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About The Last Virtual Volunteering
Guidebook
Virtual Volunteering Suggested Practices
Suggested practices regarding introducing virtual volunteering
to an organization, recruiting online volunteers, screening
and training online volunteers, working with online
volunteers, evaluating virtual volunteering efforts, etc., are
available in
The LastVirtual
Volunteering Guidebook. The book
includes detailed advice regarding high-responsibility online
volunteering roles, working with virtual teams, and creating
microvolunteering assignments with an eye to cultivating
longer-term supporters.
Other Sites Re: Virtual Volunteering
In addition to
research and
evaluations of virtual volunteering that is tracked here
on the Virtual Volunteering Wiki, which has been put together
as a supplement to
The LastVirtual
Volunteering Guidebook, there are also
various other web sites, blogs, publications and initiatives
focused on virtual volunteering, often under different names
(digital volunteering, online volunteering, microvolunteering,
etc.). It's impossible to create a comprehensive list of such
- just as it would be impossible to make a list of all web
sites, blogs and other non-research related to volunteering,
in general. This list gives an
overview of the different
ways various people and organizations are talking about
virtual volunteering, especially outside the USA.
Tech Tools
Tech tools - tools related to
computers, tablets, smart phones, cell phones and/or the
Internet - can be used for various aspects of
recruiting, supporting and
involving volunteers. This section of the Virtual Volunteering
Wiki tracks some of these ever-changing tools.
Includes examples of videos used for
training and orientation of volunteers.
Volunteer Management Resources Online
Understanding the basics of volunteer management is essential
to success with online volunteers.
This
is an index of of online resources the guidebook authors
consider most essential.
Safety in Online Interactions
The Last Virtual
Volunteering Guidebook discusses
safety extensively. In addition to the detailed information in
the book, here are
web sites that
provide general information about online safety.
Training Opportunities
Any consultant or organisation that is conducting an activity
related to training regarding virtual volunteering is welcomed
to
submit event or class info to Energize, Inc.;
you can list, or find, a
conference or workshop in
North America, a
conference or workshop based
in Europe, a
conference or workshop in
Australia or New Zealand, a
conference or w global conference related
to virtual volunteering, microvolunteering, etc. You can also
see or submit
academic classes and certificate programs,
as well as
online courses
Information in Languages Other Than English
Links to web sites and lists of offline publications related
to virtual volunteering,
in languages
in other than English.
External Resources (not on this Wiki)
Want to know the full details about using the Internet
to engage and support volunteers? See:
The Last Virtual
Volunteering Guidebook
by Jayne Cravens and Susan J. Ellis
purchase
as a paperback & an ebook
The most comprehensive
guide available on virtual volunteering, including
online mentoring, micro-volunteeirng, virtual teams,
high-responsibility roles, crowd sourcing to benefit
nonprofits and other mission-based organizations, and
much more.
Published January 2014, based on more than 30 years of
research.