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Cream City Code 2018: "Using Our Powers for Good: Tech & Social Impact"
The document discusses the benefits of volunteering, highlighting its positive impact on income, career advancement, and community understanding. It emphasizes that volunteers tend to have better health and longevity, with a strong sense of purpose linked to lower mortality rates. Additionally, it provides various ways to get involved and suggests organizations to connect with for volunteering opportunities.
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- 1. Using Our Powers forGood TECH & SOCIAL IMPACT
- 3. Hilary Stohs-Krause ■ Full-stackdeveloper at Ten Forward Consulting ■ Co-founder of Madison Tech & Social Impact ■ Can recite the alphabet backwards ■ Spends way too much time on Twitter as @hilarysk
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- 6. 1 in 4people $184,000,000,000 8 billion hours See #7 in citations
- 13. 61% millennials + impact= volunteering more2 69% working U.S. adult volunteers who want to do more2 77% millennials + skills = volunteering more3
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- 16. INCOME Volunteers make more moneythan those who don’t volunteer.4
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- 18. LEVEL UP YOUR CAREER 82%want to see skills-based volunteering 85% willing to overlook “flaws” See #5 in citations
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- 20. Why do companiesvalue volunteer experience?5 ■ communication skills ■ strong character traits ■ accountability and commitment ■ leadership skills ■ broader professional skill sets
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- 22. BUILD COMMUNITY “Volunteers are exposed toparts of society that they might not otherwise have encountered.” 1
- 23. 79% of volunteers sayit helps with: ● understanding people better ● motivating others ● dealing with difficult situations1
- 24. “better ability … toidentify & understand problems in the community” 1
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- 27. “During later life, volunteeringis even more beneficial for one's health than exercising and eating well.“ 4
- 28. Physical health Life satisfaction Risk of depression 1, 6 Riskof heart attack or stroke
- 29. “Volunteering creates a senseof self-worthiness and instills self-esteem. It gives the very important feeling of being needed.” 1
- 30. A high senseof purpose is associated with lower risk of dying from ...
- 31. “any cause.” 1 Ahigh sense of purpose is associated with lower risk of dying from ...
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- 33. 📱SIGNAL BOOST 💡 MENTOR ■Schools / universities ■ Meetups ■ Young professionals groups 🍎 TEACH ■ Community centers ■ Senior centers ■ After-school programs 📅 ORGANIZE ■ Meetups ■ Local chapters of national organizations ■ Create your own! SPEAK ■ Conferences ■ Classes ■ Meetups ✍ WRITE ■ Blog ■ Document code ■ Tutorials 💻 CODE ■ Open-source ■ Hackathons ■ Websites 💰 FUND ■ Scholarships ■ Sponsor events 📱SIGNAL Promote voices from the tech community that are often marginalized
- 34. Finding the best option foryou See #8 in citations for inspiration
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- 40. What format is bestfor you? 📆 🌃 👪
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- 42. NATIONAL TECH ORGANIZATIONS ●ChickTech ● Girls Who Code ● CoderDojo ● Bridge Foundry ● Tech for Campaigns ● Hour of Code ● Girl Develop It
- 43. NATIONAL NONPROFITS ● UrbanLeague ● YWCA ● Big Brothers, Big Sisters ● Schools / Colleges ● Community Centers ● Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts
- 44. ● Catchafire ● Corporationfor National and Community Service ● Volunteer Match ● All for Good ● Idealist NATIONAL SEARCH SITES
- 45. Citations 1. Social Impactof Volunteerism 2. 2017 Deloitte Volunteerism Survey 3. Millennial Impact Report 4. Psychology Today 5. 2016 Deloitte Impact Survey 6. Harvard Health 7. Corporation for National and Community Service 8. Network for Good Slides adapted from SlidesCarnival.com