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American Association for Museum Volunteers
(AAMV)
http://www.aamv.org/
AAMV is the only national (US) association representing the over
400,000 volunteers in all categories of museums. Our purpose is to
promote professional standards of volunteerism; to provide a forum for
the exchange of ideas and information; and to inform and represent
volunteers in advocacy matters in cooperation with museum directors,
paid staff, and boards of trustees.
American Society for Directors of Volunteer
Services (ASDVS)
of the American Hospital Association
http://www.asdvs.org
ASDVS is a national professional organization for directors
of volunteer services in healthcare and related programs, such as health
promotion, education and prevention. Its programs seek to
strengthen the profession of volunteer services administration; provide
opportunities for professional development; and promote volunteerism as
a resource in serving the health care needs of the nation. ASDVS sets
high standards for healthcare volunteer administrators and has a
certification program.
Association for Volunteer
Administration
http://www.avaintl.org/
The Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA) is the international
professional membership association for individuals working in the field
of volunteer resources management. AVA works to promote
professionalism and strengthen leadership in volunteerism and provide
opportunities for all segments of the profession to work together to
identify the needs of the profession. It provides training and the
credential: Certification in Volunteer Administration (CVA).
Charity Village
http://www.charityvillage.com/
Charity Village(R) is Canada's supersite for the
nonprofit sector, with more than 3,000 pages of news, jobs, volunteer
opportunities, resources, articles and links to sites for nonprofit
professionals in Canada and around the world.
Corporation for National Service
http://www.cns.gov
The Corporation for National Service is an agency of the US
Government which works with governor-appointed state commissions,
nonprofits, faith-based groups, schools, and other civic organizations
to provide
opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to engage
in service that addresses the nation’s educational, public safety,
environmental, and other human needs. It also works to
encourage all Americans to engage in such service. The Corporation's
three major service initiatives are AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America,
and the National Senior Service Corps.
Energize, Inc.
http://www.energizeinc.com
Energize, Inc. is an international training, consulting and publishing
firm specializing in volunteerism. The website has excellent resources
for volunteers, volunteer managers, nonprofit organizations, and
educational institutions. Its Referral Network provides a directory of
online resources, including Awards/Events, Education/Exchange,
Periodicals/Newsletters, Associations/Organizations, Centers for
Resources and Information, Products/Services, and Websites to Register
Volunteer Opportunities.
European Volunteer
Centre
http://www.cev.be/
The European Volunteer Centre (CEV) is a European umbrella
organisation of twenty-two National and Regional Volunteer Centres
across Western, Central and Eastern Europe. CEV’s key aims are to: be
an effective voice for volunteering in Europe, strengthen the
infrastructure for volunteering in the countries of Europe, and promote
volunteering and make it more effective throughout Europe. Infoflash is
the occasional newsletter of CEV.
Four Electronic
Books on Volunteering from Energize, Inc.
http://www.energizeinc.com/art/elecbooks.html
The Virtual Volunteering Guidebook: How to Apply the Principles of
Real-World Volunteer Management to Online Service by
Susan J. Ellis and Jayne Cravens. (138
pp)
Mentors Strengthen Student Community Service (23
pp)
Volunteer Centers: Gearing Up for the 1990s, by
Susan J. Ellis
International Association of Volunteer Efforts
http://www.iave.org/
IAVE is the only international organization with the mission
to promote, celebrate, and strengthen volunteerism worldwide. IAVE's
work falls into six major areas: conferences, volunteer centers,
education and training, public awareness, youth involvement, and
membership services. It holds a
world conference on volunteerism every two years - the next one is
scheduled to be held in Barcelona, Spain in 2004.
National Centre for Volunteering
(England)
http://www.volunteering.org.uk
Since 1973 the National Centre for Volunteering has been promoting
excellence in volunteering in England. It offers a range of
services designed to support volunteer managers and organisations that
involve volunteers: convening national events and practitioner
networks, mounting awareness campaigns, providing publications and
information services; providing authoritative, up-to-the-minute research
on volunteering issues; and keeping volunteering high on the policy
agenda, working with government to promote opportunities for, and remove
institutional barriers to, volunteering.
National Service Resource Center
http://www.etr.org/nsrc
The National Service Resource Center (NSRC) is a
training and technical assistance provider to programs funded by the
Corporation for National Service. This web site contains a resource
library, a master calendar, resource guides, online documents, a sample
forms collection, newsletters, and America Reads resources.
