What’s Good for Teens — is Good for Companies and Communities Too
Employees want to get involved, but their lives are busy and complicated.
Infinite Family provides employees with a way to get involved and give back, without leaving the office. At the same time, video mentoring provides a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on local youth while bringing positive social benefits that strengthen schools, families and communities.
By 2020, 75% of the world’s employees will be young people, (i.e. Millennials and Gen Z).- 43% of Millennials and 61% of Gen Z employees plan to switch jobs within two years, valuing experience and personal development.
- 87% of employees feel greater loyalty to socially engaged employers.
- 92% of surveyed corporate human resources executives agree that contributing business skills and expertise to a nonprofit can be an effective way to improve employees’ leadership and broader professional skill sets.
- 21% of first-generation college students said that encouragement from a mentor was a “very important reason” for going to college.
- Parental trust improved in 73% of community-based mentorships.
- Mentored teens were 46% less likely to start using illegal drugs and alcohol than their control counterparts.
Employee Video Mentoring only takes 30 minutes per week for 32 weeks per year (that’s only 2 days annually) and:
- Enriches employee cross-cultural competence and confidence, sharpen leadership skills, broaden global perspectives and enhance motivation.
- Turns 1000s of years of employee work and life experience into assets that will help teens build better lives.
- Defeats failure and dependence with self-reliant role models.
- Maximizes employee volunteering impact without the commute!
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We Make it Easy to Make a Difference
Infinite Family knows that our partners count on us to help them make a sustainable impact in the communities where they work — and to provide unique workplace experiences for their employees. Our team has the skills, systems and expertise to manage community teams, support employee teams and report on teen progress to management.
Infinite Family works with each of its partners to develop a partnership that aligns with their unique needs and capabilities. Contact us to discuss the partnership opportunities for your business, institution, faith community, or professional or other membership organization.
Employee or Member Mentoring
Infinite Family provides organizations with an innovative and meaningful way to make employee or member volunteerism a shared, global effort through video mentoring. The benefits to employees or members are significant – employees who mentor are happier in their jobs and have increased leadership skills. Members who volunteer together develop stronger bonds to each other and the organization that supports them in their shared volunteerism.
Programmatic Support
To get more directly involved in Infinite Family’s work with African teens, companies or organizations can support Infinite Family’s work programmatically in a number of ways, including: Sponsor an incoming or existing class of Net Buddy mentees at one of our mentoring labs; Organize in-person or video workshops or learning field trips for our Net Buddies; Support on-going training and career development opportunities for our Net Blazer alumni; Expand our professional video library with career guidance videos based on the experience of your employees; Bring a mentoring lab to a school in your community; and Piloting new technology and infrastructure enhancements that ensure Infinite Family continues to drive video mentoring to new and existing African communities in need.
Matching Gifts & Cash for Doers Programs
Many companies match their employees’ charitable contributions, and also provide non-profit partners with financial support based on their employees’ volunteer commitments. Learn how you can double your impact today, contact Amy Stokes.
In-kind Contributions
In-kind contributions of Internet or cellular bandwidth, design, technology, training, software, and computers and accessories are key to our success providing video mentoring to African students. Learn how employees can double their impact today, contact Amy Stokes.
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