This document discusses Jamal K. Al-Dabal's experience as a volunteer. It lists the various organizations he has volunteered for in the areas of community, education, and innovation. It then discusses the benefits of volunteering, including personal development, skill building, networking, and health benefits. Several surveys are presented on reasons for volunteering and how to increase corporate volunteering. The document encourages volunteering and asks for opinions on increasing involvement in the community through corporate volunteering programs.

1. Volunteer
Jamal K. Al-Dabal
December 2012

2. I Love to Volunteer
• Community
• Microfinance – Jana Productive Families
• Dammam Corniche Social Development Org
• Orphans Endowment Committee
• Quran Endowment Committee
• Education
• Nanotechnology Center of Excellence KFUPM
• Computer Science Advisory KFUPM/UQU
• KSU Math Dept
• Eastern Province General Education Council
• Innovation
• Founding Member of Int’l Science Fair – Mawhiba
• Founding Member of Int’l Math Olympiad National Cmte
• Science Committee – Innovation Exhibit – Mawhiba
• Aramco Gifted Students Program
• Saudi Inventors Society
• Contests
• Eastern Province Educational Excellence Prize
• Saudi Young Female Leader Annual Contest

3. Why Volunteer
• Becoming Proactive / Getting Ahead Professionally
• Contribution Increases Engagement
• Learn or Develop Skills
• Teach Your Skills to Others
• Enhance Your Résumé
• Gain Work Experience
• Build Self-esteem & Self-confidence
• Improve Your Health / Reduced Stress
• Make Important Networking Contacts / Meet New People
• Feel Needed & Valued
• Communicate to Others that You are Ambitious, Enthusiastic & Care About the
Community
• Make a Difference in Someone’s Life

4. Why Volunteer
Why Do You Like to Volunteer? – 210 Answers
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90%
80%
70%
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50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
My Personal Increase My Improved Health Make Important Trusting Others Sense of
Development Skills (Teamwork, & Happiness Networking Belonging to
(Trust, Self- Comm. Skills) Contacts Community
Respect, Respect
Others)
Survey by Jamal Al-Dabal – 2012

5. Types of Volunteering
I'll Be More Engaged in Volunteerism If
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Activity Capitalizes on My Activity Helps Overcome I Receive Good Training
Strengths My Weaknesses
Survey by Jamal Al-Dabal – 2012

6. Corporate Volunteering
• Employee Volunteering Refers to Employees Who
are Voluntarily Active to Make a Contribution Towards
Society, Supported in Some Way by Their Employer
• Deliberate Strategy by an Employer to Encourage
Employees to Become More Involved in Their
Community as Volunteer and to Support them in
Those Efforts
• In Name of the Company
• In Own Time or Company Time
• For Own Organization or Company Chooses

7. Employee Volunteering – Why?
• Raises Employee Morale – 96% Agree Volunteering Makes
People Happier
• 94% of Companies Surveyed Believed Employee Volunteering
Provides a Way to Raise Employee Morale
• Boosts Employee Health - 92% of People who Volunteer
Through Their Workplace Report Higher Rates of Physical &
Emotional health
• Provides Skill Development – 88% of employee volunteers
report volunteering provides networking/career development
opportunities
• Increases Employee Loyalty – 66% of employees reported a
greater commitment to the company as a result of their
experience volunteering

8. Employee Volunteering – It Pays
• Economy – U.S. Alone Volunteerism Worth $160 Billion
(Based on Volunteering Hours)
• 9 Billion Hours – Volunteerism
• Total: 65 Million Adults Volunteer (29%) – 32 Million from
Companies (26.5%)
• 50 Hours Average Volunteering/Year

9. Research Method
• An online survey was conducted among a national sample of 4,582 American adults
18+.
§ The sampling plan was balanced and the data were weighted to reflect the demographic
profile of the U.S. adult population.
§ Demographic variables used for balancing and weighting include geographic region, age,
gender, race/ethnicity, education, income.
• The study reached the following audiences:
§ Total Respondents: 4,582 (margin of error +/‐ 1.4%)
• Volunteers: 1,889 (margin of error +/‐ 2.3%)
• Non‐Volunteers: 2,693 (margin of error +/‐ 1.9%)
• Senior Volunteers (Americans ages 65+): 363 (margin of error +/‐ 5.1%)
• Senior Non‐Volunteers (Americans ages 65+): 467 (margin of error +/‐ 4.5%)
• The study was conducted using the field services of TNS Global (Taylor Nelson Sofres)
from February 25, 2010 to March 8, 2010.
• Throughout this report, an asterisk ‘*’ next to a number indicates a difference from the
corresponding audience that is significant at the 95% level of confidence.
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10. However, the majority say that their employer does not promote volunteerism, and
they believe that more Americans would get involved if their employers helped
Company
8 in 10 Americans
Encourages Its
Company Does Not Employees to Agree that more people
Encourage Its Volunteer: would volunteer if their
Employees to
Volunteer:
43% employers helped provide
57% the means and the
motivations (84%)
Base: Employed Americans Base: Employed Americans
who volunteer through
their place of work
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Q34a. Does your company encourage its employees to take part in volunteering activities?
Q38c. Please indicate whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or
strongly disagree with the following statements.