Points of Light Foundation
http://www.pointsoflight.org
The Points
of Light Foundation, founded in 1990, is a national, nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization that promotes volunteerism in the US. It is
America’s leading advocate for and authority on volunteering,
providing a broad range of programs and resources for individuals,
nonprofit organizations, volunteer centers, civically engaged
corporations, and the general public. It has an extensive line of
publications and products for purchase in its Marketplace (access by
choosing "Shop" in the middle left side of the home page).
Project America
http://www.project.org/
Project America works with corporations, large member organizations,
national and local nonprofits, and communities to design collaborative
service initiatives that involve people of all ages in volunteer
efforts. It organizes and works with others in organizing national days
of service and other programs. amd works with college fraternities and
sororities to help develop in them a life-long commitment to
service. Its projects include: the Project America Alternative
Spring Break and Project America's Action Guide to Community Service.
SERVEnet
http://www.SERVEnet.org/
Through SERVEnet matches volunteers with volunteer opportunities. It is
also a place to search for calendar events, job openings, service news,
recommended books, and best practices, and other resources for the
service and volunteer communities.
Virtual Volunteering Project
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/
The Virtual Volunteering Project was launched in
1996 to encourage and assist in the development of volunteer activities
that can be completed off-site via the Internet. The Virtual
Volunteering Project encourages and assists in the development and
success of volunteer activities that can be completed via the Internet,
and helps volunteer managers use cyberspace to work with ALL volunteers.
It provides the critical information and background to help both
organizations and volunteers engage in effective, meaningful,
mission-based online service.
Volunteer Canada
(Note: Site available in French as well as English)
http://www.volunteer.ca/volunteercanada/
Volunteer Canada is the national voice for volunteerism and
has provided leadership on issues and trends in the Canadian volunteer
movement since 1977. VC actively engages in research, training and other
national initiatives designed to increase community participation across
the country. It provides leadership on issues and trends in the
Canadian volunteer movement. It also has an extensive array of
publications on volunteerism in both English and French.
Volunteers of America
http://www.voa.org/
Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, spiritually based
organization providing local human service programs and opportunities
for individual and community involvement. It has programs to help
youths at risk, frail elderly, abused and neglected children, people
with disabilities, homeless individuals, inmates in prisons, and many
others. In addition, Volunteers of America is an
interdenominational church - a church with a distinctive ministry of
service, believing that serving others is an important means of serving
God.
Youth Service
America (YSA)
http://www.ysa.org/
Youth Service America is a
resource center and alliance of 300+ organizations committed to
increasing the quantity and quality of opportunities for young
Americans, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, or globally.
Its missions is to strengthen the Effectiveness, Sustainability, and
Scale of youth service and service-learning fields through public
awareness campaigns, networking, incentive and recognition programs, and
information and knowledge tools.
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT PERIODICALS
Print and Web-based
Australian Journal on Volunteering
(published twice yearly)
http://www.volunteer.org.au/vrn/journal.htm
Volunteer Centre of South Australia
Inc.
Canadian Journal of Volunteer Resource Management
1310 Upper Dwyer Hill Road, R.R. #2
Carp, Ont K0A1L0, Canada
613-256-5516
e-Volunteerism
http://e-volunteerism.com
The Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community
Journal of Volunteer
Administration
http://www.avaintl.org/product/journal.html
Journal of the Association for Volunteer Administration
Volunteer Leadership
Magazine
http://www.pointsoflight.org/organizations/mags.cfm
Magazine of the
Points of Light Foundation
Voluntary Action
http://www.ivr.org.uk/voluntaryaction.htm
The Journal of the Institute for
Volunteering Research, an initiative of the National Centre for
Volunteering in association with the Centre for Institutional Studies at
the University of East London.
Volunteer Today
http://www.volunteertoday.com
Volunteer Today is an e-newsletter for those who manage the work of
volunteers in nonprofit, government, or corporate programs. Its
aim is two-fold: 1) build the capacity of individuals to organize
effective volunteer programs; 2) enhance the profession of volunteer
management.
Volunteering
Magazine
http://www.volunteering.org.uk/workwith/Volunteering.htm
Magazine of the National Centre for Volunteering
in London.
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