Volunteer fatigue: What impact on the future of volunteerism?

This article explains how volunteer fatigue differs from burnout, and how to handle it at your organization.

Five emerging patterns of volunteerism

This article outlines five trends in volunteerism.

Volunteering at your fingertips!

This article describes how to set your organization up to be able to take advantage of online volunteers.

Ten professional development benefits of volunteering

How volunteering can contribute to your professional development.

Through the volunteers’ eyes: What volunteers want nonprofits to know about effectively involving them

Happy National Volunteer Week! In the midst of the festivities, let’s pause for a quieter, more reflective way to recognize our volunteers…by listening to them as they share their thoughts and ideas.

“Mandatory volunteering”: What’s in a name?

While “mandatory volunteering” is an oxymoron, it is a growing trend that is worth watching.

Shifting views of retirement and the implications for volunteer-involving organizations

As baby boomers edge toward retirement, there is lots of speculation about how they will spend their retirement years. Baby boomers have done many things differently than the generations before them – will they do retirement differently, too?

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.

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.

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.”