Tag: volunteer

Matter’s Helping Hands Program Exceeds Yearly Goal

Matter’s Helping Hands initiative encourages a nationwide community service effort that is rewarding and fulfilling for all employees. With 1000 plus hours of impactful volunteer work done each year, Matter is truly making an impact on its surrounding communities.   With time to spare, Matter employees surpassed the volunteer goals set for this year: 1,000+ hours volunteered 60+ events held 60+ people met their personal goal… Read more »

Matter’s Helping Hands Volunteer Recap for May 2018

  Matter’s Helping Hands initiative encourages a nationwide community service effort that is rewarding and fulfilling for all of the employees. With 1000 plus hours of impactful volunteer work done each year, Matter is truly making an impact on its surrounding communities.    203 volunteer hours! This past month, Matter employees across five offices reached a combined total of 203 volunteer hours. This brings the current yearly… Read more »

Happy National Volunteer Recognition Day!

It’s been said that “you have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you,” and here at Matter, we agree! With five different offices across the US, each of our offices are involved in the Matter Helping Hands initiative, which aims to give back to local communities through volunteering. In honor of National Volunteer Day, we chatted with our… Read more »

An HR Perspective on a Successful Company Volunteer Initiative

For an HR professional working at a PR agency, I’m embarrassed to admit- but I’m no expert on blog posts (this is actually my first one ever so I hope I do my colleagues proud!) I started at Matter six months ago and was asked to lead our Helping Hands Matter Initiative (aka our amazing volunteer program). I was already excited to take on my new… Read more »

How Doing Good in Online Video Can Help Your Brand Do Well

  I find all too often that companies are using online video as a means to hammer home their services, products, values, and messaging- and just that. We all know the stats about how video is an engaging way to showcase what your business can do, but unless you’re the creator of an exciting new consumer tech product or are offering a deal that’s almost too… Read more »