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AFP eWire July 31, 2006	Online Volunteering: Factors for Success A new study examines the potential benefits of cultivating online volunteers and the necessary infrastructure and capacity organizations need to effectively employ these volunteers.
PC World December 24, 2001 Tom Spring	Virtual Volunteers Log On to Help Out You can contribute during (and after) the holidays from the comfort of your PC.
Energize June 2013 Susan J. Ellis	Stop Volunteers from Being Their Own Worst Enemies Maybe we need to educate volunteers about who they are and how they fit into our organizations. If we wrongly assume that volunteers "get it," we open ourselves to potential problems of various sorts.
Energize December 2011 Susan J. Ellis	My Personal "State of the World's Volunteering" Report On December 5th, International Volunteer Day, United Nations Volunteers is set to issue its State of the World's Volunteering Report, officially bringing to a close the 2011 International Year of Volunteers + 10.
Energize Susan J. Ellis	Volunteering and Employability: Cause or Effect? Most of us in volunteer management support the observation that volunteering builds resumes, provides career exploration, and demonstrates each volunteer's abilities, but can we make the case that volunteering directly affects employability? And is that the point?
Energize November 2010 Susan J. Ellis	When Volunteers Resist Change Always remember that volunteers bring their own perspectives and stereotypes about volunteerism to their service. Here are some ways of thinking that reflect a lack of training or understanding.
Energize February 2009 Susan J. Ellis	"A New Era of Responsibility": An Open Letter to President Obama A call for the President to remember the professional field of volunteer resource management during his presidency.
AFP eWire August 4, 2008	Volunteering Up, Dropout Rate Still High Retaining donors is not the only challenge nonprofits face. A recent study shows that retention rates for volunteers are nearly as daunting.
Energize September 2013 Susan J. Ellis	What Volunteer Resources Managers Can Teach Human Resources Managers Volunteer resources managers are constantly being told what we can learn from professionals in personnel or human resources. Maybe it's time we tell HR what they can learn from us.
AFP eWire August 16, 2011	Orienting and Training Volunteers for Success All volunteers should go through orientation to the organization and at least some training for their roles as volunteers.
Energize September 2009 Susan J. Ellis	Making Ongoing Volunteering Valued and Visible During the amazing and celebratory opening session of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service held this June in San Francisco, First Lady Michelle Obama and at least four of the other famous speakers proposed a future scenario for volunteering.
Energize June 2006 Susan J. Ellis	Wouldn't It Be Nice to Really Know.... Trends in volunteering are reported largely based on observation and anecdotes rather than on hard data.
Energize April 2008 Susan Ellis	Volunteering is Bigger than the Nonprofit Sector The practice of volunteering for government agencies is contrasted with non-profit volunteering programs and a case is made for volunteers in government.
Energize June 2008 Susan J. Ellis	Is the Rising Cost of Gas a Crisis or an Opportunity for Volunteering? I haven't really heard much discussion yet about the effect of gasoline prices today, but it has to be an issue that will soon surface.
AFP eWire January 22, 2007	Survey Examines Corporate Support of Employee Volunteers in Canada Most corporations and businesses in Canada encourage or accommodate their employee volunteer activities during work hours, although the manner and extent of the support varies widely, according to a new survey.
Energize October 2012 Susan J. Ellis	Practicing What We Preach: Volunteers Helping Us, Too One of the enduring mysteries of the volunteer management field is how often those who lead volunteer efforts do not build a team of volunteers to help them in their important work.
Energize May 2008 Susan J. Ellis	It's Volunteers and Money We need to see the issue of resource allocation for volunteers as integral to our work and develop the skills to "make the case" for spending money on volunteers.
Energize May 2011 Susan J. Ellis	Short Attention Spans versus Long-term Causes How can we reconcile the long-term demands of most causes with the "what's-new-today?" push of media attention? How do we continue to recruit the volunteers we need for the long haul?
Energize October 2011 Susan J. Ellis	What Leaders of Volunteers Can Do To Gain Executive Attention This month, I am turning the spotlight 180 degrees to examine how leaders of volunteers contribute to the problem of not getting enough attention from higher-ups.
Energize Susan J. Ellis	Prospective Volunteers Are Closer than You Think Ask yourself what you have done in the last year to make sure that you are really issuing an invitation to become a volunteer to the people in greatest proximity to you.
Energize July 2009 Susan J. Ellis	The Drive towards "Highly-skilled" and "Pro Bono" Volunteering Skilled or skills-based volunteering is the practice of using work-related knowledge and expertise in a volunteer opportunity
Energize September 2005 Susan J. Ellis	Volunteers Just Want to Have Fun It is common to cast volunteering in a solemn, even spiritual light. In fact, we could do with more humor in our field.
Energize December 2014 Susan J. Ellis	What Did You and Volunteers Do Well this Year? 2014 is rapidly coming to an end. Before you consider making any resolutions for the new year, use December as an opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months.
Energize Susan J. Ellis	Should We Cap the Number of Hours a Volunteer May Serve Each Week? New volunteers may start off gung-ho and promise many hours before they know what they will experience. So I like the practice of setting an initial limit of maximum time until the situation evolves and looks to be successful.
Energize May 2012	Three Things Volunteer Managers Can Learn from the Social Media Revolution Quick Tip: Recruit what Susan Ellis calls `cyber deputies.' These are volunteers who perhaps have more knowledge or comfort with social media than you.
