Partnership in Motion: Creating Connection via Group Impression – Uplaza

In Could, Cisco ThousandEyes hosted its second annual Companion Connection – an occasion devoted to sharing concepts, creating connections, and fascinating with our channel companions. This yr, within the spirit of collaboration, ThousandEyes partnered with Cisco’s Partnering for Objective group to include a significant giveback ingredient into the agenda.

Looking for probably the most impactful method to collaborate with our channel companions, we engaged the experience of a third-party social impression 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 atmosphere and STEM outreach amongst younger girls and boys.  All actions have been designed to instantly profit the St. Petersburg neighborhood, the place the Companion Connection occasion was happening.

The ThousandEyes group finally selected the choice that addressed youth starvation, and we scheduled a 75-minute Partnering for Objective 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 Children. Feed our Future ensures that kids have year-round entry to nutritious meals, crucially throughout faculty breaks when entry to free or reduced-cost meals offered by the Nationwide Faculty Lunch Program is restricted.

Through 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, Companion Technique and Options Engineering Tanner Bechtel famous, “I watched jackets come off, sleeves get rolled up, and people use the brilliance they give to their organizations be turned into an awe-inspiring collaborative event for the betterment of people who really needed a hand up. This part—sharing of our time, our work—with humility and kindness—these are the things that matter.”

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

The success of Companion Connection and its giveback ingredient highlights the facility of partnership in amplifying constructive impression. By integrating a giveback exercise into our occasion, Cisco ThousandEyes set a robust instance for others to comply with.

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