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By Jaidyn Crookston | February 21, 2023 | 7 Minute Read

How to Reward Employees for Volunteering

What’s more likely to convince an employee to volunteer? 1) Knowing that their volunteer hours will count towards the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and help their institution get a good rating? Or 2) knowing that volunteering get...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | January 17, 2023 | 6 Minute Read

How to Share Your Institution’s Volunteer Opportunities With Employees

If you recently started or revamped an employee volunteer program, you’re likely learning that getting employees to volunteer is even more difficult than you thought. (And you thought it would be plenty hard.)     While there are ...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | December 13, 2022 | 7 Minute Read

5 Reasons Your Employees Aren't Volunteering and How to Change That

So, you’ve created an amazing volunteer program. Now you’re waiting for those employee volunteer hours to start rolling in.    And waiting.    And waiting.    Nothing. Zip. Zilch.    Why aren’t your institution’s employees v...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | November 07, 2022 | 13 Minute Read

How to Create a Successful Employee Volunteer Program

Many financial institutions have employee volunteer programs. These programs serve to encourage employees to volunteer in their communities, get the institution’s name out there, earn CRA credit, and more. While these programs are v...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | October 17, 2022 | 10 Minute Read

How Bankers Trust Encourages Employees to Volunteer in the Community

You know it’s important for your financial institution’s employees to volunteer. You know that volunteering comes with many benefits, both for your institution and your employees. What may be difficult to know is how to actually get...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | October 04, 2022 | 10 Minute Read

The Benefits of Employee Volunteerism

You’ve probably heard that you should encourage your institution’s employees to volunteer. But just because you know you should encourage employees to volunteer doesn't mean you know why. Or how. And with how difficult these program...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | August 30, 2022 | 9 Minute Read

How to Get Employees to Volunteer: 4 Methods to Try Today

Community involvement is one of the most valuable ways to build goodwill as a financial institution. And your employees are crucial to this effort. Without the talents, hard work, and bright smiles of bank and credit union employees...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | August 24, 2022 | 12 Minute Read

Want to Expand Your Institution’s Community Impact? Start a Foundation!

Every financial institution strives to serve its community in various ways. For some, this means holding events, investing in community organizations, and donating to nonprofits. For others, this means starting and running a nonprof...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | May 24, 2022 | 7 Minute Read

How to Run a Successful Partnership with a Nonprofit Organization

Creating and maintaining relationships in your community is one of the most important things you can do as a bank or credit union community specialist. Your financial institution probably has a wide variety of formal and informal co...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | February 01, 2022 | 6 Minute Read

Northern Bank’s Mission to Reduce Homelessness One Family at a Time

Imagine how hopeless and afraid you might feel if you had no home, no job, and weren’t able to provide for your family. Half a million Americans live this nightmare every single day, including whole families with nowhere to go.    T...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | January 11, 2022 | 14 Minute Read

How Isabella Bank Gets All Employees to Volunteer with its Compassion Into Action Event

As a bank or credit union employee, you may be required to volunteer in your community each year. You love your community and want to volunteer, but there are just so many things on your plate right now. You’re busy helping customer...

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By Jaidyn Crookston | June 29, 2021 | 9 Minute Read

How to Build Emotional Connections with Potential Customers

One of the most important things your financial institution does is connect with potential customers. Recent research has shown that one of the best ways for a financial institution to connect with potential customers is by building...

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By Casey Elliott | April 21, 2021 | 5 Minute Read

How to Encourage Employees to Submit Volunteer Hours: 3 Tips to Implement Today

Any good bank or credit union manager knows the importance of community initiatives and engagement. Volunteering in the community is at the cornerstone of what it means to be a good local financial institution.  ‌ Unfortunately, bec...

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By Brendon Boren | March 22, 2021 | 4 Minute Read

Student-Operated Branches — Community Involvement Ideas

Community involvement is vital for local institutions, and more and more businesses are recognizing that. However, it can be difficult to come up with unique community involvement ideas.    First Metro Bank, in northwest Alabama, ha...

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By Casey Elliott | March 17, 2021 | 3 Minute Read

Grilling for Good: Community Involvement Ideas

Getting involved with the local community is a goal many organizations strive for, but few achieve. One bank that has really influenced their community is NebraskaLand National Bank. With a fleet of five 3,000 lb grills and a lot of...

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