The Evidence Connecting Goodness and Wellbeing with Ryan Adams Stop Stressing Me Out

We've talked a couple of times now about the connection between purpose, volunteerism and wellbeing... but where is the evidence? I'm all for evidence-based decision-making, so today on the podcast we're joined by Ryan Adams, the head of Strategic Partnerships at Benevity.
Benevity is a corporate purpose software that provides charitable donation-management, volunteer-management and grant-management solutions for corporations. It also happens to be my former workplace, and one of my favourite parts of the job was the data that was produced from the 1000+ clients and millions of participants. In March 2024, Benevity produced its most recent State of Corporate Volunteering Report and the data is fascinating, and for me, I couldn't help but see the connections between corporate purpose programs and an employee's wellbeing.
Ryan has a deep background in all things social impact, which we discuss in the podcast, and we also talk about:
turning implicit understandings about volunteerism into explicit findings
the push-pull between high participation and the quality of volunteer activities
the fine line between being courageous and cautious in your social impact program
the individual search for purpose in the workplace and how it ties to stress
the connection (to be studied!) between psychological safety and acts of kindness in volunteer programs
why hard economic times are NOT the time to pull back on corporate purpose programs
and so much more!
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