From brief, hands-on assignments to short-term, skills-based contributions, nonprofits can find many ways to keep good volunteers engaged without asking for big time commitments.
Continued budget cuts have led the national park system to rely on outside financial support, but now it seems another area of critical support—its volunteer base—is at risk due to lack of training, appreciation, and institutional support.
Should NGOs and advocacy networks bring more awareness and help to the local activists who are deeply at risk, along with their closest communities?
In this “Voices from the Field,” we see that when campaigns empower volunteers rather than simply managing them, everyone succeeds.
TPC confirms that legal complexities with its for profit status was a driver for its new volunteer policy.
Should the for-profit comic convention industry be able to charge their volunteers?
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Interviews with foster youth led this local nonprofit to believe that it was most important to have supportive caring adults as advocates. But what if they could include community demographics as a consideration? That would set an example of what a truly reflective and inclusive volunteer community could look like.
Nonprofit organizations must keep an eye on the future by engaging volunteers in a more fluid and constant way that ensures high quality volunteers are connected with the organization and each other on an ongoing basis.
In the wake of the Reddit rebellion, Rebecca Taylor and Jane Parry, writing for Newsweek, have some points to make about the implied contract between organizations and unpaid volunteers.
