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Guide for purpose-driven organisations
The need for a skilled volunteering program
Globally, purpose-driven
teams are solving our biggest
environmental and societal
problems.
However…
• Only 23% of nonprofits have a long-term
strategy and vision for how technology
would be used in their organisation.
• Most non-profits in the US spend only 2%
of their budget to support key operations
like marketing, technology, or human
resources, compared to 35% in the
corporate sector.
ENGAGE 4 GOOD AIMS TO UNLEASH THE POTENTIAL OF PURPOSE-DRIVEN TEAMS BY FACILITATING COLLABORATION WITH ATLASSIAN EMPLOYEES ON SKILLED VOLUNTEERING PROJECTS.
Impact / Saving time and money
On average, each Engage 4 “Thank you so much for
Good project in FY21 saved allowing us to be a part of the
organisations $5,000 on Engage 4 Good program. We
skilled resources*. have already made more sales
through the new website than
Organisations increased efficiency by we had made in the first fourth
leveraging the most suitable digital
technologies and implementing more months of this year.”
effective processes and systems.
In one project, a website redesign increased Sally Hetherington OAM, Founder, Human
revenue that supports the organisation’s and Hope Association
operations.
*The Taproot Foundation estimates the average value of pro bono or skilled volunteering to be $195 per hour.
Impact / Unleashing the potential of purpose-driven teams We estimate that 120 “As the CEO, I have a greater employees from purpose- degree of confidence that we driven organisations were up- have a more objective skilled in technology and framework in place to ensure a business skills in Engage 4 more consistent approach to Good FY21. people management.” Increasing the capacity and capability of Lisa Grinham, CEO, Good2Give teams is at the core of this program. Other outcomes include better collaboration, new ways of working and engagement in digital transformation projects.
Impact / Increasing reach and impact
95% of organisations who “Growth in our member
completed projects agreed numbers and engagement of
that Engage 4 Good had a members will mean we engage
meaningful impact. more kids in action-based
sustainability education,
While skilled volunteering projects rarely changing attitudes, behaviours
work directly with the communities that and preparedness to take action
organisations serve, we hope that the on issues kids care about.”
project outcomes help you better achieve
your mission and fulfil your purpose.
Naomi Nicholas, Partnership Manager, Cool
Australia
Program timeline / August round
Foundation assess
Organisations submit Volunteers browse
23JUL and prioritise
projects and join projects
projects
Kick-off meeting Atlassian project
Unsuccessful
to scope projects 31AUG managers contact
applicants notified
with volunteers organisations
10SEP
Project
Collaboration
delivery with Project Program
through Slack / 19NOV
regular showcase evaluation
Confluence
meetings
Who we can help / Purpose-driven organisations
Our mission is to help unleash Engage 4 Good is open to organisations of
the potential of every purpose- all sizes, across all geographies, addressing
all causes.
driven team. Organisations with sufficient resources to
employ skilled professionals are advised to
Eligible purpose-driven organisations do so.
include: If you are unsure your eligibility, please
• Registered charities that are non- contact foundation@atlassian.com.
government, non-commercial, non-
political, and have no religious affiliation
• Certified social enterprises e.g. B Corps
• For-profit organisations that have a clearly
articulated social or environmental
purpose that is their core business
• Education or academic institutionsHow we can help / Our people While we are a technology company, we have over 8,000 employees globally with a wide range of skillsets and experiences. As well as brilliant engineers and developers, we have large functional teams such as marketing and human resources, and many teams dedicated to customer experience and strategy.
How we can help / Our products Learn about Trello, Confluence, Jira Software, Jira Work Management and Jira Service Management to see if they could be useful tools for your organisation. Engage 4 Good partners do not need to be an Atlassian customer, nor do projects need to relate to our products.
How we can help / Community licenses Registered charitable non-profit organizations* are eligible for discounted community cloud licenses at 75% off the list price for the following products: • Trello • Confluence • Jira Work Management • Jira Software • Jira Service Management Free cloud licenses allow 10 Users, 2GB of storage, and Community Support. *Organisations must be non-government, non-academic, non- commercial in nature, non-political, and have no religious affiliation
How we can help / Phases of the design process
Problem space Solution space
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problem to solve is just as
important as designing the Discover Define Develop Deliver
right solution.
Different Atlassian teams are skilled to
support you in different phases, so You may be in this phase if you:
understanding where your organisation is at
will help us to assess the project’s feasibility Are yet to gather Have information Know the Have ideas but
information but are unsure problem but are are unsure on
and find the right volunteers. about the on the right unsure on how the right solution
problem problem to solve to solve itHow we can help / Projects for each phase
Discover Define Develop Deliver
How might we better How might we narrow How might we ideate How might we gather
understand the community down on the problems to solutions to a well- data on an existing
you serve and their focus on? Could this defined problem? Could solution and make
problems? We have a inform a technology or volunteers design a new recommendations for
whole team dedicated to business strategy? experience or support improvements? What
research and insights. development of a new or tools could be useful to
existing platform? measure impact?How we can help / Common problems
Server issues Managing projects Dull campaigns A lousy website
Migrate to cloud and avoid in spreadsheets Develop an exciting Improve the functionality
outages and storage Set up a project workflow marketing or fundraising of part of your website to
issues in Jira or Trello and deliver campaign with some new increase community and
impact more effectively perspectives donor engagement
Disorganised Databases that Fear of data You tell us
documentation don’t communicate breaches What are the tech or
Create pages in Share your database Get advice on how to general problems you
Confluence that contain issues with our teams and ensure your data and have that limit your
everything your teams improve integration and systems are secure potential to create impact?
need to know to deliver utility
impactHow to apply / Project questions
Project title and project What is the value of solving
summary this problem to your
Make these as succinct and descriptive as organisation and / or
possible. beneficiaries?
How will this impact your people and teams
What is the problem you need internally? How will this help you to expand
to solve through skill-based your reach or increase your impact on the
communities or environment that you serve?
volunteering?
Focus on the problem, not the solution.
Once the problem is well-defined, selected
organisations will be able to explore
potential solutions with their volunteer
project team.How to apply / Project questions What have you already done to What technology platforms do explore this problem or prepare you already use as an the organisation for this organisation, that may be project? relevant to your problem? Understanding what you have already done This questions will help volunteers select will help us to assess the project’s feasibility suitable projects and project managers and find the right volunteers. scope the project. What skills do you think you need to address this problem? Please select the most important skills you need for the project. If you are unsure of what skills are, use this as a learning opportunity and google them!
How to apply / Commitment
How many hours do you expect Letter of engagement and
your team to commit to this Terms and Conditions
between August and The Letter of Engagement and Terms and
November? Conditions describe the arrangement
between the Foundation, you and the
For projects to be delivered in 12 weeks, it
Volunteer(s) in relation to the skilled
is important that teams attend weekly or
volunteering projects and our joint
fortnightly meetings, asynchronously
commitment to make this a positive and
respond to volunteers within 72 hours, and
rewarding experience for everyone.
provide information as required. Depending
on the nature of the project, teams could be Please acknowledge that you have read
required to commit between 1 and 4 hours a them before submitting the form. A copy
week. for signature will be sent to successful
organisations.How to apply / Application form
Visit our blog for more tips
and to complete the form.
Applications close 5pm Pacific
Daylight Time on Friday 23 July
2021 (10 am 24 July AEST).
Each organisation can only
submit ONE application.foundation@atlassian.com
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