This article is a profile of Volunteer Vancouver’s new People Lens program that uses a people-first philosophy.
This article is a profile of Volunteer Vancouver’s new People Lens program that uses a people-first philosophy.
We asked two experts in the field of volunteerism to provide their advice on how best to recruit and retain a voluntary workforce. Their answers are as enlightening as they are practical.
This article explains how volunteer fatigue differs from burnout, and how to handle it at your organization.
On April 14th, Canada lost one of its greatest social activists. June Callwood was “Canada’s conscience”. She was a founder or director of more than 50 organizations and lent her assistance to over a hundred causes in her 40 years of activism.
This article outlines a step-by-step process for developing a volunteer satisfaction survey.
With funders increasingly interested in the value of organizations’ volunteer programs, we explore a new model that attempts to calculate the dollar value of your volunteers’ time.
This article outlines five trends in volunteerism.
The number of communities interested in starting volunteer centres outnumbers the ones where volunteer centres are closing their doors. The future of volunteer centres hinges on building awareness, being relevant, and successfully expanding traditional functions.
This article provides key tips to prepare your organization for baby boomer volunteers.
How to respond to unethical – and potentially damaging – behaviour in a nonprofit organization.