Want to make an impact in your community, but don’t know how, or feel like you don’t have time? You’re not alone. Luckily, there are a number of ways you can use your tech-industry skills to create positive change in your community - and yourself! (Fun fact: volunteers live longer and make more money than those who don’t volunteer.) In this talk, I explore at the why’s, the how’s, and the where’s for sharing our skills. You’ll learn more about the breadth of ways to give back - both technical and non-technical - and hopefully leave feeling empowered to reach out in your own community and start making connections.

1. Using Our
Powers for Good
TECH & SOCIAL IMPACT

3. Hilary Stohs-Krause
■ Full-stack developer 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

4. Hilary Stohs-Krause
390.95
hours

5. Why are we
here?

6. 1 in 4 people
$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

14. Why
volunteer?

15. 1

16. INCOME
Volunteers make
more money than
those who don’t
volunteer.4

17. 2

18. LEVEL UP YOUR
CAREER
82% want to see
skills-based
volunteering
85% willing to
overlook “flaws”
See #5 in citations

19. 30%
of resumes
actually include5

20. Why do companies value
volunteer experience?5
■ communication skills
■ strong character traits
■ accountability and commitment
■ leadership skills
■ broader professional skill sets

21. 3

22. BUILD
COMMUNITY
“Volunteers are
exposed to parts
of society that
they might not
otherwise have
encountered.” 1

23. 79%
of volunteers say it helps with:
● understanding people
better
● motivating others
● dealing with difficult
situations1

24. “better ability …
to identify &
understand
problems in the
community” 1

25. 4

26. LIVE LONGER
Literally.

27. “During later life,
volunteering is
even more
beneficial for
one's health than
exercising and
eating well.“ 4

28. Physical
health
Life
satisfaction
Risk of
depression
1, 6
Risk of heart
attack or
stroke

29. “Volunteering
creates a sense of
self-worthiness
and instills
self-esteem. It
gives the very
important feeling
of being needed.” 1

30. A high sense of purpose is
associated with lower risk
of dying from ...

31. “any cause.” 1
A high sense of purpose is
associated with lower risk
of dying from ...

32. Ways
you can help

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 for you
See #8 in citations
for inspiration

35. 1

36. Do some
homework.
💛 $

37. 2

38. What are
your goals?
👋 🎈

39. 3

40. What format is
best for you?
📆 🌃 👪

41. Where
to look for
opportunities

42. NATIONAL TECH ORGANIZATIONS
● ChickTech
● Girls Who Code
● CoderDojo
● Bridge Foundry
● Tech for Campaigns
● Hour of Code
● Girl Develop It

43. NATIONAL NONPROFITS
● Urban League
● YWCA
● Big Brothers,
Big Sisters
● Schools / Colleges
● Community Centers
● Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts

44. ● Catchafire
● Corporation for
National and
Community Service
● Volunteer Match
● All for Good
● Idealist
NATIONAL SEARCH SITES

45. Citations
1. Social Impact of 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
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