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Intel turned 41 this month. The company isn't visibly celebrating, but I know the spirit of our 40th anniversary programs live on and are being deepened. As I visit Intel sites around the globe, I'm struck by the depth of commitment of our employees who are applying their professional skills to community needs and really taking the spirit of volunteerism to a more impactful and sustainable level. I love the idea that Intel groups do a volunteer event for their quarterlies, or that individuals commit to work with a non profit or school a few times a year, but let me share a few examples I've witnessed where employee's Intel professional skills are making a huge impact - we call this skills-based volunteering.

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An Arizona CQN employee worked with the Arizona Quality Alliance, a non-profit, to assess a local college's operational effectiveness. He also helped lead some sessions for the admissions department saving them $20K so far this year.

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Fab 28 volunteers created training classes at a rehabilitation center for recovering drug addicts by providing internet courses to more than 60 students. The courses are helping recovering addicts land jobs, and be successful in life.

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In Intel India, a group of volunteers saw that the UN had a problem coordinating relief aid after the Bihar floods. The problem was coordinating phone calls for more than 80 workers across multiple relief camps. The team created a SMS-based communication application (called Relief Communication Management System), where workers can send SMS messages to a particular helpline number and all their requests get published online on a webpage, making it easier for workers to communicate after disasters.

This video also captures the spirit of how applying professional skills and employee passion can have a huge impact to individuals, schools or nonprofit organizations.

These are just a few examples of what Intel employees are doing around the world. I'd also love to hear from you - what are you doing that applies your work skills to the community? Be a ROCK STAR in your community!

About the Author
Suzanne Fallender is Intel’s Director of Corporate Responsibility. In this role, she collaborates with key stakeholders across the company to integrate corporate responsibility concepts into company strategies, policies, public reporting, and stakeholder engagement activities to advance Intel’s corporate responsibility leadership and create positive social impact and business value. Suzanne leads a team of experienced professionals who engage with internal and external groups to review Intel’s corporate responsibility performance and to identify new opportunities to apply Intel’s technology and expertise to address social and environmental challenges. The team also works closely with Intel’s investor relations and corporate governance groups to drive an integrated outreach strategy with investors on governance and corporate responsibility issues. Suzanne has more than 20 years of experience in the field of corporate responsibility and socially responsible investment. During her time at Intel, Suzanne has held a number of corporate responsibility-related roles, including leading programs empowering girls and women through technology. Prior to Intel, Suzanne served as Vice President at Institutional Shareholder Services where she managed the firm’s socially responsible investing division. Suzanne holds an M.B.A. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. She has served on a number of leading industry advisory boards and committees on sustainability and corporate responsibility over the past decade and currently is a member of the Net Impact Board of Directors. Follow Suzanne on Twitter at @sfallender.