Engage Library

Research to Practice

Research to Practice seeks to identify, review and interpret academic and other research important to the volunteer engagement field. Because the various reports and studies are discussed in terms of their major relevance to practitioners, each of the articles is also listed in the Engage Library by subject covered.

Emerging Trends and Issues in Volunteerism and Volunteer Program Management
In the spring of 2001, Canadian Blood Services (CBS) contracted the services of an external consulting firm to conduct a review of its volunteer program. The research had two key purposes. The first was to explore how CBS might improve both the involvement, and the management,…
Linda L. Graff
Feature Articles
October 2002
Questions of Public Policy
Volunteering is intricately intertwined with many areas of society and public life, some obvious and some that should be better recognized. In this issue of “Points of View” we discuss public policy arenas that relate to volunteering.  For each arena, we pose some…
Linda L. Graff and Susan J. Ellis, and Steve McCurley
Points of View
January 2006
Questions of Public Policy
Volunteering is intricately intertwined with many areas of society and public life, some obvious and some that should be better recognized. In this issue of “Points of View” we discuss public policy arenas that relate to volunteering.  For each arena, we pose some…
Linda L. Graff and Susan J. Ellis, and Steve McCurley
Points of View
January 2006
It's Never Over: Ongoing Screening of Volunteers and Paid Staff
Volunteering and volunteer work have changed dramatically in the last few years. So too have management practices in the not-for-profit sector as shrinking resources combined with increasing demands for service press administrators to search for new ways of doing business. One…
Linda L. Graff
Feature Articles
October 2000

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