Community Coaching - sharing knowledge with non-profits

Share your knowledge with a good cause

DLL and PWC developed the corporate volunteering program 'Community Coaching' with Samen voor Eindhoven. Professionals from the business community coach and guide social organizations in the Brainport region in their objectives for about 9 months. Through this innovative 'skills-based volunteering' program, companies from the network of Samen voor Eindhoven give substance to their CSR objectives. Knowledge and expertise of employees are shared to support charities in an impactful way.

Community Coach program:

Your role as a coach:

For approximately 9 months you will be a sparring partner of a community organization; approximately 1-2 times a month you will have (online) contact
During the process you will be internally coached by a senior manager. Together you will form a "coach-tandem".
During an introductory session, we will match you with a nonprofit organization that suits you
As a community coach, you work with a community organization or charity on a development issue

What do you get in return?

As an interlocutor, you invest your time, but you get a lot in return. A nice social result, and also development of your own consulting and communication skills (effective listening, asking questions and giving feedback). You learn to think outside the box and be creative. Last but not least, you make an important contribution to the Global Goals and a more beautiful Social Smart Brainport. Moreover, you work together with professionals from other companies and learn from their knowledge and expertise. But above all, it gives satisfaction, fun, inspiration and energy and this program is also good for your network and CV.

For the coachee (from the social field):

You as a coachee (from a social organization) get a coach from a company. You work together professionally for about 9 months on a goal. This can be a personal goal but also a goal for your organization. Are you curious about this program? Does your foundation need a coach? Please contact Paul Ypinga of Samen voor Eindhoven via paul@samenvooreindhoven.nl or 06 - 23 45 24 52.

Participate? We ask the following of the coach from business:

You are open and curious to learn from others
You live or work in the Brainport region and have at least 5 years of work experience
Commitment from your manager to commit to a community organization for 9 months
You attend the (online) workshops and network meetings during this course
The Community Coach program can be a part of an HR development program (PDP)

We look forward to receiving your application.

Paul Ypinga

director

'The most important things in life are the connections you make with others'

Paul Ypinga

Maarten (DLL) and Alfred (Groendomein Wasven)

"You break out of your own thought patterns that way and hatches open that were previously closed."

As intermediary, Samen voor Eindhoven develops and facilitates this program, collects the issues, organizes the (online) networking and training moments, has access to a large business network and maintains warm relations with many social initiatives in Eindhoven. Because of her independence, she has an overview of the interests of all parties and monitors and evaluates the cooperation.

Community Coach is a great example of skill-based volunteering. In other words, you volunteer your hours to help a social organization further in your area of expertise, so where you can make the most impact. And how big that impact is, you only experience that once you have experienced it. Only when you are involved in such a project do you actually see how much impact you can make for a social organization by applying your expertise in your own field. Many recommendations that may be almost obvious to you as a professional are very valuable to a social organization.

Freek JanssenContent Strategist Philips Benelux and coach in 2021

Community organizations often don't have an IT specialist, content strategist or senior project manager "on board. But the need is there, to strengthen their beautiful mission and work. Through the Community Coach program, companies and nonprofits from our region work together on an issue. From personal development to strategy and everything in between. I was coached for a few months by Freek Janssen of Philips. Via MS Teams we sparred twice a month for an hour on the proposition, content and tone of voice of Samen voor Eindhoven. Instructive, fun, useful and directly applicable in my field (communication). Knowledge, experience and an extra enthusiastic brain topped off with a fresh perspective from the business world. Community Coach is a gift for every non-profit organization.

MarbrittaContent Manager (Together for Eindhoven)

The beauty of this community coaching project for me is that the clients we advise are often the very ones who have the means to make donations to charities. Through this project, I now experience from the other side how important and indispensable these financial contributions are for foundations. I also share my experiences and stories with my colleagues in our team meetings. Many colleagues are enthusiastic and would also like to coach a foundation. It really is a very different world from the one we operate in every day.

Janine SturmeConsultant Senior PWC Netherlands and coach in 2019