Energize November 2012 Susan J. Ellis	The Perfect Volunteer Storm What can we observe in all of this outpouring of time and effort for the presidential election and for Hurricane Sandy and what implications can we see for calmer times? Let's do some analysis from our volunteer leadership perspective.
Energize July 2010 Susan J. Ellis	The Correlation between Time Donors and Money Donors All research shows that people who volunteer tend to give more money to charity than people who do not. This often-quoted finding only tells part of the philanthropy story.
Energize February 2014 Susan J. Ellis	It's Time to Discuss the Complex Relationship of Volunteering and Money We constantly fight the attitude that "volunteers are free," but money is connected to volunteering in complex ways.
Energize May 2005 Susan J. Ellis	Why Be Boring When You Can Celebrate in So Many Ways? It's your chance to enlighten, amaze, surprise, and educate everyone. Remember that only the volunteer program manager sees the full cumulative effect of volunteer involvement for the past year. Paid staff, volunteers, and administrators only see their small part of the larger picture.
AFP eWire May 30, 2006	New Website Registers Volunteers for Future Disasters The Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network have created a new website to help prepare for future disasters by linking charities with volunteers.
Energize June 2011 Paula J. Beugen	Is the Corporation for National and Community Service on the Right Track for Volunteerism? After energetically working alongside many others to advance the concepts for what became the National and Community Service Act of 1990, I am stunned by the current state of what is now the Corporation for National and Community Service
Energize June 2012 Susan J. Ellis	Why Do We Love Volunteer Satisfaction Surveys? How did we arrive at this particular method of assessing success with volunteers? Do such surveys reveal anything meaningful about the value of volunteer contributions?
Energize February 2006 Susan J. Ellis	The Fair Labor Standards Act and Other Obstacles to Progress As advocates for volunteer engagement, we need to approach specialized counselors as equal team members, remembering that we, too, have expertise to offer.
Energize January 2006 Susan J. Ellis	The Implications of History Volunteering lessons gleaned from the newest edition of By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers.
Energize January 2014 Susan J. Ellis	Virtual Volunteering Revisited Some people will volunteer solely online, others will combine a virtual component with an onsite placement, and others may do their service totally hands on.
Energize May 2010 Susan J. Ellis	The Self-Directed Volunteer The author discusses what is meant by the "self-directed" volunteer and what this means for philanthropic organizations.
Entrepreneur September 2006 Chris Penttila	Got Skills? Corporate volunteering is becoming less about envelope stuffing and more about letting employees apply their specific skills.
Job Journal November 6, 2005 Susan J. Ellis	Volunteer Work Can Give Your Job Search a Boost Whether you're looking into a first career or interested in switching professions, volunteering can be a marvelous way to explore your options.
AFP eWire October 29, 2007	Older Volunteers Now Looking for Payments Retirees and older volunteers are now looking to be paid, even just a small sum, for their charitable work.
AFP eWire December 12, 2005	Tapping Into Baby Boomer Volunteerism A new report provides fresh research about the aging of the American labor force and suggests ways that both for-profits and nonprofits can tap into the talent and energy of the baby boomer generation for their volunteer programs.
AFP eWire May 21, 2004	Is Too Much Volunteering Bad for Your Health? Study found that those respondents who volunteered their time to charities and other groups tended to have worse physical health than those who didn't volunteer.
Searcher June 2010 Cecilia Hogan	For Our Next (Charitable) Trick, We'll Need a Volunteer The author explores the ins and outs of the volunteer experience and offers suggestions on where to find the ideal volunteer position.
AFP eWire March 1, 2004	Many Nonprofits Using Volunteers Ineffectively A joint study by the UPS Foundation, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps has revealed that 80 percent of nonprofits rely on volunteers for critical activities, but admit they do not have the resources or knowledge to manage them as they might like.
AFP eWire February 28, 2005	New Report Sheds Light on Why People Volunteer While moral values are the primary reason many Americans volunteer, clear differences emerge between age groups, according to a survey.
AFP eWire April 25, 2005	Canadian Volunteers Motivated by Cause, Connection Canadians are more motivated to volunteer their time and resources because of the personal satisfaction they feel rather than any reward or recognition they may receive, according to a survey.
AFP eWire February 19, 2007	Volunteering Slightly Down in 2006, But Overall Still Strong Results from a survey on volunteering by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a modest decline, but they may reflect special circumstances instead of a trend. Includes statistics on the demographics of volunteers.
Energize April 2012 Susan J. Ellis	Common Sense and Volunteer Involvement I am very interested in what you have to share as your examples of lack of common sense when it comes to decisions affecting volunteers.
Energize May 2013 Susan J. Ellis	Strategic Volunteer Management: Expanding Your Organization's Brain The problem in volunteer management is not that our organizations are without strategies of various sorts; it's that volunteers are not naturally integrated into those strategies even as an operational tactic.
Energize February 2012 Susan J. Ellis	Volunteering is Inherently Political What would happen if we intentionally appealed to the political motivations of prospective volunteers? Instead of recruiting mainly by expressing the needs of our organizations and clients, we might put our work into a broader community perspective.
Energize April 2013 Susan J. Ellis	Revisiting the Seven Deadly Sins of Directing Volunteers In the early 1980s, Energize produced a mini-poster with the dramatic title of "The Seven Deadly Sins of Directing Volunteers," which proved extremely popular. We are reappraising them for 2013.