getting down to business
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Getting Down to Business Corporate Partnership in Afterschool and Summer
Programs
OSTICONGrapevine, TXJune 25, 2015
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Impact Strategy
• Linda Martin– Small business owner, TShirts1
• Lisa Proctor– Senior Manager, Community & Public Affairs, Fluor
• Terry Conner– Partner, Haynes and Boone
• Molly Clayton– Executive Director, TXPOST
• Audience? 3
Introductions
• Companies provide financial support, in-kind goods or volunteers to:– Be a good community
partner
– Build family-friendly organizational culture and reputation with employees and clients
– Support broad corporate social responsibility mission
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Research
www.txpost.org – Research Updates section
• A good ‘fit’ – partnership must make sense for the company’s core business mission
• Make a business case (i.e. working parents benefit directly, volunteering boosts company morale, enhance workforce development in field, attract more paying clients)
• Provide public recognition of partnership and contributions
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Engagement Strategies
‘Texas companies are hungry for knowledge, new partnership models, and conduits to create synergy between themselves,
their employees, and the larger community.’ -Morrison, 2014.
