Corporate Social Responsibility Program - participant experience
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I had the opportunity to participate in a Corporate Social Responsibility Program as a volunteer, helping local non-profit organizations in Ecuador. It was a truly unique and life-changing experience. I really recommend companies to have similar programs and to employees to participate! I summarized my learning points on the last side and also on my blog https://ecuadorfromhungary2014.wordpress.com. Enjoy!
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- 1. Corporate Social Service in Ecuador Participant experience by Emese Katona
- 2. 2 The overview of the program PRE-WORK (3 months) ~40 to 60 hours of work completed virtually, team building and skills development - Travel preparations and research - Backup planning and preparations with manager IN-COUNTRY (1 month) - Work at the intersection of business, technology and society - Immersion in local culture - Relatioship building POST SERVICE (2 months) - Linkage back to the business - Measurement and evaluation - Reflect, learn and apply - Internal and external presentations
- 4. 4 CSC Ecuador 1 Team 15 people from 11 countries, working for: 4 non-profit organizations in Guayaquil
- 5. 5 The goal of our assignment: to develop a strategy to increase recycling awareness among local citizens, to identify innovative strategies to increase recycling activities and programs in Guayaquil Our Client Nonprofit organization in charge of the revitalization of waterfronts of Guayaquil and other parts of the city, founded in January 1997, which had a major role in transformation of the city landscape providing a safe, secure and well maintained place for the citizens for leasure and entertainment, attracting 12 millions of visitors every year.
- 6. What we did... Learned from our client...
- 7. What we did... Learned from different participants of the recycling process...
- 8. 8 What we did... A lot of research...
- 9. 9ibm.com/corporateservicecorps What we did... A lot of analysis...
- 10. 10ibm.com/corporateservicecorps Which led to our conclusions and recommendations
- 11. Team activities in the meantime Food Drive Community service at the University of Guayaquil
- 12. Learning from each other... and having fun!
- 13. 13 On the weekends: travelling to the sea...
- 14. 14 ... and travelling to the mountains
- 16. ... and something unique: Quito and surroundings
- 17. What did I learn? • Openness: when everything is new, there is no such thing as „strange”, but you can discover how beautiful our world is. • Cooperation in a completely new environment: you need a lots of flexibility, give up your expectations and prepare for unexpected: it is challenging, but very rewarding! • Self-awareness: being out of the comfort zone and freeing up the mind from the usual routine, giving back energy as well as a offering different perspective. • Make new connections: the whole world can suddenly be your home, making friends from all over the world (and then you also see your own country from a different angle) • Work without stress: working hard paying attention also to the personal matters, always finding time to have a nice moment – it makes a big difference. • Respect towards the others, towards the nature: helping each other also in difficult times, and value what you already have. simply: love life!
- 18. If you are interested, check it out! • My blog about this experience: https://ecuadorfromhungary2014.wordpress.com/ Thank you! Gracias!