Corporate Sponsorship Programs

STEM Outreach and Employee Engagement

Put your people in K-12 classrooms with a program already built around them. Engineers judge student projects, record career spotlights students watch in class, and join classroom Q&As. It is skills-based volunteering with the curriculum, the schools, and the scheduling handled. Run it on its own or add it to any Hello World sponsorship.

STEM Outreach and Employee Engagement
Why this beats a one-off

A corporate volunteer program that students remember

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Most STEM outreach is a single visit: a career day, a donated set of laptops, a one-hour coding event. Students enjoy it and forget it. The difference here is that your employees show up inside a curriculum students are already working through. The career spotlight plays in a class that has been building toward that career for a semester. That is what makes volunteering count for the student and for your employee.

Skills-based volunteering also solves the problem most corporate volunteer programs have: the hours are easy to count, and the impact is not. Hello World counts both. Every hour your people give is logged against the students and schools it reached.

What you fund
  • Program coordination: school matching, scheduling, teacher prep, and permissions
  • Recording and editing of career spotlights
  • Showcase event costs when you add a Demo Day
  • Standalone or added to any Hello World sponsorship
What students do
  • Meet people who do the work they are learning about
  • Present projects to your team and get feedback
  • Watch career spotlights inside the courses they are already taking
What you receive
  • Volunteer hours and participation counted in your impact report, matched to students and schools reached
  • Recognition as the sponsor in every classroom your employees visit
  • Employee stories and photos for internal and external communications
  • A program your ERGs and early-careers teams can run every year
How it works

From sign-up to report

1
Scope

4 weeks before. We confirm the schools, the opportunities, and how many employees you want to involve.

2
Match and schedule

Hello World pairs employees with classes and dates. Teachers are prepped. Hello World coordinates district volunteer requirements.

3
Show up

Employees judge, record, visit, or mentor. Hello World runs the logistics.

4
Report

Within 30 days of the school year's end. Hours, participation, students and schools reached, and employee stories.

Ways your employees take part

Three ways to put your people in the room

Three ways to put your people in the room
Record a career spotlight

A short video on what you do, how you got there, and what a day looks like. Shown in AI Career Convos and CS classes.

Join a classroom Q&A

A session, in person or remote, with a class that has been studying your field. Hello World preps the teacher and the questions.

Mentor a project team

Regular check-ins with a team building a project tied to your industry. The deepest option.

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Frequently asked questions

Can we run this without sponsoring curriculum?

Yes. If Hello World already runs programs in your region, your employees can take part in those classrooms. Pairing it with a curriculum sponsorship puts your people in schools you funded.

How much time does it take per employee?

From one hour (a recorded spotlight) to a semester of check-ins (mentoring a project team). Most employees give half a day to a full day a year.

Do employees need teaching experience?

No. Hello World preps every session with the teacher, and the formats are built for people who have never been in front of a class.

Can remote employees participate?

Yes. Career spotlights are recorded, and classroom Q&As run remotely as well as in person.

Does this count as skills-based volunteering for our reporting?

Yes. Hours and participation come back matched to the students and schools reached, which is what most volunteer and CSR reporting asks for.

Give your people a classroom to show up in

Tell us how many employees you want to involve and where. We will come back with the opportunities available in your region.