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Service Brief: Serve.gov Decision a Victory for Smart Government and Social Enterprise

by Greg Baldwin on October 9, 2009

in Designing opportunities, National service, Partnerships, Volunteering in the news

Starting next week, the Corporation for National and Community Service will no longer invite individuals and organizations to post their volunteer opportunities to a federally operated database.
According to an email from Nicola Goren, CNSC’s acting CEO, after October 14, organizations and individuals will be referred to a list of independent organizations, both for profit and [...]

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New to VolunteerMatch? Attend a Free Introductory Webinar for Nonprofits

by Robert Rosenthal on September 30, 2009

in Community leader, Designing opportunities, Using VolunteerMatch

Maybe you’re in a new role or else new to your organization? Maybe you’ve just recently learned how volunteers can help your organization to succeed? Or maybe your boss just assigned the VolunteerMatch account over to you?
Whatever the situation, you’ve heard that VolunteerMatch can help organizations just like yours find great volunteers for all kinds [...]

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iParticipate.org and Hollywood’s Big Commercial About Volunteering

by Robert Rosenthal on September 29, 2009

in VolunteerMatch news, Volunteering in the news

VolunteerMatch is making sure your organization has an all-access pass to the biggest primetime ad for volunteering ever.
From October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows plan to “spotlight the power and personal benefits of service” with storylines and characters talking about volunteering.
Shows with volunteering in the scripts will include Mercy, American Idol, Private Practice, [...]

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Conference Captures: Nonprofits Speak Out About VolunteerMatch

by Robert Rosenthal on July 28, 2009

in Community leader, Conferences & events, Designing opportunities, Professional networking, Using VolunteerMatch

[This is the fifth in a series of video interviews captured at this year's National Conference on Volunteering and Service, which took place June 22-24 in San Francisco. To see them all, click here.]
One of the great things about the National Conference is the chance to spend time with members of our nonprofit community. This [...]

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How Search Ranking Works at Allforgood.org

by Robert Rosenthal on July 2, 2009

in Designing opportunities, Skilled volunteering, Using VolunteerMatch, Virtual volunteering, Web 2.0/social media

Lots of questions have come up since my post last week about making sure your listings show up at Allforgood.org, the new volunteer opportunity aggregation service (powered by Google) that’s behind the scenes at Serve.gov.
According to John Lyman, an All For Good program manager who works for Google, the software is still somewhat in flux [...]

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