Blogs and Wikis Discussing Volunteer Leadership

Blogs are, by their nature, personal musings by the individuals who start them, but can be excellent sources of useful information and new perspectives.  Decide on the merits of each for youself. Wikis are sites that engage visitors in collaborative writing and exchange.

Social Citizens Blog - Glossary 2.0
http://blog.socialcitizens.org/archive/what-is-a-blog-anyway
Site utilizing the most innovative online technology for "social citizenship" offers this page defining blogs, wikis, and other tools (includes videos).

Acronymn
http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/volunteer_management/
From the American Society of Association Management: “A veritable alphabet soup of ideas for the association community.”

Association of Volunteer Managers
http://www.volunteermanagers.org.uk/blog
“A voice, a network and a resource for volunteer management” in England.

Care2 Community
http://www.care2.com/community/
Postings by the volunteers who engage in green causes (over 10 million members of the site).

The Chronicle of Philanthropy - "Give and Take"
http://philanthropy.com/giveandtake/
"A roundup of blogs about the nonprofit world," many of which include volunteer-related issues.  Page gives a long list of nonprofit blogs.

"Conversations From the Field of Volunteer Management”
http://www.volunteermaine.org/blog/
Written by various contributors from the VolunteerMaine Partnership and Maine Commission for Community Service.

Disaster News Network - "DNN Volunteer News" http://www.disasternews.net/blog/
Postings from leadership volunteers active in a variety of US and international disaster recovery efforts.

Energize Book Blog
http://www.energizeinc.com/blog
A blog about volunteer management books, featuring excerpts, author interviews, and more!

Engaging Volunteers
http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/
Written by Greg Baldwin of VolunteerMatch, the online registry of volunteer opportunities.

Everyday Giving Blog
http://everydaygiving.typepad.com/
All about different ways of giving to help others and making the world a better place, by Roger Carr.

Have Fun - Do Good Blogspot
http://havefundogood.blogspot.com
"A blog for people who want to make the world a better place AND have fun!" from Britt Bravo.

IdealistNews
http://www.idealistnews.com
A free “social news” service for nonprofits from Idealist.org and Reddit.com, in which participants post what they think is timely and important news of remarkable

Inside GOOD Blogspot
http://theinsidegoodblog.blogspot.com/
Where employees, interns, volunteers and donors can rate their experiences working with, or donating to, nonprofits.

Jayne Blog
http://blogs.forumer.com/jcravens/
One of the field's first blogs run by Jayne Cravens, expert in online volunteering, that offers information on volunteerism as while as nonprofit technological issues.

JFFixler Blog
http://www.jffixler.com/blog
Written by Jill Fixler and others in her firm, with a major focus on volunteerism.

New York Nonprofit Press - Volunteer Management Blog
http://www.nynp.biz/index.php/community-forums/234-alexandra-collier
Written by experienced volunteer administration practitioner Alexandra Collier to explore challenges to the field and new program ideas.

Nonprofit Commons Project
http://npsl.wikispaces.com/
Managed by TechSoup Global, this a virtual community of practice for nonprofits to explore the opportunities and benefits of Second Life. You do not have to have an office in the Nonprofit Commons to get involved! This wiki site provides documentation and other helpful information not only for NP Commons tenants, but for any nonprofit that is interested in learning about Second Life.

Nonprofit News and Comment
http://hausercenter.org/npnews/

This blog from the Hauser Center  for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University surveys major newspapers and periodicals for important stories and links to a wide range of nonprofit news -- including volunteering as a designated category.

People Making a Difference®
http://www.pmd.org/blog/
Lori Tsuruda’s Blog promoting informed and responsible volunteerism.

Points of Light Blog
http://www.pointsoflight.org/blog
"Reflections on 21st century volunteerism."

Realizing Your Worth
http://realizedworth.blogspot.com/
Thoughts on Corporate Social Responsibility and corporate volunteering by Chris Jarvis in Canada.

Scrapbook of My Life
http://gionnetto.blogspot.com/
Eclectic and personal blog by Rosanna Tarsiero in Italy, covering volunteer management concepts along with psychiatry, mental illness, and other topics.

ServiceWire
http://servicewire.org/wire
A tool from Youth Service America for access to current news, information, and grant opportunities from the service-learning and youth service fields.

Tactical Philanthropy
http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/
Blog of Sean Stannard-Stockton, principal and director of Tactical Philanthropy at Ensemble Capital Management. An open space for discussion of philanthropy and a chronicle of "The Second Great Wave of Philanthropy," including some volunteer issues.

Travelistic Videos for Travelers:  Voluntourismhttp://www.travelistic.com/video/tag/voluntourism
List of blogs and videos posted by voluntourists.

The Urban Survival Project
http://urbansurvivalproject.blogspot.com/

"This blog is about social networking to achieve something socially beneficial, and charts the journey of a social idea from conception hopefully to reality."

The Volunteer Manager
http://volunteermanager.wordpress.com/
A blog for "all volunteers and volunteer managers," started in September 2006 by Greg Colby.

A Volunteer’s Guide to Changing the World
http://howtorelay.blogspot.com/
By Mark Horoszowski in Seattle.

Wendy Biro-Pollard's Volunteer Management Blog
http://wendybiro-pollard.com/category/volunteer-management/
Articles and insights from this speaker, trainer and Certified Volunteer Administrator with over 25 years of experience.

World Volunteer Web Blog
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/join-the-network/blogs/volunteer-blog.html

Part of the excellent World Volunteer Web site, this blog offers a forum for both volunteers and managers.

 

11/17/2009

 

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