Civic Engagement
Ensuring That Skilled Volunteers Land with Impact
Without the proper planning, preparation, and long-term thinking, skills-based volunteers and the organizations that sponsor them can easily do more harm than good.
Tag: Volunteering
Innovative programs to attract and manage volunteers
Civic Engagement
Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?
A framework for understanding the roles you can play in a movement for social change.
Civic Engagement
The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering
One of the fastest-growing corporate citizenship programs is skills-based volunteering—in which a team of corporate employees works for an extended period of time to help a nonprofit solve a complex operational problem.
Leadership
Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
Organizational Development
Living in the World of Both/And
How leaders are integrating both the network and organizational mindset into their pursuit of social impact.
Civic Engagement
A New Model for Citizen Engagement
By transforming municipal volunteering programs into “impact volunteering” efforts, leaders and citizens can lay a foundation for civic renewal.
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Health
Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering
Drawing on extensive field research and surveys, Lasker suggests several ways to make international health volunteering more effective.
Education
Malia, the Rise of the Gap Year, and Ethical International Engagement
International volunteerism often does more harm than good. A look at why the education sector needs to get serious about global development and human rights approaches.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Learning From Peer Organizations: Nonprofits Must Expand the Definition
Attracting transformational philanthropy and leveraging volunteers to scale are just two lessons nonprofits can learn from looking to organizations beyond those they traditionally identify with.
Technology
The Refugee Tech Crisis
Digital projects aimed at helping refugees need to consolidate their efforts and work collectively.