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Boards lack diversity, engagement.
Too many nonprofit boards are out of touch with the communities
they serve, lacking active engagement and diversity among members.
Philanthropy Journal (17.7.2007)
Good health tied to volunteering.
Volunteering is a good way to help others, but a new study says
it’s also a good way to improve your health and extend your life.
Philanthropy Journal (22.5.2007)
Value of volunteer time jumps.
The estimated value of volunteer time in the U.S. rose to $18.77
an hour last year, bringing to $152 billion the total value of
time donated by American adults.
Philanthropy Journal (9.4.2007)
Desire to volunteer not matched by action.
An overwhelming majority of Americans are willing to volunteer
their time, but a much smaller proportion actually did so in 2006.
Philanthropy Journal (26.3.2007)
U.S. volunteerism declining.
The share of Americans volunteering their time dropped last year
to 26.7 percent, representing the lowest volunteer rate since the
U.S. Department of Labor began tracking the number in 2002.
Philanthropy Journal (8.3.2007)
Volunteering soars.
Fueled by teens, middle-aged adults and seniors, the volunteer
rate in the U.S. has reached a 30-year high.
Philanthropy Journal (27.12.2006)
Seven things you need to know before you become
a member of a nonprofit board.
Article-Warehouse.com (o. D.)
Geld oder Orden fürs Ehrenamt?
Fachtagung mit Ministerin Trauernicht.
Hamburger Abendblatt (14.9.2006)
Virtual volunteering is quite satisfactory for
many.
The virtual opportunities are growing as are the numbers of
interested volunteers. VolunteerMatch says that 14 percent of its
volunteer opportunities last year were virtual, compared with 1
percent in 1998.
About (24.8.2006)
Oberösterreich: Land der Vereine.
Ehrenamt. Von großen Organisationen bis zu Kleinstvereinen - was
zur Mitarbeit motiviert. Mit 15.000 Vereinen ist Oberösterreich im
Spitzenfeld Österreichs.
Die Presse (24.7.2006)
Relationship advice for volunteer partnerships.
Helping companies and nonprofits maximize volunteer impact.
onPhilanthropy (12.7.2006)
Top 10 tips for setting up a family volunteer
program.
About (5.7.2006)
Building together, Part 2.
Volunteering pays off for community, companies.
Marshaling corporate executives to
work side by side as volunteers reaps multiple benefits, say
participants in an ongoing effort to build a playground a year in
Charlotte.
Philanthropy Journal (9.6.2006)
Women and volunteering.
In addition to helping causes they care about, professional women
polish their workplace skills while volunteering their time.
Philanthropy Journal (25.5.2006)
Volunteers seen as underutilized.
Nonprofits often overlook professional skills of volunteers.
Philanthropy Journal (11.5.2006)
For Oxfam volunteer-driven free software makes
sense.
In a carefully-planned operation that took more than a year to
complete the British charity Oxfam switched three thousand users
from using its proprietary collaboration platform to one which is
closer to their mission: volunteer-created Free/Libre and Open
Source Software (FLOSS).
Tectonic (8.3.2006)
Boomer volunteers booming.
Philanthropy Journal (24.1.2006)
Engagement: Mitleid ist fehl am Platz.
Manager in ehrenamtlicher Tätigkeit. Helfen wollen viele. Wenige
tun es aktiv. Die KarriereLounge brachte Führungskräfte an einen
Tisch, die sich engagieren. Der Hebel ist am größten, wenn man
tut, was man gut kann.
Die Presse (24.12.2005)
Geraldine Peacock: Charities need more diverse
trustee boards.
The year of the Volunteer is drawing to its close and all the
evidence is that it's been a real success - tapping into a mood
and a need in society to give something back. The Commission
seized on this opportunity to make a push to encourage people to
become charity trustees - the people who govern the 190,000
charities in England and Wales.
Independent (17.11.2005)
Board giving: Part 4
Charities offer options for fundraising role boards can play.
When the Des Moines-based Food Bank of Iowa ran a capital campaign
two years ago to raise $700,000 to repay a loan for a new
warehouse, all 11 members of its board either contributed or
helped raise money, including one who made an anonymous donation
of $250,000.
Philanthropy Journal (23.8.2005)
Board giving: Part 3
Charities urged to define boards’ development role.
Every board member should be expected to make a financial
contribution that is “significant” for the individual board member,
says Stephanie Roth, editor in chief of Grassroots Fundraising
Journal.
Philanthropy Journal (16.8.2005)
Boomers plan to work during retirement years
Many plan to focus on helping others.
A majority of baby boomers say they plan to continue working
during their retirement and half of adults ages 50 to 70 say they
want that work to involve serving their communities, a new study
says.
Philanthropy Journal (15.8.2005)
Board giving: Part 2
Staff and boards can view board fundraising role differently.
The gap is widening between staff and board expectations about
nonprofit boards’ fundraising role.
Philanthropy Journal (9.8.2005)
Board giving: Part 1
Charities work to involve boards in fundraising.
While nonprofit executives typically look to their boards to
contribute and help raise money, a big gap can separate the way
staff and boards view the fundraising role boards should and do
play.
Philanthropy Journal (1.8.2005)
Value of volunteering.
The "Volunteer IMPACT Survey," funded by Deloitte, an
accounting and financial services consultancy based in New York,
surveyed more than 1,000 working Americans and found that almost
nine in 10 believe that volunteering in their communities helps
them succeed at work.
Philanthropy Journal (7.6.2005)
Charities told to get with the times.
The need for charities to stop
living in the past is essential if they are to attract volunteers
to their organisations.
Charity Times (21.2.2005)
Volunteering.
Charity comes in many shapes and sizes.
Instead of courting only wealthy individuals and donor
institutions, charities should embrace the idea that anyone can be
a philanthropist, and that philanthropy involves time and know-how,
not just money.
Philanthropy Journal (27.10.2004)
Philanthropy becomes a career for some volunteers.
MENAFN (12.10.2004)
Charity heads call for strong Austrian volunteer programme.
Die Presse (13.9.2004)
Celebrities raise over $2.83m for charity.
Singapore: More than $2.8 million was raised on Sunday in the
President's Star Charity show held at MediaCorp's TV theatre.
Today Online (13.9.2004)
Fighting burnout: Charities need booster shot from boards, funders.
Philanthropy Journal (21.4.2004)
Antworten für Ehrenamtliche.
Lüdenscheider Nachrichten (3.2.2004)
Caroline Kennedy aims to boost volunteerism in
NYC schools and other headlines.
Philanthropy Journal (5.6.2003)
