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Volunteer on a Mission: Watching a New Organization Emerge
One of the most powerful things a volunteer can do is see a need and start trying to meet it. With enough passion and hard work, that initial maverick will attract other volunteers to the cause and a worthy organization will emerge and grow. That evolution might expand over…
Stephanie Myers
Feature Articles
April 2015
Advocating for Volunteers by Educating Staff
We all know that an organizational culture that values volunteers and volunteer management is an ideal environment in which to engage citizens in important, meaningful service. But how do we foster this culture? One approach is to design and implement in-house training and…
Erin L. Barnhart
Training Designs
April 2015
The Economic, Social, and Cultural Value of Volunteering to Tasmania
In 2014, Paul C. Muller and his team of researchers published a report called "The Economic, Social and Cultural Value of Volunteering to Tasmania," the first such study in that Australian state. The report agrees with the authors of previous e-Volunteerism articles that…
Paul C. Muller
Feature Articles
April 2015
Is Finding a Comparison a Sign of Achievement?
In this Points of View, authors Rob Jackson and Susan J. Ellis debate an issue that every volunteer manager must confront: Should you compare and contrast your volunteer engagement to that of other organizations? Is finding a comparison a sign of achievement, or is it…
Rob Jackson and Susan J. Ellis
Points of View
April 2015
Love Your Job and the Rest Will Follow: Passion as a Leadership Skill
Irish-Australian colleague DJ Cronin speaks his mind with passion and humor, reflecting on the importance of truly loving the role of leading volunteers. I love my job. I am in love with my job. I intend to live forever! So far so good! But saying such things in today’s society…
DJ Cronin
Feature Articles
April 2015
Volunteer Management: Art or Science?
In this quarter’s Research to Practice, Laurie Mook reviews a study by Mark A. Hager and Jeffrey L. Brudney testing whether or not the “adoption of ‘best practices’ (such as interviewing volunteers, matching them to assignments, supervising volunteer activities, and recognizing…
Laurie Mook, Ph.D.
Research to Practice
April 2015
A Volunteer’s a Volunteer, No Matter How Small: Children as Volunteers
"A person's a person, no matter how small." Dr. Seuss This quote from American writer and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel embodies the theme of this edition of Along the Web: children as volunteers. While not a new idea, the thought of incorporating the efforts of young…
Erick C. Lear
Along the Web
April 2015

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