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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.

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.

Singer/Composer Shares New Free Song to Honor Volunteers

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 21:06

Raheem Dilgir is a lyricist, vocalist, arranger and producer of songs, based in Vancouver, Canada. He contacted Energize, Inc. with a wonderful request: to help him share and disseminate a special song called "Century of the Volunteer" in time for National Volunteer Week in North America. Download it here!

What Have Bicycles Got to Do with It? An Audio Interview

Submitted by Tristan Dahn
on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 20:17

Renee McGivern, producer of Nonprofit Spark Podcast on WebTalkRadio, contacted us about the e-Volunteerism article, What Have Bicycles Got to Do with It?, and the result, a audio interview about the article, is now up live on their site. Check it out!

"Crowdfund" Your Next Volunteer-Driven Initiative

Submitted by Susan J Ellis
on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 18:19

"Crowdfunding" has great potential to raise seed money for a new initiative your organization would like to test, particularly through volunteer efforts -- and it can also help an individual volunteer pursue a dream.

Volunteer Management in Cultural Institutions: New e-Book by Hungarian Author

Submitted by Cara Thenot
on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 16:55

Can volunteer management expertise from Hungary (in English) apply to you? Yes! This thorough and universally applicable guidebook is now an e-book (PDF) available to anyone in the world from the Energize Online Bookstore.

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