SuitUp with Gong

1. SuitUp with Gong
08.09.2021
Opening Doors and Reimagining
Pathways for Students Everywhere…

2. students
served
volunteers
engaged
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About Gong
Gong enables revenue teams to
realize their fullest potential by
unveiling their customer reality. The
patented Gong Revenue Intelligence
Platform™ captures and
understands every customer
interaction, then delivers insights at
scale, empowering revenue teams to
make decisions based on data
instead of opinions.
Gong believes they can make a
difference in the workplace,
surrounding communities, and the
world, by following these principles:
Give Back, Help Others Climb the
Ladder, Promote a Fairer World.
About Commonpoint Queens
Commonpoint Queens is a
community based
organization that meets the
diverse and evolving needs in
the Queens borough. At their
center, people of all ages and
backgrounds come together
to find support, access
opportunities, and build
connections to community
throughout their lives.

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Volunteers Students
53% Female 45%
47% Male 48%
0% Non Binary 0%
0% Prefer Not Say 7%
7% African American 4%
0% HIspanic/LatinX 13%
60% Caucasian 0%
0%
Middle Eastern/
North African
7%
27%
Asian / Pacific
Islander
Hispanic
41%
0% Multi-Racial 4%
6% Other 31%
Meet the Participants

4. Business Case Challenge
Through SuitUp, volunteers from Gong and students from Commonpoint Queens
participated in a SuitUp business competition in which they created a new and innovative
educational technology platform that uses communication to make a better world.
Volunteers coached students in various departments before helping them pitch to judges
for a cash prize.
Winning Team:
Team 5:
Learning Rush
Team 1:
EduPad
Team 2:
Helping Kids
Squad
Team 3:
EduQuest
Team 4:
The Educator
SuitUp to the Challenge
Team 5:
Learning Rush
Team 6:
LearnBot
Team 7:
CheckIn

5. From Student to CEO…
A look at how we are changing life trajectories
through corporate skills-based volunteering

6. Competitions Make a Difference…
BEFORE SUITUP...
93%
of students felt
confident they could
obtain the skills they
needed for a future
career
79%
of students felt what
they learn in the
classroom will help
them in a future
career
100%
of volunteers believe
volunteering is an
important value at
their company
87%
of volunteers felt they
knew how to
encourage more
young people to follow
a specific career path
and industry
71%
of students NOW see
themselves having a
career using the
skills they learned at
SuitUp
65%
of students feel more
confident in school
and preparing for a
career after working
with SuitUp and their
coaches
100%
of volunteers believe
their company made
a positive impact
through SuitUp
100%
of volunteers see
SuitUp as a way to
encourage more
students to join their
industry or company
AFTER SUITUP...

7. Gong Impact
SuitUp asked students if Gong’s SuitUp competition
made an impact on what they want to study when they
go to college. 71% of students said the volunteers helped
them come to this conclusion.
What fields/career paths are our students interested
in after working with the Gong team?
Marketing 6%
Business Administration / Entrepreneurship 15%
Graphic/Web/Digital 15%
STEM 10%
Media/Public Relations 1%
Other 15%

8. Same time
next week?
89% of volunteers are interested in doing a SuitUp competition again
100% of students liked their SuitUp competition and coaches
88% of students would like to participate in SuitUp again

9. “
During the competition, we
overheard…
“" I learned that students actually can and do enjoy learning on a
computer and that cameras were a big topic of discussion for
learning!" - Shaun, Coach, Gong
"Thanks Erica! I'm in love with my team, they're so awesome! I'm
pretty sure they're smarter than me too." - Stephanie, Coach, Gong
" My favorite part was realizing that not just adults can make the
world better and do things... Kids can do it too!" - Student, Gong
"Children do even BETTER things!" Jamie, Coach, Gong (in response to
above quote from student)

10. Get Involved
This board meets 4x a
year and helps SuitUp
implement its strategic
plan to scale and serve
more students.
JOIN SUITUP’S
CORPORATE
BOARD
VOLUNTEER AT
FUTURE
EVENTS
Sign up for as many
chapters as you’d like to
keep an eye out for open
volunteer competitions!
MAKE AN INTRO
TO ANOTHER
COMPANY
SuitUp is always seeking
new corporate partners to
host and sponsor SuitUp
competitions. We work
across the US and even the
UK.
As a 501(c)(3) non- profit,
SuitUp is always seeking
financial or
in-kind support to
continue our work in
communities that need it
most. All gifts are tax
deductible.
GIVE
A GIFT
A huge thank you from all of us in the SuitUp family…

11. THANK YOU
www.volunteerSuitUp.org
Hope to see you again soon!