“I’ve found that the busier you are, the more you can take on, and you definitely get better at your job. Every time I take a week to go facilitate the program for these kids, my batteries are recharged. I get inspired. It makes me think thoughts I never would have had otherwise. It broadens my scope of empathy and understanding,” said Keith Krach, serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Ariba, and former CEO and chairman of DocuSign.
Read this resource written by Ken Banta, the founder of the Vanguard Network, and Orlan Boston, a partner in the Ernst & Young LLP Global Health Sciences practice, to learn more about the benefits of having a ‘strategic side gig’, a.k.a. a meaningful and mutually beneficial skills-based volunteering initiative.