http://www.akasig.org/2006/03/15/french-telecom-operator-pays-employees-to-work-for-non-profits/ Innover, servir, entreprendre. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.akasig.org/2006/03/15/french-telecom-operator-pays-employees-to-work-for-non-profits/#comment-58387 Sig Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:47:08 +0000 http://sig.levillage.org/?p=651#comment-58387 I think such companies may prefer doing something locally, in France and anyhow related to telecom topics. Maybe it would also make more sense for employees to contribute to local communities before (or instead of) getting overseas and having to face the big learning curve required for being efficient as a volunteer in a Third World Country. For instance, SFR created the "<a href="http://www.passeportingenieursfr.fr/" rel="nofollow">Passeport Ingénieur Télécoms</a>" initiative which is about mentoring promising French college or license students from needy families so that they extend their studies after college until they get their master/engineer graduation via a mentoring program. Every volunteer employee from SFR (but also from Nokia, Alcatel, Siemens and Motorola) becomes a mentor for a couple of such students and offers some sort of relational/professional support for these would-be engineers. I personally think doing this kind of thing makes more sense than turning some employees into humanitarian paratroopers to be dropped abroad into situation they can't grasp. I think such companies may prefer doing something locally, in France and anyhow related to telecom topics. Maybe it would also make more sense for employees to contribute to local communities before (or instead of) getting overseas and having to face the big learning curve required for being efficient as a volunteer in a Third World Country.
For instance, SFR created the “Passeport Ingénieur Télécoms” initiative which is about mentoring promising French college or license students from needy families so that they extend their studies after college until they get their master/engineer graduation via a mentoring program. Every volunteer employee from SFR (but also from Nokia, Alcatel, Siemens and Motorola) becomes a mentor for a couple of such students and offers some sort of relational/professional support for these would-be engineers.
I personally think doing this kind of thing makes more sense than turning some employees into humanitarian paratroopers to be dropped abroad into situation they can’t grasp.

]]> http://www.akasig.org/2006/03/15/french-telecom-operator-pays-employees-to-work-for-non-profits/#comment-52857 Ashis Biswas Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:26:20 +0000 http://sig.levillage.org/?p=651#comment-52857 In this age of Globalisation, when the world has already become a smaller place. Would it not be a good idea if SFR could select three of their best employees for each year and send them overseas to "work" for a non profit/charity? This would be a rich experience for their employees and would also benefit the host country/organisation with specialised skills for a fixed period each year through which they can build up their own in house expertise. In this age of Globalisation, when the world has already become a smaller place. Would it not be a good idea if SFR could select three of their best employees for each year and send them overseas to “work” for a non profit/charity?
This would be a rich experience for their employees and would also benefit the host country/organisation with specialised skills for a fixed period each year through which they can build up their own in house expertise.

]]> http://www.akasig.org/2006/03/15/french-telecom-operator-pays-employees-to-work-for-non-profits/#comment-44527 P Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:29:29 +0000 http://sig.levillage.org/?p=651#comment-44527 <p>From my 3 years working for a charity, it became very clear that there is no shortage of people wanting to do social activities - there are tons of volunteers - but there is a shortage of money to fund the projects. SFR would get more outcome from their initiative if they attached money to the selected 50 "citizens" before releasing them for their 50 days. </p> From my 3 years working for a charity, it became very clear that there is no shortage of people wanting to do social activities - there are tons of volunteers - but there is a shortage of money to fund the projects. SFR would get more outcome from their initiative if they attached money to the selected 50 “citizens” before releasing them for their 50 days.

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