Volunteerism and Civic Engagement

 

 

 

This page will offer useful research, resources, and tool-kits on the most effective ways to strategically engage volunteers for greater impact. If you have a new resource that you would like to recommend, please let me know.

New reports show that more Americans are working with their neighbors to solve community problems and attending public meetings in 2008 than in 2007. Volunteering with nonprofit organizations held steady during the same time.

http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/

A 2006 report by the Corporation for National and Community Service found that 3.3 million college students volunteered in 2005. One avenue of increasing your program’s capacity is to tap college students as volunteer leaders to plan projects and engage other students in meaningful service.

http://nationalserviceresources.org/courses-desc#engaging

Would you like to send a positive message to individuals with disabilities about the value of national service and volunteerism? Interested in enhancing your capacity to actively recruit individuals with disabilities for your service positions?

http://learning.nationalserviceresources.org/login/index.php

As you engage volunteers in service, you can find many opportunities to broaden your work by partnering with other community-based organizations; this course offers tools to help you evaluate your organization’s capacity for establishing and building these partnerships.

http://learning.nationalserviceresources.org/login/index.php

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