11. Those who volunteer through their job report more positive attitudes
towards their employer as well as colleagues
% Agree
(Strongly/ Somewhat)
Volunteering with
work colleagues has
81%
strengthened our
relationships
I feel better about
my employer
because of their 76%
involvement in my
volunteer activities
I would not be a Employed Americans
volunteer if it wasn't 21% who volunteer
through thei r place of
for my employer work
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
29
Q38. Please indicate whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or
strongly disagree with the following statement.

12. Further, Americans who volunteer through their job give higher ratings
of their physical and emotional health
Volunteers Non-
through job volunteers
Satisfaction with current physical health
92%* 76%
(very/somewhat satisfied)
Rating of physical strength (e.g., capacity to lift
88%* 70%
objects) (very good/good)
Ability to recover from experiences of loss and
84%* 71%
disappointment (very good/good)
Describe general outlook on life as optimistic
80%* 60%
(rating of 4 or 5)
* Indicates significant difference
to corresponding audience
Q8. How satisfied are you with your current physical health?/ Q15. Please rate yourself on
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each of the following. Do you feel that (for your gender and age) you have very good, good,
fair or poor…?/ Q20. How are you at recovering from experiences of loss and
disappointment?/ Q22. How would you describe your general outlook on life?

13. Volunteers also are significantly more likely than non‐volunteers to
recognize the potential career development benefits to being a volunteer
% Agree
(Strongly/ Somewhat)
*
88%
Volunteering provides
networking/career
development
opportunities
75%
Volunteers
Non‐Volunteers
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
* Indicates significant difference
to corresponding audience
31
Q35. Please indicate whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or
strongly disagree with the following statement.

14. Americans who participate in volunteer activities are also more likely
to have a brighter outlook on life
General Outlook on Life
Mean: 3.9*
Optimistic NET (4‐5):
Volunteers 72%*
1 2 3 4 5
Mean: 3.7
Optimistic NET (4‐5):
Non‐volunteers 60%
1 2 3 4 5
Americans who volunteer on a regular basis are significantly more likely than those who
volunteer irregularly to have an optimistic outlook on life (77% vs. 67%).
Eight in ten Americans (78%) who volunteer 50 hours or more a year have an optimistic
outlook on life, compared to only 67% of those who volunteer less than 50 hours a year.
* Indicates significant difference
to corresponding audience
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Q22. How would you describe your general outlook on life? Please use a scale of 1 to 5,
where 1 is “pessimistic” and 5 is “optimistic.”

15. Volunteering also appears to correspond with higher levels of life
satisfaction - including a greater sense of meaning and purpose
% Top Box
(Very Good)
Personal independence (i.e., the ability to live your life 48%*
without support from others) 40%
47%*
Capacity to enjoy socializing with others
35%
Sense of meaning (i.e., a belief that what you do has 42%*
importance) 28%
40%*
Sense of purpose (i.e., life goals)
27%
38%*
Capacity for rich interpersonal relationships
30%
36%*
Overall satisfaction with your life
26%
Control over your life (i.e., not feeling exposure to 31%*
circumstances beyond your control) 26% Volunteers
Control over your health (including any chronic 30% * Non‐volunteers
conditions that you have been diagnosed with) 25%
0% 20% 40% 60%
* Indicates significant difference
to corresponding audience
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Q23. Please rate yourself on each of the following. Do you feel you have very good, good,
fair or poor…?

16. Barriers to Volunteering
Barriers to Employee Volunteering - Deloitte Volunteering Survey
3.0% 1.0%
I Don't Have the Time to
9.0% Volunteer
I'm Not Interested in
Volunteering
10.0%
I Don't Think My Company
Recognizes or Rewards
Volunteering
12.0% I Don't Support the Causes My
Company Supports
73.0%
I Don't Have the Skills or
Knowledge That Would Benefit
a Non-Profit
I Think My Supervisor Would
Penalize Me

17. Volunteering Quotes
• Volunteers are Not Paid – Not Because They are
Worthless, but Because They are Priceless –
Unknown
• Volunteers Do Not Necessarily Have the Time;
They Just Have the Heart – Elizabeth Andrew
• The Best Way to Find Yourself is to Lose
Yourself in the Service of Others – Mahatma
Gandhi
• You Make a Living by What You Get. You Make
a Life by What You Give – Winston Churchill

18. What Do You Think?
• Do You Think Your Company is Involved
Enough in the Community? (Socially
Responsible Org.)
• Do You Believe Your Involvement in the
Community is Enough?
• Does it Matter to You to Work in a Socially
Responsible Company?

19. What Do You Think?
• Do You Prefer that Your Volunteering Activity
is Done Thru Your Company?
• As an Employee, Why Do You Volunteer?:
1. Increase My Skills / Social Skills
2. Give Back/Contribute
3. Personal Development
4. Improve Health & Happiness
5. Sense of Belonging
6. Work with My Colleagues Socially / Bonding

20. What Do You Think?
• In Your Opinion, What Would Be Top Reason
to Increase Corp. Volunteering?:
1. Donation from Company to Non-Profit Based on Employee
Volunteering
2. Annual Awards to Top Volunteers
3. Team Volunteer Grants
4. Time-off from Work to Contribute (Specified Time)
5. A Day of Service

21. Do It!
Video
What Can I Do Today to Become a Volunteer?

22. Volunteer
Jamal K. Al-Dabal
December 2012