The Lumen Cares Volunteer Sprint Program is an opportunity for selected employees to contribute their unique skills and expertise to help a social enterprise or non-profit partner address some of their most pressing challenges.
In partnership with MovingWorlds, Lumen will offer selected employees the chance to leverage two weeks of paid time off to use their skills and expertise to complete a virtual skills-based volunteer project.
Examples of the type of skills and support the project partners are looking for in 2025 include (but are not limited to): digital transformation, strategy development, program management or rebranding.
Waves are time-bound participation periods. By committing a certain number of projects and Lumen employees per wave, the MovingWorlds team will be able to ensure that each project has an employee match. Lumen will offer one Wave per quarter, beginning Q3 2025. Within each Wave, participants will work with their managers to decide on timing of their two week Sprint dates. Wave 2 will take place from September 17 - November 30.
Find key dates and an overview of the experience for Wave 2 participants below:
Wave 2 will run from September 17 - November 30.
Here are the key dates to know:
Find more details about each step of your engagement in the Volunteer Sprint Program below:
Attend the virtual employee Kick-Off Event for an orientation and chance to meet the other colleagues in your cohort. This marks the official start of your learning and growth journey together!
Complete the onboarding module linked in your dashboard. It shouldn't take more than 15 minutes, and provides guidance about how to navigate the platform, what to expect when working with impact enterprise partners, and tips to help you get the most out of your experience.
Once you are onboarded, you will begin searching the platform for the right pro-bono consulting opportunity for your skills with our world-changing project partners.
When you find a project that looks like a potential fit, you'll request an introduction from the project description page.
We encourage you to send 3-5 introduction requests during this time, as it will give you more options to choose from when confirming the project you'd like to commit to.
Once you've sent introductions, you'll start meeting with project partners to confirm a match. When an introduction request you have sent is accepted, we will put you in touch directly with the partner who posted the project to set up time to discuss how you can contribute, ask questions, and get the information you need to determine if it's the right fit.
Choose the project that is the best fit for you based on your scoping calls, and confirm the match with the MovingWorlds team. Once confirmed, the MovingWorlds team will guide you and the project partner you're supporting through a planning guide to align on key deliverables and details about how you will work together.
Wrap up your project based on the end date you and the project partner you're supporting agreed to in the planning guide. Once the project concludes, MovingWorlds will send you a follow-up survey to learn more about the impact you co-created, and get feedback on your experience as a skills-based volunteer.
You will attend a Reflection & Wrap-Up event to showcase the work you’ve done and the impact you’ve made.