Communications
Communications
Everyone has a different preference for how they like to be contacted. For some, a phone call is best. For others, just send an email, please. Either way, as technology advances, it offers more and more innovative ways for volunteer management professionals to stay in touch with their volunteers. Here are a few tips on communications, including suggestions on how to best use technology:
Also see Online/Virtual Volunteering
Using Technology to Communicate with Volunteers
Internet Discussion Groups for Volunteers – Jayne Cravens, Coyote Communications
Learning Center – TechSoup.org (How-to articles and tutorials on a number of different web-based communications tools)
Online Culture & Communities of Volunteers: Realities and Benefits of Connecting Volunteers (and all humans) Online – Jayne Cravens, Coyote Communications
Online Mentoring: How to Make it Work for You – Jayne Cravens, Coyote Communications
Online Volunteering and Email – ServiceLeader.org
Recognizing Online Volunteers and Using the Internet to Honor ALL Volunteers – Jayne Cravens, Coyote Communications
Recruiting and Supporting Your Volunteers (Videos) – Jayne Cravens, Coyote Communications
Shared Wisdom: Recruiting and Managing Volunteers – Brian Satterfield @ TechSoup
Technology and Long Distance Leadership – Merrill Associates National
Tools, Thoughts and Things one can Do with a little Time and Hardly any Resources – Michael Ambjorn
Using Instant Messaging to Work with Volunteers: Benefits and Suggestions – Jayne Cravens, UN Volunteers
Using Online Video: Broadcast Your Cause – Idealist.org and YouTube
Using Real-Time Communications (VoIP, Chat, Instant Messaging, Etc.) With Volunteers – Jayne Cravens, Coyote Communications
Volunteers and Technology - TechSoup (An online forum discussing how to best use technology to engage and communicate with volunteers)
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and consider checking out the following sites:
Energize, Inc.
The Resource Center (CNCS)
Volunteer Canada
Volunteering Australia
Volunteering England
World Volunteer Web