Have you noticed there is a change in the way volunteers want to be engaged? Traditional envelope-stuffing, door-knocking, database entry-type volunteers are harder and harder to find. Younger generations of volunteers are increasingly interested in the personal benefits from their...
When a big news story or disaster strikes, the result can be hundreds, even thousands, of people contacting organizations to offer help, including potential online volunteers. It could be a natural disaster, an act of violence, or a particular issue...
When one hears the phrase "I volunteer", one thinks about how nice it is for someone to give back to the community, how they are connected to their roots, how they want to make a difference to others. What they...
What if the all the good corporate citizens out there suddenly incented their employees to volunteer with nonprofits and charities? Would there be a major impact in terms of community engagement, money raised, knowledge shared and overall benefit to society?...
So many people — media and corporate people in particular — like to talk about volunteers in the most flowery language possible: volunteers as selfless and hard-working and nice and sweet and huggable. Gosh golly, don't you love them?!? I'm...
In honour of CharityVillage®'s 15th anniversary, we celebrate this sector's changemakers, individual men and women who have made significant contributions to the nonprofit and charitable arena, making change and a difference in the lives of many. Due to their hard...
Ever wondered how an Olympic Games affects volunteerism in the host city after the fact? Actually, not many people have. But a team of researchers from Australia and the UK have set their sights on Vancouver to put together one...
Involving volunteers only to get work done or to save money are ideas that have long ago jumped the shark. The modern volunteer manager involves volunteers for much better reasons — to involve the community in the work of the...
How does a financial crisis affect volunteering? Will volunteering go up or down, or change in other ways as the global economy worsens? One thing is certain: Because volunteers are real people living in real communities, tight budgets will have...
It seems there are never enough volunteers to go around. It also seems that too often, people agree to take on volunteer roles without knowing what they’re in for, how much time it will take and the full extent of...
