From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Boomer Engagement: Build Your Organization’s Capacity, Even in Times of Scarcity (Part 3)

by Robert Rosenthal on August 27, 2009

in Boomer volunteers, Designing opportunities, Telling Your Story, Using VolunteerMatch

Editor’s note: Tapping into the growing number of Boomer volunteers (those aged 50 and up) is a leading concern for many nonprofits looking to grow their capacity over the next five to 10 years and beyond. This article is the third in a series of four posts on the subject by experts and guest bloggers, [...]

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How Nonprofit Organizations Can Participate in the New 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance

by Robert Rosenthal on August 25, 2009

in Designing opportunities, Seasons of service, Telling Your Story, Using VolunteerMatch, Volunteering in the news

It’s been a year of historic happenings in the world of volunteering, and the inspirational events continue next month as 9/11 becomes an official National Day of Service and Remembrance.
September 11 was officially designated a service day as part of the Serve America Act, signed into law by President Obama in April. The idea is [...]

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Social Sharing and Volunteering: How Are Volunteers Spreading Opportunities?

by Victoria Pacchiana on August 24, 2009

in Designing opportunities, Telling Your Story, Using VolunteerMatch, Web 2.0/social media

With so much talk about Facebook Causes, we’ve already seen fundraising go viral. Can volunteer engagement do the same? At what level will volunteers share their service activities with their social networks?
A few months ago VolunteerMatch added the popular ShareThis application to our service. Now that we have the first reports of how our [...]

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Volunteer’s Lament: ‘Failure to Follow Up’

by Robert Rosenthal on August 21, 2009

in Skilled volunteering, Using VolunteerMatch, Virtual volunteering

Today prospective volunteer James S. writes to us about his experience using our service:
I tried to start in April and May of this year. I contacted four organizations who were returned by my search and indicated they could use professional services I could render…. I have yet to start volunteering.
I called James to [...]

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7 Great Examples of Our SearchLite Widget Deployed

by Robert Rosenthal on August 20, 2009

in Partnerships, Using VolunteerMatch, VolunteerMatch news, Web 2.0/social media

We’ve just completely overhauled the process to request our SearchLite Widget. Now, you can just fill out a form to automatically receive the HTML code to put a free “lite” version of our VolunteerMatch on any Web site.
The SearchLite Widget is a popular way for CSR-minded companies, employee volunteer programs, community foundations, Web publishers, and [...]

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