This document discusses how nonprofits can future-proof their organizations for changes in the future of work. It outlines trends driving this change like the need for more employee engagement, flexible work, and empowering frontline workers. The building blocks of employee engagement are discussed as the intersection of physical space, technology, and organizational culture. Great leadership communication is also examined, noting the disconnect between what leaders think they communicate versus what employees receive. The role of technology to connect employees to an organization's cause through transparency, productivity and connection is then reviewed. Finally, the document introduces Workplace for Good, which brings together culture and technology to create a future of work that benefits all.

1. Futureproof Your Nonprofit for the
Changing World of Work

2. Agenda
1. The trends driving the
future of work
2. The building blocks of
employee engagement
3. How great leaders
communicate
4. Using technology to
connect colleagues to
your cause
5. Workplace for Good

3. What does the future of
work look like?

4. 1. The trends
driving the future
of work

5. S
Source: Gallup, 'The State of the American Workplace', 2018
OF EMPLOYEES FEEL
DISENGAGED FROM
THEIR WORK
66%

6. Connecting
the frontline
Frontline nonprofit workers
aren’t benefiting from
advances like flexible work
culture, fuelling the ‘great
resignation’.
Power of
community
Ideas like ‘community’ and
‘belonging’ are more valued
now we’ve experienced life
without them.
Employee
experience
Putting workers first is a
demand, not an option.
Employees want a new
relationship with employers.
The good (and
bad) of technology
We deeply grasp how
technology can connect us,
but we’ve also seen the
limitations of current options.
What do employees care about today?

7. More connected
Work in the metaverse will feel
more connected because we
will have a greater sense of
presence than we’ve ever
known before.
More collaborative
Greater presence will fuel new
ways of working together. This
seamless collaboration will
make us more productive and
efficient with our time.
More flexible
Key to future ways of working
will be greater autonomy.
Freed from the physical world,
we can choose when, where
and how we work.
More accessible
As we remove boundaries
around geography, identity
and disability, work will create
an even greater sense of
belonging for everyone.
The future of work will be…

8. Immersive
learning
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Source: Prisms

9. Colleague
training

10. Work is a thing you do, not a
place you go.

11. 2. The building
blocks of employee
engagement

12. physical
space
technology culture
= employee experience
+ +

13. An engaged
nonprofit worker
is:
01 KEY TRENDS & INSIGHTS
● An active
ambassador
● More productive
● Will stay with the
cause for longer

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career cause community

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3. How great
leaders communicate

16. 77%
of leaders think that they do
a good job engaging their
people
88%
of employees say that their
leaders don’t communicate
enough

17. Five principles
for great
leadership
communication
Be strategic
Be relevant
Be visible
Be engaged
Be yourself

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4. Using technology to
connect colleagues to
your cause

19. Drive
transparency
● Set clear professional goals for
each employee which link to the
organization’s mission - share
these goals publicly
● Make all internal impact
information open source so every
colleague can become an
advocate
● Prioritise weekly ‘All Hands’
meetings where everyone can ask
a question of leadership

20. Drive
productivity
● Give colleagues the right
technology and tools to do their
job, so they aren’t spending
precious time fixing equipment
● Make it easy to find the
information that they need

21. Drive
connection
● Share information from the
frontline on internal social media
● A day in the life: record and
publish job swaps between
frontline and corporate to
increase understanding
● Take suggestions for new ideas
from all employees

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5. Workplace
for Good

23. Workplace is where culture and technology
come together to create a future of work that
works for everyone, everywhere.

24. Organizational
Comms
Volunteering Communities
of Practice

25. www.workplaceforgood.org

26. Thank you!
Any questions?