Seeking Best Practices: VTO Policies/Programs

[blair]

Hi! I'm Blair, CSR Manager at Braze. Our Social Impact Team is in the process of revamping our global volunteerism strategy, and we'd love to learn best practices from other Pledge 1% members who've had a hand in building similar programs/policies at their organizations.

Our questions--

• How did you go about setting your number of days (or hours) for your annual VTO benefit? (Especially curious how others with existing, flexible PTO policies went about this)
• How do you set guardrails around what qualifies as volunteer time and what does not?
• For those with product grant programs, does support of your product grant customer accounts count toward employee volunteer time? 

Thanks!

[Pen Howell]

Hey there @blair , great question! We have a few resources that may be helpful, such as this Playbook on Time Pledges   or this article on starting a volunteer program.

I'm also sure we have a few Builder members who can speak more closely to your questions! @LilyMaxfield_P1 do you have any recommendations on that front?

[LilyMaxfield_P1]

Hey @Pen Howell and @blair -

Here are some additional resources:

Twilio WePledge

• About Twilio's WePledge program
• Twilio - VTO Program Guidelines - WePledge Open Source

Resources from the Coalition Workshop on Virtual Volunteering 

• INCREASING PARTICIPATION: 2020 VOLUNTEERISM  
• COVID-19 Coalition Notes: Workshop - 2020 Employee Volunteerism