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The traditional approach to volunteering and our veterans has been to encourage Americans to get involved at local organizations as a way to support the troops -- by partnering with organizations that deliver services and programs to vets, active military personnel, or military families, Americans can do their part to ...

The season for giving is upon us. On November 21, families all across the nation will observe Family Volunteer Day, a day to kick off the season of giving back. In theory, combining family time with community service is a great idea. Yet often for volunteer managers it's a logistical nightmare. ...

Next time you post a volunteer opportunity on VolunteerMatch.org, you'll find a new tool: an easy way to spread the news about your volunteer opportunity on social media sites. The new feature is available within the VolunteerMatch Listing Manager, and allows you to share your volunteer opportunities with your friends on ...

Occasionally we receive advance copies of new releases on volunteering, volunteer recruitment and management, and making a difference. See them all in our Reviews section. Got a book, magazine, DVD, or Web site you’d like us to review? Send it to us at news@volunteermatch.org or Editors, VolunteerMatch Reviews, 717 California ...

In time for Veterans Day, we're pleased to announce an improvement to our system in order to better support active military personnel, veterans and their families. Now when you post your opportunities at VolunteerMatch, you can select a new category, "Veterans & Military Families," to make it easy for volunteers to ...

Thanks to help from BusinessBoomer, this weekend we're live streaming coverage of DoSomething.org's Social Action Boot Camp, which takes place Saturday, 11/7 in NYC. The Social Action Boot Camps bring together a diverse group of young community leaders, activists and social entrepreneurs for a day of networking and ...

Occasionally we receive advance copies of new releases on volunteering, volunteer recruitment and management, and making a difference. See them all in our Reviews section. Got a book, magazine, DVD, or Web site you'd like us to review? Send it to us at news@volunteermatch.org or Editors, VolunteerMatch Reviews, 717 California ...

An open letter to our nonprofit members from Greg Baldwin, President of VolunteerMatch. First the good news and a thank you. To all the actors, script-writers, production people and executives who put their talent and time to work last week to join the Entertainment Industry Foundation's iParticipate TV campaign to ...

Back in 2008, after spending several years in program management, I began working with volunteers again. While reacquainting myself with the profession, one thing caught my eye: a professional credentialing program sponsored by the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA). The CVA credential is based on a set of ...

How New Media has Changed the Landscape of Volunteer Engagement Thursday night was a big night for the Entertainment Industry Foundation's iParticipate campaign. With unprecedented support from the industry, volunteering themes were written into some of America's favorite prime-time shows. It is an extraordinary example of what amounts to product placement for ...

Despite ongoing bug fixes to the iParticipate campaign website, web stats from the second full day of the Entertainment Industry Foundation's iParticipate TV campaign still reflected a struggle to convert media attention into social action. While millions of dollars of coordinated media promotion aimed at encouraging volunteering continued across the major ...

As much as I enjoyed last night’s episode of NCIS, I was a little disappointed. First, let me say that at my house, we watch a lot of NCIS. After spending a rainy weekend parked in front of the television watching two days of NCIS several years ago, we were hooked. ...

The first full day of the Entertainment Industry Foundation'sweek-long TV campaign to inspire a new era of service and volunteerism got off to a rocky start yesterday as engineers wrestled with reported bugs and search issues on the campaign's website iParticipate.org. In collaboration with Service Nation the Entertainment Industry Foundation has ...

From October 19 – 25, today’s most popular television programs are shining the spotlight on volunteering and service. VolunteerMatch staff members will be reviewing a few of the programs here on Engaging Volunteers. Last night, while watching Lie To Me (FOX) and Castle (ABC), I saw two very short PSAs ...

From October 19 - 25, today's most popular television programs are shining the spotlight on volunteering and service. VolunteerMatch staff members will be reviewing a few of the programs here on Engaging Volunteers. This morning The View introduced the winner of ABC's Ultimate Volunteer Contest. Tom Gipson, a ...

This summer, VolunteerMatch was one of many organizations supporting the Obama Administration's United We Serve - Summer of Service campaign. The stated goal of  Summer of Service was to kick off a sustained campaign to help to make volunteerism and community service a part of the daily lives of all Americans. So ...

Starting next week, the Corporation for National and Community Service will no longer invite individuals and organizations to post their volunteer opportunities to a federally operated database. According to an email from Nicola Goren, CNSC's acting CEO, after October 14, organizations and individuals will be referred to a list of independent ...

Guest post by Brad Manilla,  let's dabble, LLC Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, YouTube, Blogger, Digg, Flickr, Wordpress, Eventful, Ning.... {{ inhale }} The list of buzz words constantly competing for our attention seems to expand endlessly and yet is often devoid of context. Does your nonprofit need a Jaiku account? Or should you be ...

More than a decade since the popularization of  the Internet, innovation is still taking place faster than ever. Now one of the most interesting applications for volunteer recruitment and management -- previously available only for the iPhone -- is coming to a Web browser near you. The Extraordinaries is ...

Back in 2007, the Case Foundation launched an innovative fundraising campaign, America’s Giving Challenge. The challenge called on nonprofits to harness the power of social media and Web 2.0 to raise funds and build a network of cause advocates. In a testament to founder Jean Case’s assertion that "Small amounts ...