A free resource for nonprofit
organizations, NGOs, civil society organizations,
charities, schools, public sector agencies & other mission-based
agencies
by Jayne Cravens
via coyotecommunications.com
& coyoteboard.com (same
web site)
My Resources Regarding Research & History
of Volunteering
The best part about reading the history of volunteering is that you
find out other people have solved the problems you are now facing
regarding volunteer engagemet - and have some great solutions!
Certainly anyone who wants to develop an app regarding volunteer
management or recruitment should read through some of the research first -
and not be surprised when they find their great idea isn't such a great
idea.
Research & History Regarding Volunteering
- Studies and Research
Regarding Virtual Volunteering
A compilation of research regarding virtual volunteering - the most
comprehensive list you will find anywhere - and a list of suggested
possible angles for researching online volunteering. New contributions
to this page are welcomed - research can be about any aspect of
engaging unpaid people online, even if it never mentions the term virtual
volunteering, such as volunteers that contribute to Free and
Open Source Software (FOSS).
- Virtual Volunteering Wiki
A compilation of resources regarding virtual volunteering, including a
list of RSS feeds, a frequently updated list of news articles and
blogs, and a history of virtual volunteering.
- Virtual
Volunteering in Europe 2013
For much of this
year, I researched and wrote about Internet-mediated volunteering
(virtual volunteering, online volunteering, microvolunteering, online
mentoring, etc.) in European Union (EU) countries. I've provide some
analysis from that project that either aren't in the paper I've
submitted, but I think they should be out in public for discussion,
or, that are in the paper, but I wanted to highlight them in
particular for discussion.
- Initiatives opposed to some or
all volunteering (unpaid work), and
online and print articles about or addressing controversies
regarding volunteers replacing paid staff
This is a list of organizations and initiatives opposed to some kinds
of volunteering (unpaid work), or ALL kinds of volunteering, including
unpaid internships at nonprofit organizations / charities. They are
anti-volunteer engagement: they disapprove of any position being
volunteer (unpaid) and dispute any benefits except that it "saves
money". It is also a list of online and print articles about or
addressing controversies regarding volunteers replacing paid staff.
Most of the links are to initiatives or actions in Europe or the USA.
This list has been compiled to help researchers regarding
volunteerism, as well as for policy makers and volunteerism advocates
who want to avoid these kinds of controversies at nonprofit
organizations and government agencies. This list is also compiled to
refute those who believe that there are no such controversies (believe
it or not, those people DO exist). Note that many of these initiatives
are fueled by talk of the value of volunteers in terms of a monetary
value per service hour, or talk of how volunteers "save money."
- Tech Volunteer Groups / ICT4D
Volunteers
A list of tech volunteering initiatives, some defunct, some still
going strong, that recruit tech experts to volunteer their time
support either local nonprofit organizations or NGOs in developing
countries regarding computer hardware, software and Internet
tech-related tasks.
- What Was NetAid?
First there was Band Aid, then Live Aid, and Farm Aid, and then came
NetAid, an initiative that was also launched with celebrity-laden
concerts and a great deal of media coverage. The NetAid initiative was
meant to harness the Internet to raise money and awareness for the
Jubilee 2000 campaign, to raise awareness for the challenges in
developing countries, and to allow people to volunteer online,
donating their skills to help people in the developing world. NetAid's
goal was to make global philanthropy more efficient. This page reviews
who was involved, how the initiative evolved, and its legacy regarding
virtual volunteering.
- Al
Gore Campaign Pioneered Virtual Volunteering
Back in 2000, when Al Gore ran for president, his campaign championed
virtual volunteering by recruiting online volunteers to help online
with his election efforts. I've tried to present some of what his
campaign did - this pioneering effort deserves to be remembered, as do
some of the lessons from such.
- Impact Online: A History
Impact Online was a nonprofit organization founded in the mid 1990s.
It was one of the first web sites, and maybe the first web site, where
nonprofits could post their volunteering opportunities and people that
wanted to help could sign up to help. It later became VolunteerMatch.
Unfortunately, someone requested that old versions of the Impact
Online web site be removed from the Internet Wayback Machine, and so
all archives of the original web site are gone. Luckily, I downloaded
some of text and graphics from that original, pioneering web site. I'm
sharing them here because the original Impact Online initiative
deserves to be remembered and honored.
You can see my
academic / research work, including that which is related
to volunteerism, at my
profile on academia.edu. Most of the academic articles
that have cited my work regarding virtual volunteering are listed at my
Google Scholar account.
Return to this
web site's index of volunteer engagement-related
resources
Also have a look at:
The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook:
Fully Integrating Online Service Into Volunteer Involvement.
A comprehensive guide to using online tools for supporting
& engaging ALL volunteers, & for creating online roles &
online tasks for volunteers.
The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Virtual Volunteering At Any
Organization.
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(includes table of contents and reviews).
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