Partnership in Motion: Creating Connection by means of Group Affect

In Could, Cisco ThousandEyes hosted its third annual Associate Connection – an occasion devoted to sharing concepts, creating connections, and interesting with our channel companions. This yr, within the spirit of collaboration, ThousandEyes partnered with Cisco’s Partnering for Goal staff to include a significant giveback aspect into the agenda.

In search of probably the most impactful method to collaborate with our channel companions, we engaged the experience of a third-party social affect occasion provider, Give to Get. They helped to determine potential native onsite and offsite giveback alternatives, starting from tackling youth starvation and homelessness to supporting the surroundings and STEM outreach amongst younger girls and boys.  All actions have been designed to instantly profit the St. Petersburg group, the place the Associate Connection occasion was happening.

The ThousandEyes staff in the end selected the choice that addressed youth starvation, and we scheduled a 75-minute Partnering for Goal session with a meal-packing giveback exercise because the final session on day one among our two-day summit agenda. The giveback exercise supported the Feed our Future program of the United Meals Financial institution of Plant Metropolis (UFBPC), a companion of Meals on Wheels for Youngsters. Feed our Future ensures that kids have year-round entry to nutritious meals, crucially throughout college breaks when entry to free or reduced-cost meals offered by the Nationwide College Lunch Program is proscribed.

Throughout the giveback session, Cisco ThousandEyes attendees, alongside channel companions attendees packed 400 snack packs, totaling roughly 1,000 kilos of meals. This hands-on exercise not solely fostered companion collaboration but additionally made a tangible distinction within the lives of native kids.

Reflecting on the occasion, ThousandEyes International Director, Associate Technique and Options Engineering Tanner Bechtel famous, “I watched jackets come off, sleeves get rolled up, and folks use the brilliance they offer to their organizations be changed into an awe-inspiring collaborative occasion for the betterment of people that actually wanted a hand up. This half—sharing of our time, our work—with humility and kindness—these are the issues that matter.”

Because the International ThousandEyes Gross sales Chief, it was unimaginable to see how a lot our companions appreciated this expertise. Because the inception of Associate Connection, my staff and I’ve all the time sought methods to present again to the communities that we go to. This exercise offered a chance to make a significant affect as a staff and share the goodness with our companions.

The success of Associate Connection and its giveback aspect highlights the ability of partnership in amplifying constructive affect. By integrating a giveback exercise into our occasion, we hope that Cisco ThousandEyes units a robust instance for others to observe.

 

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