Comments on: Don’t think recruitment. Think relevance, relationships, results and renewal. http://blogs.bcccc.net/2008/11/dont-think-recruitment-think-relevance-relationships-results-and-renewal/ Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Chris Jarvis http://blogs.bcccc.net/2008/11/dont-think-recruitment-think-relevance-relationships-results-and-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Chris Jarvis Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:52:01 +0000 http://blogs.bcccc.net/?p=356#comment-20 Good article. I agree with the focus being on creating the right kind of space - 'if you build it they will come' - instead of better marketing for the program. Not that the invitation is not essential, especially with respect to clarity of purpose, or 'relevance'. But it is the space into which we are inviting our employees that demands our keenest attentions. I speak with my clients of the 'Point of Convergence' for exceptional Employee Volunteer Programs. It is a mental model lifted from literary criticism (Hans-George Gadamer). When the horizon of; a) the NPO offering the volunteer experience, b) the work itself, whether environmental activism or working in a soup kitchen and c) the desires and expectations of the employee who is volunteering find convergence, there is understanding, and hence, meaning. It is the province of the business offering the Corporate Volunteering program to ensure that this convergence is possible, or rather, that there is relevance - a 'natural fit'. I've been following the work of Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship for a while, and I appreciate your efforts and insight. Thank you. Chris Jarvis chrisjarvis@realizedworth.com realizedworth.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjarviscan Good article. I agree with the focus being on creating the right kind of space – ‘if you build it they will come’ – instead of better marketing for the program. Not that the invitation is not essential, especially with respect to clarity of purpose, or ‘relevance’. But it is the space into which we are inviting our employees that demands our keenest attentions.

I speak with my clients of the ‘Point of Convergence’ for exceptional Employee Volunteer Programs. It is a mental model lifted from literary criticism (Hans-George Gadamer). When the horizon of; a) the NPO offering the volunteer experience, b) the work itself, whether environmental activism or working in a soup kitchen and c) the desires and expectations of the employee who is volunteering find convergence, there is understanding, and hence, meaning. It is the province of the business offering the Corporate Volunteering program to ensure that this convergence is possible, or rather, that there is relevance – a ‘natural fit’.

I’ve been following the work of Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship for a while, and I appreciate your efforts and insight.

Thank you.

Chris Jarvis

chrisjarvis@realizedworth.com
realizedworth.blogspot.com
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