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If you haven’t made any plans to celebrate National Volunteer Week, don’t worry — you still have time. Arbor Day, which falls on the last Friday in April every year, is right around the corner.

This week in our Techweek Gives campaign, we caught up with Monica Hauser, foundation manager for Motorola Mobility, a Lenovo company.

You may know Techweek as a series of technology conferences in cities across the country. Really, it's so much more than that. 

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We know what you're thinking: Isn't the level of fun in our photo a little extreme? Not necessarily. Your employees are passionate people. If you get them engaged in corporate giving, anything is possible.  

Look beyond the basics with your campaign and determine what you can coordinate to build sustainable involvement in your corporate giving efforts. We've got a few ideas to get you started. 

One of the things we love about the work we do is we get to meet the most passionate leaders in the community. This week, we caught-up with Colleen Smith, Community Engagement Specialist for kCura, which makes the e-discovery platform Relativity and has become a leader in corporate philanthropy in Chicago. 

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As we head into the fourth week of Techweek Gives, we thought we’d share some tips to help your organization increase employee giving and move up the leaderboard. One of the most common problems when it comes to workplace giving is employee engagement; if your employees aren’t willing to participate, then your giving efforts will quickly lose steam.

Effectively reporting your organization’s corporate social responsibility efforts is an important component to adding value to a triple bottom line: people, planet and profits — or your social, environmental and financial impact.

If you are considering a corporate giving tool for your employee or workplace campaigns, it can be difficult to cut through the various technologies out there and determine which solution is best for your organization. The first step is to think through the outcomes you’re driving for in your campaign. Are you looking for long-term employee engagement or a finite campaign? Are you aligning your campaign to one cause or several? Are you measuring a company match? What about volunteer hours?

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Now in our third week of the first-ever Techweek Gives campaign, the competition is starting to heat up. Each week, we’ll be sharing some new ideas to help your organization move up on the leaderboard. This week, we’re taking a closer look at youth mentoring and how participating in mentorship initiatives can not only benefit the community but your business as well.