After the volunteering initiative SAPlings has taken place on April 19th 2008, it is time to have a look at the feedback to this event. Both SAP employees and representatives of the involved organizations were asked about their opinion with regard to the success and possible shortcomings of the activities. The overall positive feedback may encourage more employees to take part at the next initiative on September 20th while at the same time providing some valuable inputs with regard to the organisation of coming events.
Below you find an overview of some facts and figures of the recent SAPlings event:
A total of 313 SAP employees together with their friends and families supported a variety of social and environmental projects. In the Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar, 28 projects were supported by 225 helpers. Besides, the SAPlings were active in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Prague and Budapest. Altogether 2291 hours were spent on voluntary work to the benefit of approximately 1900 people.
According to the commentaries of SAP employees, 96% would recommend their colleagues to join the activities of which more than 71% would even “strongly recommend” to do so. Furthermore, a vast majority of more than 89% is very likely to participate at SAPlings again.
On the part of the participating organizations, a convincing 75% rated the SAPlings event with “1” on a scale from 1 (best) to 6 (worst) and the remaining 25% rated it with “2”. Perhaps more telling, however, are the comments of the organizations’ representatives. They indicate that one of the goals of SAPlings, which is to foster networks of trust between SAP employees and the local communities and institutions, has largely been achieved:
“Young people working in a ultra-modern area who still have interest for people in a nursing home, the necessary sensitivity and no fear of contact whatsoever - that impressed us very much.”
“We didn’t expect this kind of commitment.”
“In conversations during breaks we got an impression of how diverse and colorful the composition of employees is at SAP. Also, we could get a first idea of everyday work at the company.”
By and large, the encouraging feedback to this event makes us look forward to the next event of that kind.
