Along the Web is a "retired" section. It was based on former editor Steve McCurley's general theory of life: "Why re-invent the wheel when you can steal the whole car?" Leaders in volunteer involvement already have too much to do to waste time, so in this section we tried to show you what's already been learned by others. Along the Web presents materials and sites found on the Web that focus on various aspects of volunteering
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This issue of Along the Web looks at a great variety of things: genetic influences on volunteering, involving volunteers from different ethnic and immigrant communities, the impact on various modes of housing on volunteer involvement and a wide assortment of other topics. All in…
October 2010
Arts, heritage and cultural institutions have always been one of the bulwarks of volunteer involvement, engaging large numbers of volunteers in a very wide range of institutions. One of the more fascinating aspects of volunteering in these institutions is that some programs are…
July 2010
Once again, Along the Web summarizes a variety of new materials and events on the Web that are related to volunteering. This popular feature by Steve McCurley presents a sampling of research studies and articles on trends, environmental volunteering, volunteers by age groups,…
October 2008
This issue of Along the Web continues our practice of providing you with links to a variety of the more interesting studies and reports available via the Internet. In this issue we’ll look at everything from international youth service programs to volunteering in cathedrals to…
October 2009
In this issue’s Along the Web, Steve McCurley presents another collection of Miscellaneous Good Stuff. In this regular e-Volunteerism column, McCurley covers a wide range of topics, ranging from trends in Internet usage and volunteering by seniors to issues related to student…
April 2010
Most of our readers manage volunteer programs in social, community, arts or environmental services – which leads us to easily overlook the fact that some of the largest and most complex volunteer efforts lie entirely outside these areas. In this Along the Web, we look at one of…
January 2010
One of the fastest growing and most significant new ways of volunteering in the past 20 years has been volunteering through one’s workplace. Major corporations have created extensive programs to encourage and enable their employees to volunteer and this form of business social…
July 2009
The Internet now offers a fascinating array of tools and techniques for managing volunteers – VolunteerMatch, Facebook, blogs, Vlogs, Wikis, Twitter and many others. In this Along the Web, we take a look at these and other cutting-edge tools. After a quick research review on…
April 2009
In his later years, Ivan Scheier finally learned how to use e-mail (at least in a sparing fashion) and to dabble in other parts of Web communication. He was definitely not a techie and probably not even comfortable with being a Web person, but you’ll still see his traces online…
January 2009
This edition of Along the Web is a compilation of some of the more interesting material on volunteer involvement that we have encountered during the first half of 2008. Among the listing are items on background screening of volunteers, LGB T (lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
July 2008
While we often focus on the good that volunteering does for recipients of service, there is increasing evidence that volunteering benetifts volunteers, too. One of these benefits, for instance, is increased work skills and experience that may lead to better prospects for…
April 2008
This edition of Along the Web looks at online periodicals that focus on volunteerism – including magazines, newsletters, blogs, mailing lists and more. We organize the periodicals into specific categories, and give a summary of many that we feel are particularly useful and…
January 2008
This edition of Along the Web continues to explore some of the newer and more interesting topics on volunteerism available via the Web. We cover a very wide range of research projects and manuals from a variety of countries, reflecting the high level of interest now focused on…
October 2007
In this edition of Along the Web, we return to a topic first discussed two years ago and a trend that has grown significantly since that time: family volunteering. This update provides three categories of new and expanded materials on family volunteering, one of our favorite…
July 2007
This edition of Along the Web focuses on a miscellaneous set of new and interesting publications on volunteering. Included are trends in volunteering, employee volunteering, disaster volunteers, immigrant volunteers, and a miscellany of other interesting things.
April 2007
This “Along the Web” feature explores one of the most rapidly developing subcultures in volunteering – combining travel with service. Originally called ecotourism, it is now referred to as vacation volunteering or voluntourism -- a word which has even made its way to the…
January 2007
This issue of “Along the Web” contains a variety of the newer publications now available on the Internet. The pace of research and technical assistance material on volunteering is increasing and one can now find almost any subject covered in some detail. What follows is just a…
October 2006
Volunteering is generally thought of as a mechanism in which people choose to assist others. Recent work, however, has indicated that volunteering possesses a number of ancillary attributes in respect to positively affecting those who volunteer. Volunteering, for example, has…
July 2006
“Along the Web” for this issue updates the first topic we examined back in 2000: volunteer program liability and risk management. This is a topic that has received a lot of attention during the past five years, with a corresponding amount of materials produced to discuss it. …
April 2006
We commonly do “Along the Web” by subject categories, but in the past issue I thought I’d just list a variety of interesting reports that have shown up recently that either don’t fit neatly into categories or are within subject areas that we have already covered. This continues…
January 2006