Absolutely agree—although I’m one of the other GWWC London co-leads so I am also biased here. I think low commitment in person socials are really important and tbh the social proof of meeting people like me who donated significantly was the most important factor for me personally.
I’d would like to see people be a lot more public with their pledges. I personally think Linkedin is underutilised here—adding pledges to the volunteering section your profile is low effort but sets a benchmark.
I’ve personally added my pledge to my email signature, but I think this depends a lot on the kind of role you have, the company you work for and if you think the personal reputation risk is worth the potential upside (influencing someone else to donate more to effective charities).
I think this could be especially powerful for senior people who have a lot of influence but equally I’ve had a few meaningful conversations with people off the back of it.
I’ve got a half-written post on this for this forum series and Alex from @Giving What We Can has created some fantastic banner images for LinkedIn profiles. Some resources from GWWC:
Absolutely agree—although I’m one of the other GWWC London co-leads so I am also biased here. I think low commitment in person socials are really important and tbh the social proof of meeting people like me who donated significantly was the most important factor for me personally.
I’d would like to see people be a lot more public with their pledges. I personally think Linkedin is underutilised here—adding pledges to the volunteering section your profile is low effort but sets a benchmark.
I’ve personally added my pledge to my email signature, but I think this depends a lot on the kind of role you have, the company you work for and if you think the personal reputation risk is worth the potential upside (influencing someone else to donate more to effective charities).
I think this could be especially powerful for senior people who have a lot of influence but equally I’ve had a few meaningful conversations with people off the back of it.
I’ve got a half-written post on this for this forum series and Alex from @Giving What We Can has created some fantastic banner images for LinkedIn profiles. Some resources from GWWC:
Donating anonymously: Should we be private or public about giving to charity? · Giving What We Can
Why you should mention the Pledge in your LinkedIn summary · Giving What We Can