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...
So you need volunteers badly for your next big campaign or event. And as volunteer manager - or executive director, or whatever position in your organization manages your volunteers - you want to make sure it's an experience the volunteers...
In order to ensure healthy and safe organizations, we should develop an overall risk management strategy that covers all aspects of how we operate. "Screening" is just one element in a risk management program that puts the focus on volunteers....
Until recently, managers of volunteers have continued to plan volunteer programs based on the current profile of volunteers who were most engaged - those called the "veteran volunteer." These were the committed and dedicated volunteers who gave freely of their...
I am going to focus this article on high school age youth since I seem to get the most questions about how to successfully engage and keep this group of volunteers. It has been twelve years since the Ministry of...
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