Resources to Launch a Virtual Volunteer Program for Your Nonprofit

Last week I posted about becoming a virtual volunteer (a volunteer whose work happens online), but what if you're a nonprofit that wants to start a virtual volunteer program?

Here are a few resources to get you going:

The Virtual Volunteering Guidebook: How to Apply the Principles of Real-World Volunteer Management to Online Service by Susan J. Ellis and Jayne Cravens.

Susan Ellis of Energize, Inc.'s list of articles, e-books and websites about Using the Internet and Virtual Volunteering.

Jayne Cravens' of Coyote Communications' articles about online and virtual volunteering.

"Ask the Expert: Jayne Cravens — Online Volunteering" on the Corporation for National and Community Service's site.

ServiceLeader.org's Virtual Volunteer Resources.

Tom McPhee of Volunteer Power's book (written with his son, Jonathan) The New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer.
What are some of your favorite virtual volunteer program management tips and resources?

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Britt Bravo also blogs at Have Fun * Do Good and BlogHer.

Comments

[S. Swidle]

Super resources on virtual volunteering. You may also want to add "About Online Volunteering: Information Non-Profits Can Use" by Randy Tyler (Canadian charity). Randy Tyler has been a leader in virtual volunteering since 1998. He created the first podcast about virtual volunteering and the global directory of web sites where non-profits can list their virtual volunteer opportunities. Their Web site also show how virtual volunteer management implemented via the Web (http://www.mys.ca/volunter).

Hope this helps those organizations considering such an initiative.

[Britt Bravo]

Hi S. Swindle -

Thanks so much for the link to http://www.mys.ca/volunter

I came across the podcast at http://www.mys.ca/aov , but when I saw that the last show was on March 25th, I thought perhaps it was no longer active, and never made it to http://www.mys.ca/volunter which is full of great resources!

Thanks so much!