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Discover Volunteer Management Trends and Best Practices

Enjoy articles, blogs, upcoming events and links to external resources on volunteerism, volunteer management and engagement. Our goal is to provide a library of material to help positively impact community needs, enhance volunteer experiences and support organizations' needs to increase capacity.

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November 20, 2024
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Volunteer Success
Cybersecurity for Older Adults: Stay Alert and Safe
#Risk management

At Volunteer Success, account safety is a top priority. As scams targeting older adults are on the rise, we’re sharing c...

February 07, 2023
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Volunteer Success
How to Safeguard your Online Privacy
#Risk management #Volunteering Tips

With the proliferation of technology and our constant interactions with the internet, we unknowingly share lots of data...

September 15, 2022
1,708
Charityvillage
BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS FOR CANDIDATES AND VOL...
News & Hot Topics
Volunteer Management
#Program development #Risk management #Screening +1

Charityvillage hosted a very interesting podcast for nonprofits and charities related to background and criminal checks...

August 16, 2022
2,896
Chelsea C Anthony
Before Recruitment, Know your BFORs! Why knowing your Bona F...
#Diversity, Equality, Inclusion #Interviewing #Role descriptions +7

What are the factors you consider when recruiting for a volunteer role? Chances are you probably want a good volunteer....

June 23, 2022
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Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf
UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTING YOUR VOLUNTEERS’ LEGAL RIGHTS
#Ethics #Governance #Risk management +1

About 59% of Canadians aged 15 and older, have volunteered. That’s a lot of volunteering by a lot of people motivated t...

June 22, 2022
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IMAGINE CANADA - Presentation by Barry W. Kwasniewski Carters Law
Volunteer agreements: managing volunteer relations and reduc...
#Onboarding #Risk management #Volunteer Management

This informative slide deck from a 2015 presentation hosted by Imagine Canada can assist organizations in foreseeing and...

June 20, 2022
334
Aleksandra Vasic
Struggling to find volunteers for your role? Check out these...
#Role descriptions #Recruitment #Risk management +2

What makes for a good volunteer role, opportunity or project? And how can you decide when a role should be a paid opport...

June 20, 2022
451
Volunteer Success
Free Volunteer Agreement Template and why your organization...
#Onboarding #Risk management #Volunteer Management +1

Does your organization require volunteers to sign a volunteer agreement as part of your onboarding process? If not, you...

June 20, 2022
3,083
Joanne Fine Schwebel
Examining Volunteer Programs through an Equity Lens - Some L...
News & Hot Topics
#Collaboration #Diversity, Equality, Inclusion #Ethics +7

Events from the past year have served to highlight the importance of increasing focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

June 13, 2022
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Lori Gotlieb
How do leaders achieve effective risk management?
Blog
Volunteer Management
Tools & Templates
#Leadership #Risk management #Volunteer Management

The uncertain times have had a major effect on how organizations operate these days. Organizations that used to operate...

May 02, 2022
1,465
Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN)
A Must-Read for VE Professionals: Volunteers and Decent Work...
News & Hot Topics
Training
#Employee/Employer #Ethics #Risk management +1

For those of us working in the non-profit sector and in particular for those who engage volunteers, many of the issues r...

November 17, 2021
1,542
Lori Gotlieb
Risk Assessment Tool
Tools & Templates
#Risk management #Volunteer Management

As we start to look at "new risks" to our volunteer program, having a simple template to help you to gather your thought...

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