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hey, corporations: time to put your money where your mouth is re: nonprofits...
I started talking about virtual volunteering – without knowing it was called that – as early as 1994, more than 30 years ago. Soon after I started babbling about it, I directed The Virtual Volunteering...
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My favorite virtual volunteering event originates in… Poland
The Discover E-Volunteering competition by E-Wolontariat (E-Volunteering Poland) is the best showcase of new virtual volunteering initiatives on the planet. I’m a HUGE fan of this event – and...
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The future of virtual volunteering? Deeper relationships, higher impact
In May 2015, the book Volunteer Engagement 2.0 will be published by Wiley. The brainchild of VolunteerMatch, the book is meant to be a “what’s next” regarding volunteering, and features 35 different...
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Reddit controversy is a lesson in working with volunteers
Reddit is a very high-profile online community that has been in the news a lot lately. It’s in the style of an old-fashioned online bulletin board – a very popular, simple, low-graphics platform on the...
View ArticleUNV announces Online Volunteering Award 2015
Today – 30 November 2015 – the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program announced winners of the UNV Online Volunteering Award 2015, celebrating both volunteers and volunteer hosting organizations on...
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Snapchat’s Potential Power for Social Good – with REAL examples
The vast majority of nonprofits, NGOs and community-minded government programs do not have the staff nor the expertise to use every social media tool out there, or even most of the most-popular tools,...
View ArticleKeeping volunteers safe –& keeping everyone safe with volunteers
I am thrilled to have just discovered that two of my favorite resources for helping to keep volunteers safe, and keeping everyone safe with volunteers, are now available for FREE – just download them!...
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Online volunteers created a music festival in St. Louis
Everyone pictures virtual volunteering as remote volunteers that sit in front of a computer or tablet or smart phone, typing and clicking, interacting only online and undertaking mostly techie tasks....
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Research needs re: virtual volunteering
I get contacted regularly by university students doing a Master’s degree research project that relates to virtual volunteering and, unfortunately, their research subject is almost always the same: the...
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Schools & Courts: you need to accept historical transcription online projects...
Projects abound where online volunteers transcribe scanned documents for universities, nonprofits and government archives. By doing this, the documents become more searchable for researchers and more...
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