Every year more and more people traveling to underdeveloped countries try to incorporate some form of volunteering into their trips. This kind of volunteer vacation – or ‘voluntourism’ – has become one of the fastest growing forms of travel in...
According to the 2010 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, an impressive 58% of youth aged 15 to 24 are active volunteers. And while this is heartening news for many nonprofits, there might be even more volunteer potential in...
Volunteers face many challenges in organizing a successful nonprofit group. Balancing the growth and demands of an organization with family, career, and a personal life can be incredibly difficult. According to Tina Patterson, president of the Fraser Valley FiT Network,...
If volunteers mobilized through social media can make a difference in who gets elected as president of the United States, surely any nonprofit organization looking to be effective has to look at all the ways social media can be used...
Volunteerism. It’s a wonderful activity that offers rewards for all involved. Sadly, there is a segment of the population, albeit slight, that sometimes targets nonprofits for criminal activity. A recent example is the revelation by Scouts Canada in 2011 of...
If you think you’ll attract (and keep) the attention of youth at your next event with the promise of free pizza - think again. While youth engagement is an important endeavor for many organizations, all too often activities and events...
I’ve resolved to do more volunteering in my community. What’s the most ethical way to spend my limited time? Should I help my elderly neighbour, my professional association or a community charity? I hope your choices are not mutually exclusive....
Sheliza Kassam is a 15-year-old high school student. When she graduates next year she’s hoping to study optometry and then open her own practice. But career plans only satisfy so much. What she really loves to do is volunteer. She...
How much would you compensate a volunteer for his or her work and/or time? Should volunteerism be remunerated to reward the activity and, in theory, motivate others to give of their time and skills to worthy causes? These and other...
Since the earliest days of the internet, people have used it to solicit and organize groups of people to participate in projects in small ways. Called crowdsourcing, this process can be done by a number of ways, and for a...
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