Welcome to your Business Volunteers skillCONNECT volunteer registration portal.
We are currently seeking professionals of all expertise to serve as pro bono consultants for one upcoming event. This event will present high impact and engaging ways to strengthen our communities! Interested volunteers should find everything they need to know below.
Thursday, May 30, 2024: 4PM-6:30PM (virtual)
This skillCONNECT event partners with the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership to support a group of its nonprofit grantees. South Baltimore Gateway Partnership is a organization founded to help implement the South Baltimore Gateway Master Plan and distribute funding to South Baltimore nonprofits focused on Environmental Sustainability, Health and Wellness, and Community Development and Revitalization. Guidance is needed on how to best support South Baltimore nonprofits in a wide range of operational challenges related to human resources, finance, marketing, operations, fundraising, board engagement, real estate, and supply chains.
What is skillCONNECT?
skillCONNECT is a special event led by Business Volunteers Maryland (BVM) that connects community-based organizations to a team of skilled volunteers for discussion, consulting, ideation, and development of solutions to general business challenges. Volunteers represent employers from around the region and come with a wide range of professional skills in marketing, operations, finance, IT, HR, sales, legal, real estate, and more.
What can I expect?
As a volunteer consultant, you can expect skillCONNECT to be an engaging, structured, pro bono session managed by Business Volunteers Maryland. Volunteers will be divided into teams with varying professional skillsets that cater to the nonprofits/schools’ specific needs. Then, nonprofit/school leaders will bring a business challenge they are facing to their teams. Teams will be guided through a design thinking process in order to provide a structured, efficient, and experience that lends itself to tangible takeaways for the concerned organization.
Please note that BVM is seeking volunteers for ONE upcoming event:
- May 30 with South Baltimore Gateway Partnership (2.5 hr commitment, VIRTUAL)
How will I be placed on a team?
BVM will ask you more about your background and skillset below. We will then place you on a team we feel you are best suited for. We appreciate you being open to working with any of the amazing organizations selected for this event!
What if I don’t have much experience in consulting?
From experience, BVM can promise that EVERYONE has knowledge they can contribute to a skillCONNECT session. Many of the professional skills you might take for granted are invaluable to nonprofits and schools! Tens of volunteers before you have expressed nervousness and feelings of imposter syndrome, only to be amazed by how much they can offer in these events.
What benefits are there to volunteering?
- Leverage your professional skills and expertise while giving back. Remember, the professional skills you have and use every day are invaluable for a nonprofit or school.
- Learn about incredible community-based organizations, their work, and a behind-the-scenes understanding of the challenges they face.
- Build and practice leadership skills and professional skills.
- Feel good while giving back—it’s a different, really rewarding way to volunteer!
What have others said about skillCONNECT?
See below for some testimonials from past skillCONNECT participants:
Volunteer Registration - REQUIRED
The following registration allows us to capture your contact information, professional skills, and background.
Completion of this registration form confirms your participation. Please make sure of the following:
- The proper date(s), time(s), and location(s), are held on your calendar.
- Our main goal is to ensure the community organizations have access to volunteers that are best suited to support them. By completing this registration, you agree to work with whichever team you are ultimately assigned to. You can express any general areas of concern below. Thank you for understanding!
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Thank you for your participation in this skillCONNECT event.
We will circle back with more information, the community participants, proposed business challenges, and consulting team assignments.
For skillCONNECT related questions, contact Mira Huang at [email protected]. Thank you!