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2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Date : March 25, 2011. Topic : Using Twitter to Recognize Volunteers and Build a Following. The presentation will cover the ins and outs, as well as best practices and ways to get started using Twitter as a tool for communicating with, surfacing new, and recognizing volunteers. Volunteer Management Group.

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2011 National Conference On Volunteering and Service: Community Building Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

Date : June 7, 2011, 8:30 am – 10 am. Topic : Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns. Description : Integrating volunteers into online campaigns for requires a great community organizer. Traditional community organizing lays the groundwork for online campaigns and effective movements.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. Here are my slides from the VMNC: Twitter Basics for Engaging Volunteers. And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. Presentation Slides.

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3 Tips for Staying Organized While Planning Your Auction

Achieve

In this quick guide, we’re going to cover four tips to help your team stay organized when. Volunteer Manager: This team member recruits volunteers, trains them, and communicates with them during the event. After the event, your volunteer manager makes sure every volunteer is thanked for their help! Jeff Porter.

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Are You Ready for National Volunteer Week?

Wild Apricot

National Volunteer Week takes place April 10 - 16, 2011 in Canada and the US. Here are some ideas and links to help your organization celebrate.( read more ).

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: Successfully Going Mobile

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. If Millennials can’t find or connect with an organization the way they want to, they will go find a different organization. Engaging with Millennials around volunteering. Millennials who volunteer more, give more. about 85 Million.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. A related research question is the impact or positive incentive of volunteer stipends among low-wage earners (McBride, Gonzales, Morrow-Howell, & McCrary, 2011).