Designing and Managing Volunteer Programs

Brudney, Jeffrey L.

doi:10.1002/9781119176558.ch24

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“…However, the dearth of examples of infrastructures of impact is striking, particular given that impact is one of the most influential motivations for volunteering [4]. Previous research examining technologies used to support charitable donations also emphasized the need for technologies to provide better feedback about the impact of financial help [10]; our recommendation here is similar.…”

Section: Infrastructures Of Impactmentioning

confidence: 90%

(Infra)structures of Volunteering

Voida

Yao

Korn

2015

Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work &Amp; Social Computing

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We report on the results of a diary study of the everyday volunteering and help giving of individuals in the millennial generation. We describe the breadth of work structures implicated in volunteering, the social structures implicated in volunteering, and the interdependencies between the two. We analyze the roles that technology plays in volunteering with a particular focus on the forms of infrastructure that are constituted through the work and social structures of this philanthropic activity. Finally, we reflect on design opportunities for infrastructures where work and social structures meet to support more everyday, ubiquitous forms of volunteering.

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Section: Infrastructures Of Impactmentioning

confidence: 90%

(Infra)structures of Volunteering

Voida

Yao

Korn

2015

Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work &Amp; Social Computing

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“…We could find no treatment of volunteer management in the secondary and intermediary models in leading handbooks or review articles (e.g., Brudney, ; Safrit & Schmiesing, ; Seel & Rehnborg, ), and only scant treatment in others (“Volunteers from the Workplace” in McCurley & Lynch, , pp. 170–173; “Employer‐supported volunteering” in Rochester, Paine, Howlett, & Zimmeck, , pp.…”

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More is less? The volunteer stewardship framework and models

Brudney

Meijs

Overbeeke

2019

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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Scholars have devoted substantial attention to developing conditional models of volunteer administration and management, but no consensus surrounds the criteria underlying the different models or the rationale. The literature reveals a welter of possibilities but no clear choice. This study conceives the primary managerial challenges as securing access to and guiding volunteer energy into productive volunteering, and the volunteer administrator as the central actor in this process. Based on how volunteers are accessed and guided in their roles, we develop the Volunteer Stewardship Framework, which distinguishes volunteer administration according to two key dimensions: organizational access to volunteer energy (private resource vs. common pool) and guidance of volunteers (unitary vs. shared). Results of a survey of volunteer administration practitioners in the Netherlands show that respondents working under the four models emanating from the Framework recognize different elements of volunteer administration as “Very Important.”

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“…Commentaries [ 8 , 21 , 22 ] and a descriptive review [ 13 ] on EV have identified three key aspects that are needed for research to progress in this field. First, there is no universally consistent conceptualisation of EV and definitions vary in research and practice [ 23 ]. For example, Macduff [ 11 ] proposed three classifications of EV as temporary (volunteering over a short period of hours or days); interim (regular volunteering over a short period ≤ 6 months); and occasional (returning on a consistent basis such as annually to volunteer for a short period of hours or days).…”

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A systematic review of episodic volunteering in public health and other contexts

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BackgroundEpisodic volunteers are a critical resource for public health non-profit activities but are poorly understood. A systematic review was conducted to describe the empirical evidence about episodic volunteering (EV) in the public health sector and more broadly. Study location, focus and temporal trends of EV research were also examined.MethodsTwelve key bibliographic databases (1990-April week 2, 2014) were searched, including Google Scholar. Empirical studies published in English in peer-reviewed journals that identified participants as EVs who volunteered to support Not-for-Profit organisations in the health and social welfare sectors were included. EV definitions, characteristics, economic costs, antecedents and outcomes and theoretical approaches were examined.Results41 articles met initial review criteria and 20 were specific to the health or social welfare sectors. EV definitions were based on one or more of three dimensions of duration, frequency, and task. EVs were predominantly female, middle aged, Caucasian (North American) and college/university educated. Fundraising was the most common EV activity and 72% had volunteered at least once. No studies examined the economic costs of EV. There was little consistency in EV antecedents and outcomes, except motives which primarily related to helping others, forming social connections, and self-psychological or physical enhancement. Most studies were atheoretical. Three authors proposed new theoretical frameworks.ConclusionsResearch is required to underpin the development of an agreed consensus definition of EV. Moreover, an EV evidence-base including salient theories and measures is needed to develop EV engagement and retention strategies for the health and social welfare sectors.

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Designing and Managing Volunteer Programs

Cited by 32 publications

References 23 publications

(Infra)structures of Volunteering

(Infra)structures of Volunteering

More is less? The volunteer stewardship framework and models

A systematic review of episodic volunteering in public health and other contexts

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