’s offices at 191 Peachtree Street at 7:30 am, will highlight the creative and effective ways Atlanta businesses are boosting their bottom lines and helping nonprofits through skills based and pro bono service. Organized with support from the Corporate Volunteer Council of Atlanta, Hands on Atlanta and the Mayor’s Office, it will be a great opportunity to network with leaders in business, government and civic engagement and to learn how they are giving back to the community by harnessing the talents and skills of their employees.
Leaders in national service and business, such as Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light, Edward S. Heys, Managing Partner, Atlanta & Birmingham, Deloitte; Chair, Georgia Chamber of Commerce and Jeffrey K. Haidet, Chairman, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, will speak about skills-based service as a new trend in corporate volunteering, and the high value that SBV offers businesses, employees and communities.
Research has shown that skills-based volunteering can be a powerful talent management and development tool for businesses. For nonprofits that receive this skilled support, the value in areas such as generation operations, technology and professional services can be 400% greater than the value of traditional volunteering.
“As the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement with a long-standing tradition of philanthropy and service, Atlanta has long been called 'The City Too Busy to Hate,’" said Atlanta's Chief Service Officer Amy Phuong. "But Mayor Kasim Reed believes Atlanta can do more and become the city that is also not too busy to love one another. Our city has a deep culture of business innovation, so we strongly believe A Billion + Change is the kind of challenge our city's leaders can rise to meet.”
From McKenna Long & Aldridge lawyers delivering pro bono services to help nonprofits with mergers and acquisitions and Deloitte consultants improving literacy programs to Skanska employees working to design community gardens for Atlanta’s homeless, learn how companies are lending their most valuable asset — their talent — to build nonprofit capacity at home and around the world.
Register for this breakfast and panel discussion for free online!
To learn more about how your company can join A Billion + Change, visit our website at: www.abillionpluschange.org.