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Volunteers
Welcome to our general subject guide about volunteers. Here you'll find links to a wide range of resources about volunteers on our site and around the world.
If you're looking for a volunteer opportunity in your area, or to post a listing for your organization, check out our Volunteer Bulletin Board at: http://www.charityvillage.com/applicant/volunteer.asp
If you know of a resource that you think we should add to our collection, please send an e-mail to help@charityvillage.com with the details.
Articles | Resource Web Sites | Online Publications | Government Programs | Books | Print Periodicals | Organizations | Online Discussions | Educational programs | Conferences/Seminars | Associations | Consultants | Services/Products | Book Reviews
Articles
From the Research Section of the Library at CharityVillage®:
Resource Web Sites
Campus Access
A content-rich site geared towards college and university students in Canada that provides great internship and volunteer work resources.- CharityVillage.com Volunteer Listings
Up-to-date listings of volunteer opportunities across Canada. The listings are searchable by location, by type of position and by organization focus.- Community Literacy of Ontario -- Volunteer Management Resources
A helpful series of resources for literacy volunteers or volunteer managers of any kind.- Creative Resourcing Network
Offers civil society activists and social entrepreneurs strategies in local fundraising, volunteer management, income generation schemes, and constituency development to assist in building sustainable organizations. It is a place to go for information, ideas, and dialogue with practitioners from around the globe on creative strategies for mobilizing resources locally, rather than having to live from one grant to the next or to be dependent on international assistance. The network offers case studies, strategies, references, and an electronic discussion group.- echoing green
A non-profit foundation that offers full-time fellowships to emerging social entrepreneurs, the site also includes a helpful resource area with links to articles about a wide range of nonprofit issues.- Energize, Inc. --- Especially for Leaders of Volunteers
An international training, consulting and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism. The web site is a place where leaders of volunteers can exchange views on critical issues in the field, browse pertinent articles, gather information on how to broaden their professional skills and networks, advance their careers and link to other sites useful to volunteer managers.- E-Volunteering
An online volunteer opportunities database that matches Toronto area volunteers with available opportunities and helps organizations manage volunteer recruitment.- Free Management Library
A massive collection of articles on a wide range of nonprofit topics, compiled by Carter McNamara.- Impact Online
A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people get involved in their community. The organization runs Volunteer Match, a free online volunteer matching service.- International Year of Volunteers, 2001
- Internet NonProfit Center
A project of The Evergreen State Society of Seattle, Washington, it offers information for and about nonprofit organizations in the United States. The site includes "Nonprofit FAQ" -- information on a wide range of topics of interest to leaders and managers of nonprofit organizations.- National Centre for Volunteering (UK)
Promotes volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who volunteer and for the wider community.- National Council for Voluntary Organisations (UK)
The umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England. NCVO has a growing membership of over 1,000 voluntary organisations, ranging from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer bureaux and development agencies working at local level.- Nonprofit Genie
This helpful site from the Support Center for Nonprofit Management contains nearly 100 articles on subjects ranging from Board Development and Fundraising to Strategic Planning and Volunteer Management.- Payton Philanthropic Studies Library
This Library's comprehensive coverage of fund raising, voluntarism, and nonprofit organization management can be located throughout this Web site as well as in various other formats including microfilm, microfiche, monographs (books), video, and audio cassettes. The collection of dissertations in paper format is one of the largest of its kind in an academic library.- Service Leader
Volunteer management and community engagement online resources.- Virtual Volunteering
This program, from Impact Online, promotes and assists in the development of volunteer opportunities that can be completed via a home or work computer and the Internet. Both agencies and interested volunteers can use the virtual service.- Volunteer Management for Program Directors
A series of helpful resources on a wide range of volunteer management issues from CASAnet.- Volunteer Management Online Resources
Information from the Texas Education Network on volunteer screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, legal issues/risk management, volunteer/staff relations, online activism by volunteers, and volunteer management software. Also includes links to resources for coordinators of service learning programs.- Other Online Resources at CharityVillage
Online Publications
- Grassroots Fundraising Journal Find more than 40 articles and sample book chapters free online from this well-known print publication.
- Ideas in Action, a twice-monthly email newsletter from the folks at Idealist that offers a selection of news, tips, and useful resources for people working in the nonprofit sector.
- Voluntas is an interdisciplinary academic journal which includes articles covering theoretical and empirical work, new topics and reviews, and critical commentary of research and policy.
- Volunteer Today, a monthly web-zine that bills itself as the electronic gazette for volunteerism. News, commentary, cartoons, advice and events.
- Volunteering, The Magazine the publication of the National Centre for Volunteering in Britain.
- VPM Ideas Delivered to your Mailbox Fresh Weekly, the weekly e-zine that accompanies the CyberVPM.com Update and is published every Monday other than weeks the Update is published. It covers topics of interest to those working with volunteers in a wide variety of settings.
- Who Cares: A Journal of Service and Action, a quarterly journal devoted to community service and social activism. It includes incisive, nonpartisan coverage of community service, profiles of young activists, volunteers, and entrepreneurs, and challenges readers to consider new ways of fixing society's problems.
