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May 2013

Strategic Volunteer Management: Expanding Your Organization’s Brain

by Susan J. Ellis
What does a volunteer involvement strategy look like? Why is it worth becoming one of an organization’s priorities?
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UK’s Community Service Volunteers Releases New Report: Employee Volunteering - Who is Benefiting Now?

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 20:44

Community Service Volunteers in the UK has conducted research to “review trends and developments within employee volunteering and to explore how to make its benefits accessible and meaningful to more public, private and third sector organisations and employees,” and has just released a new report

VolunTourism: A Surprising Source for Fresh Volunteer Management Ideas

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 17:17

Our favorite organization advocating the best practices of the blend of recreation and service is VolunTourism.org, which has just released volume 9, issue 1 of its newsletter. This issue offers some wonderful articles, well worth reading.

Raise the Charitable Driving Tax Deduction and Prove that Volunteers Matter!

Submitted by Energize Guest ...
on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 20:16

In 2012, the IRS raised the “standard business mileage rate” to 56.5 cents per mile, a figure that has kept rising in recent years as the cost of gasoline climbs. However, the deduction rate for charitable driving remains at 14 cents per mile (where it has been for over a decade) because it is set as a fixed rate in federal statute. Guest blogger, Luxiaofei Liis discusses.

May Hot Topic: Strategic Volunteer Management: Expanding Your Organization’s Brain

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 14:44

What does a volunteer involvement strategy look like? Why is it worth becoming one of an organization’s priorities?

Beware of the Same Old, Same Old Assumptions about Volunteering

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 20:40

The Bureau of Labor Statistics tells us that the overall rate of volunteering has dropped by 0.3 percent, with the steepest decline occurring in the age group of 45-67, but is this really the whole story?

“Stuff with a Difference” and More from Singapore

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 18:28

The National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) in Singapore continues to produce initiatives and resources of value far beyond its city-state size. We’ve long been fans of its magazine, SALT, which launched as a print publication in 2003 and in 2010 moved to an online format, available to the world at no cost.

Twitter-sphere Supports Obama’s $10 Million Designation to the Volunteer Generation Fund

Submitted by Cara Thenot
on Fri, 04/12/2013 - 16:49

The Twitter-sphere seems to be reacting positively to U.S. President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal which includes $10 million to reactivate the Volunteer Generation Fund.

People Power! New Books Illustrate How Individuals Power Your Organization

Submitted by Tristan Dahn
on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 19:59

It’s easy to say that “people are the core of any volunteer-involving organization,” but do top managers act as though they understand and mean this sentiment? Two new books explore what it really means to engage volunteers as individuals.

April Hot Topic: Revisiting the Seven Deadly Sins of Directing Volunteers

Submitted by Tristan Dahn
on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 14:31

In 1980 and 1990, Energize produced a mini-poster with the dramatic title of “The Seven Deadly Sins of Directing Volunteers,” which proved extremely popular. Susan considers whether the “sins” have changed now in 2013 – and asks for your help in generating a list for today.

Learn Fearless Leadership at the Summit on Advanced Volunteer Engagement (SAVE)

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 19:58

Calling leaders who have at least three years of experience in engaging volunteers in nonprofit, government and community organizations in volunteer engagement! This June, a special seminar for experienced practitioners will be held immediately after the Conference on Volunteering and Service, in Washington, DC.

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