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How to Leverage Employee Champions

Identifying Employee Champions among your colleagues may seem a daunting task. But it doesn’t have to be. Here are suggestions to help find Employee Champions:

y Send an email to employees highlighting one of the examples below or your own personal story. Include the questions from the template and the tagline “Every donor/volunteer has a story. What’s yours?”

y Create flyers that share one of the example stories on the next page and include the above tagline. Be sure to direct your coworkers to either email you their stories or leave templates for them to complete and return to you.

y Ask your coworkers for leads on who among you is an Employee Champion.

How Do You Find Employee Champions?

y Highlight one or more of the stories in the company’s newsletter, campaign emails, or internal communication channels.

y Create posters that include employee pictures and stories to hang in break rooms or other employee common areas.

y Share on the company’s social media accounts or website.

y Host an Employee Champion Breakfast, Coffee Break, or Lunch to recognize and thank your Employee Champions.

y Invite champions to share their stories at your Campaign Kick-off and other events.

Once you have identified Employee Champions and have begun collecting stories, start sharing them! Here are ways to acknowledge Employee Champions that can motivate your coworkers to share their inspirational stories:

What Are Ways to Share the Stories?

Who Is An Employee Champion?Employee Champions are people who share their story about why they give or volunteer their time to a particular organization. Giving and volunteering are personal choices. Empower others to take action by sharing your stories with your coworkers.

EMPLOYEE CHAMPIONS STORY TEMPLATE · 2018

Employee Champions Story Template

y What health causes are important to you and why? y How have you been personally impacted by a charity? y Why do you think giving/volunteering is important? y When was the first time you made a donation or volunteered your time? y Who is someone you admire because of their giving/volunteering nature? y When was the first time you saw the impact of giving/volunteering? y What motivates you to give/volunteer?

Here are some questions to think about as you uncover your story:

Every donor/volunteer has a story — what’s yours?

MY NAME IS [INSERT NAME] AND I [GIVE/VOLUNTEER] AT [ORGANIZATION NAME] BECAUSE:

RETURN TO: BY (DATE):

Examples: My name is Meredith and I support Community Health Charities because I know how important good health is for a good quality of life.

My grandmother lives two states away from me and was having a hard time leaving her house because her health was beginning to deteriorate. As a result, she spent most of her days just sitting in front of the television. When I went to visit her one summer and discovered the state of her life, I knew something had to change.

Thankfully, there was a local nonprofit that could come pick her up from her house and take her to the community center for seniors. Now, she participates in several activities daily and is making friends with other center members. Her spirits are soaring and my heart is full because of it.

My name is Trenton and I volunteer through Community Health Charities because I love being able to see first-hand how lives are changed through the programs and nonprofits supported by the contributions of others.

One summer in high school, I was able to volunteer at a local preschool for children with developmental disabilities. We spent the entire summer building an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) approved playground.

The days were long and the sun was hot, but the smiles and laughter from the children on that first day they were able to use the playground made all the tired muscles worth it.

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