The initial scope of the project will be to ’nudge’:Įmployees who do not typically participate in citizenship actions to try it for the first timeĮmployees who take one or two actions per year to consider going further The Nudge the Good initiative is based on methodologies and research from a variety of disciplines such as neuroscience, behavioral sciences, and transformative learning theory.

Lindsey Buss, Senior External Affairs Officer, Community Outreach at The World Bank Kostapanos Miliaresis, Nudge the Good Unit Director, RWI Join this episode of the Listen Up! Show on October 13th at 11:30am ET to hear insights from four Nudge the Good Unit members: Behavioral science – the study of how humans make decisions and behave in practice – can point towards evidence-based approaches to influence these decisions and behaviors, leading to higher participation and creating, ultimately, more impactful and fulfilling volunteering experiences. Behavioral science insights offer concrete solutions to close this gap and increase employee volunteerism rates.Įmployee volunteering involves many decisions and behaviors, from initial sign-up to sustained, long-term participation. However, over 70% of people say their employer’s culture of giving or volunteerism is important to them, indicating a clear gap between what people say they think is important and what they do. As a result, an estimated $4-$7 Billion in matching employee giving and volunteering funds go unclaimed each year. Despite concerted efforts, for most companies, employee participation rates have been stuck at around 30% for the past five years.

Low volunteer participation has been a stubborn problem.

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