Corporate Volunteerism: Past - Present - Future

In Corporate Volunteerism: Past-Present-Future, Ellen B. Linsley, a global leader in the business of volunteering, assembles a simple and informative guide to building effective employee volunteer programs, best practice principles and community partnerships that benefit all.

“This is a must read for anyone intending to implement or improve a workplace volunteer program” – Walter Kirwan, Retired Manager, External Affairs, ARCO In Corporate Volunteerism: Past-Present-Future, Ellen B. Linsley, a global leader in the business of volunteering, assembles a simple and informative guide to building effective employee volunteer programs, best practice principles and community partnerships that benefit all. The rich advice is sourced from interviews with corporate and community leaders, and others, along with Linsley’s vast corporate volunteering expertise, spanning many continents and over three decades. The book examines global trends and case studies on corporate involvement programs and offers insight into the future. Chapters include: ▪ What the Future May Hold For Corporate Community Programs ▪ A Global Perspective ▪ The Leaders – In Their Own Words ▪ Memoir of Ellen Linsley; Journey of One Woman in the Second Half of the 20th Century

Ellen B. Linsley is the former president of Involvement Corps, Inc; a California based nonprofit corporation that developed corporate community volunteer programs. Ms. Linsley’s knowledge has been sought around the globe; in the 80s and 90s, she introduced corporate volunteerism to Australia and assisted in the development of a Community Environment Awareness Program in Fiji. Ms. Linsley also served as a presenter at the International Association for Volunteer Effort world conferences in Colombia, France, Singapore and Japan. Programs developed by Ellen Linsley have been nationally recognized, including the President’s Volunteer Action Award in 1987. Since 1996, Ms. Linsley has served as Founding Chair of Connect L.A., a virtual organization developed to link volunteers and community organizations around the Los Angeles area.