- Other Online Publications at CharityVillage
Government Web Sites and Programs
- Other Government web sites at CharityVillage
Books and other publications
- Building Better Relationships With Volunteers --- Fostering a great attitude towards volunteers amongst your paid staff
from Sound Volunteer Management. Training Kit. $US 24.95 plus $4.00 shipping ($6.00 to Canada).
9594 First Ave. NE, #413, Seattle WA 98115-2012; e-mail: penguin@halcyon.com.
- Managing Volunteers In Record Time --- Solving the time crunch in your program to strengthen your volunteer management
from Sound Volunteer Management. Training Kit. $US 24.95 plus $4.00 shipping ($6.00 to Canada).
9594 First Ave. NE, #413, Seattle WA 98115-2012; e-mail: penguin@halcyon.com.
- The Board's Role in Effective Volunteer Involvement
by Susan J. Ellis, 30 pages, from National Center for Nonprofit Boards. $14.00
US. Suite 510-S, 2000 L St. NW, Washington DC, 20036-4907; (202) 452-6262.
- Other Books at CharityVillage
Periodicals
Annual Subscription: $15 CDN
2222 Fillmore Crescent, Ottawa, ON K1J 6A3
Email: contact_cjvrm@yahoo.ca
- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Sponsored by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), published by Sage Publications, 4 issues/yr.; Standard Individual Rate - one year : US $67 ; Institutional Rate - one year : US $163
For subscription information, visit the NVSQ web site.
- Other Periodicals listed at CharityVillage
Organizations
- Nonprofit Neighbourhood Directory of Volunteer Centres/Bureaux
- Volunteer Opportunities across Canada and around the world
- Other Nonprofit Neighbourhood listings
Online Discussions
- CYBERVPM (for sharing recruitment techniques and management ideas among charity employees who work with volunteers)
listserv@listserv.aol.com
To subscribe, send e-mail, leaving the subject line blank, with the message subscribe cybervpm your name
- GIVING (for donors & volunteers)
listproc@envirolink.org
To subscribe, send e-mail, leaving the subject line blank, with the message SUBSCRIBE GIVING YOUR NAME
- GO-VPM (for professionals working with volunteers in government-based settings, whether local, provincial/state or national. Participation is restricted to those working with volunteers in government.)
www.cybervpm.com/gov-vpm/
To subscribe, visit the GO-VPM section of the cybervpm web site and follow the instructions.
- VOLUNTEERS (for volunteers who wish to discuss their charity work. Officials are also welcome)
listserv@listserv.aol.com
To subscribe, send e-mail, leaving the subject line blank, with the message SUBSCRIBE VOLUNTEERS YOUR NAME
- Other Online Discussions listed at CharityVillage
Educational Programs
Conferences/Seminars
Associations
The mission of the Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources is to provide and maintain a national association which promotes the professional administration of volunteer resources, certification of membership, continuing education standards and collaboration with provincial, national and international organizations.
c/o Volunteer Centre of Edmonton
11456 Jasper Ave., Suite 302, Edmonton, AB, T5K 0M1 (403) 482-6431; Fax (403) 488-6334
Helps nonprofits and voluntary organizations in Quebec fulfill their missions and develop volunteer resources.
A working group for anyone involved in the coordination or management of volunteer services and who are committed to the development and promotion of volunteerism in the Guelph-Wellington County area.
P.O. Box 29049, Eaton Centre Postal Outlet, 55 Wyndham St N., Guelph, Ontario N1H 8J4
PAVR-O was formed in 1998 as a merger of OAVA (Ontario Association for Volunteer Administration) and ODVH (Ontario Directors of Volunteers in Healthcare). PAVR-O seeks to advance the profession of administration of volunteers by advocating at the provincial level for change in attitudes, policies and practices in the voluntary sector. PAVR-O is committed to excellence in the profession of Volunteer Administration. It offers it members on-going professional development opportunities through mentoring, certification and annual conferences.
The Regional Association of Coordinators of Volunteers (RACV) is committed to developing, promoting and supporting professional excellence among those individuals empowered with the management of volunteers in Hamilton-Wentworth region of Ontario.
An association of managers of volunteer services which offers opportunities for professional development for its members and advocates for both volunteerism and professional volunteer management.
Membership Chair: Michelle Hewton mhewton@ctchc.com
YRAVA --- York Region Association for Volunteer Administration
An organization for all those involved in the administration of volunteer services (paid and unpaid) in York Region. YRAVA offers its members opportunities for networking, education, and professional growth through monthly breakfast meetings from October-June and an active e-group.
- ASDVS --- American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services
An American association of professionals in hospitals and health care organizations that lead volunteers.
- National Association of Volunteer Programs in Local Government (US)
For administrators, coordinators, and directors of volunteer programs in local governments.
- Other Professional Associations listed at CharityVillage
Consultants
Services/Products
- Marketplace at CharityVillage
Book Reviews
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