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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 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 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 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 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 December 2006 Susan J. Ellis	Together We Stand: Volunteers and Volunteer Resource Managers Connected Frontline volunteers and boardroom volunteers are more alike than different, and the principles of effective volunteer administration apply to each group.
Energize September 2004 Susan J. Ellis	Workplace Volunteerism: Have We Thought this Through? It should trouble us that most employee volunteer programs focus on the lowest level employee and do not encourage middle management and higher to participate as well.
Energize April 2010 Susan J. Ellis	"You Get What You Pay For" Society holds contradictory attitudes about money that affect volunteering in many ways. It's worth exploring some of the most common notions.
Energize January 2010 Susan J. Ellis	Differentiating Volunteering and Working for Pay The distinctions between the two groups are vital because we need both for different reasons.
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.
Energize March 2008 Susan J. Ellis	California Governor "Pumps Up" Volunteering California elevates volunteer management to a state cabinet position.
Energize March 2010 Susan J. Ellis	AmeriCorps and Senior Corps Targeting Volunteer Management The most popular capacity building option among both charities and congregations with social service outreach activities is the addition of a one-year, full-time volunteer with a living stipend (like an AmeriCorps member), with responsibility for volunteer recruitment and management.
Energize November 2011 Susan J. Ellis	Part-time Volunteer Management Means Equally Limited Volunteer Involvement, It is hardly news that the majority of people who lead volunteer involvement are expected to do so part-time.
Energize August 2005 Susan J. Ellis	Still Tilting at Windmills While there have been huge and exciting developments in volunteerism in the past 30 years, many of the challenges are still looming windmills to fight. Also, the most stimulating activities right now are occurring far outside the United States, while here it is harder to find innovators or leaders.
Energize August 2014 Susan J. Ellis	Identifying Who Is and Is Not a "Volunteer" I suspect that every reader has engaged in this sort of discussion/debate/argument more than once.
Energize February 2013 Susan J. Ellis	The Treasure Trove of Knowledge Philanthropists This month our colleagues at Vantage Point in Vancouver, BC, Canada are releasing a new book, The Abundant Not-for-Profit by Colleen Kelly and Lynda Gerty. Inspirational and practical, the book argues for a transformation in thinking about volunteers.
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 May 2009 Paula J. Beugen	The Role of Volunteer Resources Managers in the Serve America Act: Stay Up-to-Date and Lead There is now a new law that authorizes great expansion of Federally-supported service programs, notably AmeriCorps and several new special Corps and initiatives. The Serve America Act is over 100 pages in length and funds still need to be appropriated.
Energize August 2011 Susan J. Ellis	I'll Never Understand Why Executives Still Don't Understand Here is the most succinct set of arguments for not ignoring volunteer involvement.
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 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.
Energize January 2007 Susan J. Ellis	Should Volunteer Program Managers Be Volunteers, Too? There's never been a better time to volunteer for a volunteer management network - and that's true in a range of countries around the world, many of whom are nurturing embryo associations right now.
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 June 2010 Susan J. Ellis	Reimagining Service: Is Corporate HR Management What We See? If you see volunteer management as just HR management, then you will love Reimagining Service, which promotes the idea of applying private sector human resources practices to nonprofit organizations.
Energize July 2011 Susan J. Ellis	Needed: A Multi-level Approach to Credentialing Volunteer Management Volunteer management has been an "emerging profession" ever since I've been in the field -- which is now 40 years.
Energize August 2006 Susan J. Ellis	Start Early: Teaching Students about Volunteering, Not Simply Doing It Curriculum change must come from teachers inside the school system but, as the people with the most at stake in changing student understanding of the role of volunteering in our society, volunteer management practitioners can be vocal advocates.
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 November 2008 Susan J. Ellis	How Will the Economic Crisis Affect Volunteering? Will volunteering increase, decrease, or change in some way as the financial situation becomes more dire?
HBS Working Knowledge October 18, 2004 Manda Salls	The Nonprofit Boon from Boomers A new study by the Harvard School of Public Health identifies baby boomers as a great potential source of volunteers in the future. But nonprofits better start making their pitch now.
Energize December 2009 Susan J. Ellis	When the Ax Falls: Budget Cutting and Volunteers Can an organization turn to volunteers to fill gaps when budgets are cut and employees laid off?
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Anthony Annett	Reform in Europe: What Went Right? Successful economic and social reformers can offer valuable lessons for the rest of the EU.
Energize February 2008 Susan J. Ellis	The Power of Difference For best success, look for volunteers that offer a different skill set than the paid staff.
CFO December 1, 2006 Wu Chen	View from China: Unions at Wal-Mart In a surprise move, Wal-Mart allows its workers in China to unionize.
Energize January 2012 Susan J. Ellis	What Would the Perfect Volunteer Involving Organization Look Like? Here is what I think an organization would look like if it practiced everything we preach about creative, welcoming, and effective volunteer management, led by a skilled director of volunteer involvement.
Energize October 1008 Susan J. Ellis	The Confusing Talk about Service A look into the legislation leading a country into public service.
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 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
Job Journal September 14, 2003 Bob Rosner	A Law for All Who Labor Labor laws safeguard your right to fair wages for your work.
Energize April 2011 Susan J. Ellis	Celebrate Collective Accomplishments, Not Volunteered Time Volunteer recognition is a powerful tool for leaders of volunteers that remains largely underutilized.
Energize October 2006 Susan J. Ellis	The Middle Management Barrier Middle managers are vital to how effective the organization's volunteer engagement will be.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger	How Many Taxes Can There Be? In considering the appropriate strategies to manage your taxes, you have to take these taxes into account: States and their income taxes... If it's a tax, it can't be simple... etc.
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 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 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.
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 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 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 September 2006 Susan J. Ellis	What’s in a Name…or a Title? What's the best title for the person who is designated as the leader of volunteers?
Energize December 2007 Susan J. Ellis	Helper Triage: Volunteer Management in Emergencies It's imperative that citizen volunteers be a subject for consideration in any emergency plan and that at least one authorized person be designated solely to be in charge of volunteer mobilization when a crisis occurs.
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.