Is your volunteer program successfully welcoming and integrating new Canadians? According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, between 240,000 and 260,000 new immigrants will arrive in Canada in 2011. Our country continues to be a major recipient of new immigrants worldwide...
When meeting others, we are often asked "What do you do for a living?" For most people the answer is clear. There are so many positions that make sense, but I find I hesitate before answering this question. Am I...
So many nonprofit organizations face challenges turning members into active volunteers. Here are ten steps for effective volunteer engagement. 1. Member needs The first and most important step is to identify your members' needs, including those of the volunteers in...
Culture Matters is an online curriculum specifically developed by the Peace Corps to help newly accepted members acquire some of the knowledge and skills they will need to work successfully and respectfully in other cultures. It's not just about cultural...
An interview with Valerie Pearson, Executive Director Can you tell us first about the mission of the 4-H and your flagship programs? The 4-H is a project-based youth organization dedicated to the growth and development of our members, leaders, volunteers,...
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...
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...
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...
