The Stem Trifecta
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Have you ever wondered what’s possible with collaboration? Time Warner Cable—while a corporate client of VolunteerMatch—saw a need for more STEM-related volunteer opportunities for their employees. The Connectory—the largest database of youth-serving STEM programs in the world—saw a need for more STEM-focused volunteers to support a growing number of programs. VolunteerMatch provided the perfect platform for these resources to meet. At this session, VM Summit 16 attendees learned about how this partnership was launched, the impact it has had so far, and best practices for collaboration.
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The Stem Trifecta
- 2. #VMSummit16 Leah Gutstadt, former Time Warner Cable Kevin Johnson, VolunteerMatch Erin Hogeboom, The Connectory 2 The STEM Trifecta: How Time Warner Cable, The Connectory, and VolunteerMatch Collaborated for Mutually Beneficial Results
- 3. #VMSummit16 Speakers Erin Hogeboom Community Development and Network Strategy Manager, The Connectory Kevin Johnson Client Relations Manager, VolunteerMatch Leah Gutstadt Former Director of Strategic Philanthropy Time Warner Cable
- 4. #VMSummit16 Agenda – Collaboration Networking – Identifying the Need – Identifying Partners and Roles – Process of Partnership – Outcomes of Partnership – Questions
- 5. #VMSummit16 Collaboration Networking • Your Name • Organization & Role • 1 Resource • 1 Need • 2.5 minutes each • 2 rotations
- 8. #VMSummit16 Identifying Partners and Roles
- 10. #VMSummit16 Outcomes of Partnership “We had more individuals finding TechGirlz on VolunteerMatch and offering to help - many from right in our own backyard!” -Sarah Johnson, National Outreach Manager, TechGirlz
- 11. #VMSummit16 11
- 12. #VMSummit16 12 Outcomes of Partnership • 1,600 Connectory Programs have indicated they ‘need volunteers’— 300+ are now connected to VolunteerMatch • 183 volunteer listings have surfaced on The Connectory since launch • 7,260 connections since September of 2015
- 13. #VMSummit16 13 Lessons Learned • Open communication • Engage all stakeholders and creative thought leaders • Build programmatic capacity calls
Editor's Notes
- 15 min Create inner and outer circles, direct inner circle to stay put Outer circle will rotate clockwise, each pair will have 2.5 minutes for both people to introduce themselves and their organization and answer these two questions: What is your greatest resource? What is your greatest need (besides money)? After 2-3 rotations, ask for two volunteers to share one new thing they discovered (whether it be about their organization or about another) Debrief: any new connections made?
- 8 min Brief explanation of how each stakeholder came to see their community’s need: TWC (Leah): With STEM as our company’s signature philanthropic focus, we were in need of more high-quality STEM volunteer opportunities for our employees to take part in VM (Kevin): VM recognizes STEM as a growing cause area for both our nonprofits and our volunteers TC (Erin): Programs are required to identify ‘Needed Resources’ when they register, and over 4,000 Programs were clicking on ‘Volunteers.’ The partnership was a call to be good stewards of that information.
- 7 min A review of the stakeholders in the partnership, what resources they came with, and what their responsibilities in the partnership were: TWC: Pool of potential volunteers (our employees); funds to support the project VM: VM Accounts for all Connectory orgs, some with Premium Tools API implementation to allow Connectory to create their VM accounts via the Connectory site. TC: Already had a partnership with TWC through TC, had contact information on STEM programs needing volunteers, reaching out to the programs was the primary responsibility (in addition to developing TC for API integration) Youth-serving STEM Programs: The ‘customer’ in this equation, they came with volunteer opportunities for STEM professionals, we sought for them to be responsive Volunteers:
- 5 min Present a timeline of how the partnership progressed
- 7 min
- Open communication and honesty about limitations across different organizations built trust and foundation for long-term work Engage all stakeholders, particularly the ‘youth-serving STEM programs’ earlier in terms of a needs assessment or focus group, make them part of the process Build programmatic capacity calls for thinking out of the box--in Engage creative thought leaders