Crowdsourcing & Microvolunteering: still not new, still takes a lot of work
Egads, another breathless story about crowdsourcing, one that says it’s new (it’s not) and that it’s all about doing work that nonprofits don’t have paid employees to do. Argh! I’m not against...
View ArticleWhat I learned from researching virtual volunteering in Europe
As I’ve blogged about 7 times already (and now, 8!): Since early April 2013, I’ve been researching Internet-mediated volunteering (virtual volunteering, online volunteering, microvolunteering, online...
View ArticleMicrovolunteering: beyond the hype
The buzz about microvolunteering continues – but, IMO, this form of virtual volunteering is still being talked about it terms of hype, rather than practicalities and concrete benefits. It’s being...
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hey, corporations: time to put your money where your mouth is re: nonprofits...
I started talking about virtual volunteering – without knowing it was called that – as early as 1994, more than 30 years ago. Soon after I started babbling about it, I directed The Virtual Volunteering...
View ArticleUNV announces Online Volunteering Award 2015
Today – 30 November 2015 – the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program announced winners of the UNV Online Volunteering Award 2015, celebrating both volunteers and volunteer hosting organizations on...
View ArticleKeeping volunteers safe –& keeping everyone safe with volunteers
I am thrilled to have just discovered that two of my favorite resources for helping to keep volunteers safe, and keeping everyone safe with volunteers, are now available for FREE – just download them!...
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Request to all those training re: volunteer management
Are you teaching a volunteer management 101 class, where you talk about the basics of successfully managing volunteers? Are you going to teach a workshop on how to identify tasks for volunteers? Are...
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Research needs re: virtual volunteering
I get contacted regularly by university students doing a Master’s degree research project that relates to virtual volunteering and, unfortunately, their research subject is almost always the same: the...
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Al Gore Campaign Pioneered Virtual Volunteering
Back in 2000, when Al Gore ran for President of the USA, his campaign championed virtual volunteering, including microvolunteering, by recruiting online volunteers to help online with his election...
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Virtual Volunteering Wiki has moved
The Virtual Volunteering Wiki was developed in association with The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook, a book available from Energize, Inc. The purpose of this wiki is to share resources regarding...
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