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Let's hear from others!
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Hi Sasha! My name is April Goldstein, I'm the Program Manager at the National Human Services Assembly. We have been working together with a group of grantees on the Volunteer Impact Fund - a research vehicle and response to the brief you mentioned. So far, we have written two briefs about promising...
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Several years ago I read this study, on volunteer management. Volunteer Management Capacity in America's Charities and Congregations I wonder what kind of followup may have been done on it, other studies etc, and haven't been able to come on that information through the tried and true method...
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how did you find out about this assignment? Or did you come up with the idea yourself? How did you connect with the organization you helped/are helping? What's been good about the experience? What could be improved? What advice do you have for others? I found out about NonprofitCommons.org through...
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Are you volunteering now with an organization, helping them with something computer or Internet-related? Are you volunteering now with an organization, helping them as an online volunteer, but not necessarily doing an assignment that's computer or Internet-related? Did you just finish either kind...
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Indeed, volunteering can help a person regarding his or her paid work. Bringing this thread back to the subject of volunteers and technology : Skills : yes, showing off skills as a volunteer at a nonprofit and building your portfolio can help you in finding paid work. However, don't volunteer for...
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Absolutely. In today's market, where job openings are far and few inbetween, it would certainly benefit you to do some volunteer work. How so? Skills: What better way to keep your skills sharpened or learn new ones? I can't think of a better forum to learn about new software and updated networks...
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In the late 1990s, I co-wrote The Virtual Volunteering Guidebook with Susan Ellis. It is a free manual to help organizations involve online volunteers, as well as to use online tools to support all volunteers. I am currently revising this Guidebook. If you ever have been a volunteer, OR if you have worked...
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I just recently started working as an Americorps VISTA volunteer for a year of full-time service with a small organization that is going through a data management crisis. I have been assigned the task of collecting, organizing, designing and implementing a data management solution. We have donors, volunteers...
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Just to let you know, TechSoup has recently updated a terrific manual for helping nonprofits manage IT and tech volunteers: Working with Technical Volunteers: A Manual for NPOs . The manual has been updated to include the latest tech specs to ask your potential volunteers about during interviews, a comprehensive...