🟧 Curated Volunteering with Goodera

As an admin, you and your team are encouraged to create custom opportunities in partnership with your favorite nonprofit partners. Deed also partners with Goodera, the world’s largest virtual volunteering platform, to curate high-quality volunteer events for your employees. Your employees will be able to donate their time and skills to charities in 90+ countries all around the world. As of 2022, Goodera has also added a suite of hybrid and in-person volunteering opportunities.

Overview

Goodera is the world’s largest virtual volunteering platform, and curates high-quality volunteer events for employees around the world. As of 2022, Goodera curates both virtual and in-person volunteer engagements.

Deed is a workplace giving and volunteering platform that empowers companies and their socially-conscious employees to make the world a better place.

This partnership will allow you to leverage Goodera’s engaging virtual volunteering experiences through Deed’s easy-to-use platform. Your employees can now easily share their time & skills with their favorite causes and charities around the world, and as admins, you can manage all your social impact initiatives from a single platform.

Event Format

Each Goodera event is 30 or 60 minutes in length. Virtual events are held on Zoom, with the Zoom link will be provided to your employees upon registration on Deed’s platform. In-person engagements can occur in a venue of your choice.

Some events may require some preparation on the volunteers’ end, which will be provided in the description of the event on Deed. Otherwise, all volunteers have to do is show up! All communications will be sent to your employees through the Deed Platform’s messaging feature.

The event will be led by an “emcee,” who will guide volunteers through an agenda that looks similar to this one:

• Opening and Context Setting [5 mins]
• Ice-Breaker [5 mins]
• Orientation about the Nonprofit/Cause [5 mins]
• Instructions about the Volunteer Activity [5 mins]
• Volunteer Activity [35 mins]
• Closing remarks and Team Goodbye [5 mins]

At the end of the event, the Goodera representative and your Deed Partner Success Manager will briefly discuss future virtual volunteer opportunities. If you have any questions, please direct them to your Partner Success Manager, who will interface with Goodera.

Pricing

Goodera’s 2023 pricing is $30/ per volunteer with pricing models segmented by client size (Enterprise, Small - Medium Business). Depending on the volunteer event, there may be additional shipping costs for materials and a facilitation fee, if the event is in person.

In partnership with Deed, Goodera also offers free pilot benefits for your first volunteer event. Check with your Partner Success Manager to curate the right volunteering opportunity for your employees!

Following the events: The Deed accounting team will coordinate with your Partner Success Manager to send you an invoice.

Next Steps

If you are interested in a Goodera event, please reach out to your Partner Success Manager at least two weeks in advance to schedule a meeting and/or discuss the following details:

1. Target Geography (of employees, e.g. North America):
2. Ideal Date/Time:
3. Goals (incl. # of employees):
4. Focus Areas / Cause Areas:
5. [if known] Event / Nonprofit:

Your Partner Success Manager can field any initial questions and set up a meeting with a Goodera representative to dive deeper into details before the event.