Best practices for engaging youth as volunteers (part three)

This article includes tips for successfully inteegrating youth volunteers into your organization.

The untapped well: Is it time for a national youth service policy?

Last year, nearly ten thousand young Canadians were deprived of the chance to serve their country. This is why many people believe it’s time for a national youth service policy.

Best practices for engaging youth as volunteers (part two)

This article includes tips for successfully integrating youth volunteers into your organization.

Governance Q&A: Why organizations don’t always draw on the knowledge of their volunteers

A volunteer with four years of experience doesn’t feel that their insight and knowledge is being utilized.

Best practices for engaging youth as volunteers (part one)

How volunteer managers can prepare their organizations for youth volunteers looking to fulfill their mandatory volunteer requirement for high school graduation.

Ten myths of global civil society

Dr. Lester Salamon, author, professor at Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies was the keynote speaker at Imagine Canada’s Symposium “Learning from the World: Canada’s Charitable & Nonprofit Sector through a Global Lens.”

Volunteer recognition: Appreciating volunteers 52 weeks of the year

This article provides a look at the appropriate ways to honour and celebrate the contributions of some of the most important people in the nonprofit sector: volunteers.

Best practices for engaging youth as volunteers (part five)

This article includes tips for successfully integrating youth volunteers into your organization.

Are you ready to be a board volunteer?

A self-evaluation article for board volunteer prospects.

Fueling environmentalism the feel good way

Why do young people rank the environment as their third-highest priority, while at the same time environmental organizations are struggling to find volunteers?