Need
Cisco Live! is Cisco’s annual conference designed for 25,000+ IT professionals, network engineers, developers and partners. It provides a platform for learning, networking and exploring Cisco’s latest technologies and innovations. Further, the event provides an opportunity to demonstrate the company’s commitment to social impact. They needed a partner who could integrate with their meeting and event team to create interactive and hands on volunteer opportunities for these attendees to affect the host city.
Approach
The Give To Get team connects the meeting and events team to first determine the host city, the theme and venue for the event. The CSR Partnerships team then finds local NGOs that fit the event and can use the support we can provide. Once our team has the approved NGOs, we then design multiple engagements that can be loaded in and loaded out of the venue. We work closely with the meeting planner to work within their schedule and staffing plan so as not to disrupt the event as a whole. At the end of the engagement, we take responsibility for distributing all products to the local NGO community. We are plug-and-play with the producers of the event.
Impact
Over the past three years, we have created multiple social impact zones ranging from a dedicated 5,000 square feet of furniture building for transition housing to smaller engagements living along the corridors so people can participate between sessions.
Let’s Talk
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