April 02, 2024

Recorded Presentation of How to Make Your Organization an Age-Friendly Place to Volunteer

By: Volunteer Success

Many nonprofits are struggling to regain the older adult (55+) volunteers who were engaged with them before the pandemic.

In this recorded presentation from February 2024, our Director of Volunteerism, Aleksandra Vasic, CVA explores how to make your organization a more “age-friendly” place to volunteer, with the goal of attracting older adults back into volunteering.

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April 27, 2021

Do donors wear different socks than volunteers?

By: volunteerplaintalk

In times of chaos, the flaws in our systems become starkly visible. One such flaw is the antiquated nonprofit notion separating donors and volunteers.

March 23, 2022

Providing Comfort and Communication to Enhance the "Wait Experience"

By: Lina Reid, Patient Experience Consultant, Lakeridge Health

Waiting in a health-care setting, specifically an Emergency Department (ED), is arguably one of the most uncomfortable places to wait. The patient is in distress, physically and mentally. To better understand these experiences and to consider improvements, we mobilized a group of Lakeridge Health’s Patient and Family Experience Advisors and staff to co-design a solution.

October 19, 2023

Why People Don't Volunteer

By: Republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license

In this excellent article from Australia, researchers explore the reasons that get in the way of volunteering, and point to how organizations can encourage more people to get involved.

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