This document discusses Playworks Corporate Recess, a model for building transformative change within organizations through employee engagement and volunteerism. Some key aspects of the model include weaving volunteer partnerships into the fabric of an organization, increasing employee satisfaction and productivity, and carefully balancing the needs of both the corporate entity and nonprofit partners. The Salesforce.com integrated philanthropy model is provided as an example of how volunteerism can increase employee engagement while also significantly benefiting community organizations.

1. Playworks Corporate Recess: the Model for Transformative Change within your Organization Ellen Goodman, PlayWorks Sean Rosas, Salesforce

2. Playworks Corporate Recess: the Model for Transformative Change within your Organization Ellen Goodman Playworks Executive Director San Francisco Sean Rosas Senior Manager of Employee & Community Engagement

3. Overview to Salesforce.com Integrated Philanthropy Model Playworks Story (Sports4Kids) Building Blocks for a Successful Corporate Recess Program This session will cover:

4. EQUIFINALITY Equifinality: the concept that similar results may be achieved with different initial conditions and in many different ways (Cummings & Worley, 2005) Remember this key principle when building your volunteer partnership

5. The Genesis “I realized that to succeed, such a program had to be woven into the fabric of an organization.” - Marc Benioff

6. Integrated Philanthropy: The Model Corporate Citizen of the Year Award Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy Excellence in Corporate Volunteerism Points of Light/Hands On National Award Award for Using IT to Benefit Society Computerworld 2007 World’s Most Ethical Companies Ethisphere #7 Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens Business Ethics Magazine

7. The Impact of Employee Engagement The biggest impacts EVP have had is on employees’ attitudes, job satisfaction, and productivity. Employees have better attitudes towards their employer, increased retention among employees that volunteer, and overall increase job satisfaction. (Tuffrey, 2003)

9. Unifying cross-cultural teams and brings them into alignment through an integrating philanthropy engagement

10. Enable Salesforce.com employees and Playworks to replicate the model across the territory

13. The recess as a model provides team work, collaboration, and behavioral experiences

14. Bringing cohesion to your team by using engagement as a model for professional development

17. Empowering employees to be mission driven and responsible for community impact

18. Feeling valuable, recognized, and useful

20. Questions

21. Resources/References Cummings, T, G, & Worley, C.G. (2005). Organization Development and Change, New York: New York Kadlec, D. (2009) Time Magazine: The Nonprofit Squeeze. Volunteers are stepping forward as never before. But can groups afford to train them? Tuffery, Michael (2003), Good Companies, Better Employees – How community involvement and good corporate citizenship can enhance Points of Lights Foundation: http://www.pointsoflight.org/