The Impactathon Series brought students, SAP employees, and nonprofit partners together from around the world to generate innovative solutions to challenges in education, entrepreneurship, and skills development. Over 500 students from 142 universities in 9 countries participated in 12 full-day Impactathons. The Impactathons helped expose nonprofits to new ideas, taught students skills applicable to other projects, and positively affected students' impressions of SAP. Feedback from participants showed the Impactathons provided a meaningful experience.

1. The Impactathon Series brought together
students, SAP employees, and SAP nonprofit
partners from around the world to generate
innovative solutions to prepare youth for
success in the workplace of the future.
100%participating nonprofits
reported being exposed to
ideas that stimulate the
work they do.
72%students applied skills
they learned at the
Impactathon to other
initiatives and projects.
92%students felt the skills they
learned at the Impactathon
have served them in academic
and career pursuits.
95%students reported the
Impactathon positively affected
their impression of SAP.
Each Impactathon was a full-day design
thinking challenge addressing education,
entrepreneurship, or skills development.
Participants teamed up to develop and pitch
ideas to panels of executive judges.
12Impactathons in 9
countries.
556Students selected from
1267 applicants.
142Universities
represented across
5 continents.
644Hours volunteered by
82 SAP employees.
“We dealt with a problem that is very
current and very real…after creating a
plan of action for the problem you leave
feeling as if there’s hope.”
– Student from San Francisco
166,000
Impressions
32 Blogs
200+
#Impactathon
Tweets
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SAP commits to equipping youth with the tools to
thrive as the leaders and workforce of tomorrow.
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28%
students applied to an SAP job or internship within the past year.
“Using the design thinking process to
solve real and practical problems was an
excellent framework. I plan to share the
framework and ideas with school districts
and organizations we work with.”
– Jobs for the Future
“Sharing best practices with students is
the kind of activity that helps you to see
your job, tasks, and role from a different
point of view.”
– Francesco Schirru , SAP
19%
students kept in touch with nonprofits they met at the Impactathon.
100%
SAP Employee
satisfaction
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