The wiki was launched originally in 2013 at http://virtualvolunteering.wikispaces.com. Unfortunately, as of September 2018, Wikispaces was discontinued by its parent company. So the material was relocated here, at www.coyotecommunications.com/vvwiki/

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Latest News on Virtual Volunteering

• News articles, blog posts, and other updates, 1993 - 2022 on virtual volunteering, from various resources. Last updated: 28 July 2022
• Automatically-generated links to the latest web pages, blogs, and other online materials that use terms that relate to virtual volunteering. This is automatically-generated content; the wiki owner does not control what shows up on these newsfeeds or what online materials get linked.
• List of research and evaluations of virtual volunteering, 1997-2022, as a practice in general or focused on specific projects (there were more than 100 before 2020!). Last updated: 28 June 2022
  

Virtual Volunteering - History and Basics

• Definition of virtual volunteering and other terms used for this type of volunteering
• Examples of virtual volunteering activities (more examples welcomed)
  / Ejemplos de Voluntaria en Línea / Voluntariado Virtual Actividades (en español) / Exemples de volontariat virtuel (en France).
• Myths about virtual volunteering
• History of virtual volunteering
• Información in español

Resources Influencing

• Research and evaluations of virtual volunteering, as a practice in general or focused on specific projects (note: as of 2020, there are more than 100 studies, research papers and university papers on virtual volunteering).
• List of online mentoring programs
• List of resources related to telecommuting, virtual teams and remote management
• Index of online resources mentioned in the Virtual Volunteering Guidebook

About The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook

• About The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook (includes purchasing information)
• Table of Contents
• Guidebook title suggestions (humor)
• Cited organizations - Nonprofits, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and other not-for-profit initiatives cited in The LastVirtual Volunteering Guidebook, either in the chapters or in an appendix, as involving online volunteers, as using the Internet in significant ways to communicate with and support volunteers, as providing early support for virtual volunteering (before the year 2000)
• Corrections to the book since publication, particularly keeping URLs current

Virtual Volunteering Suggested Practices

Suggested practices regarding introducing virtual volunteering to an organization, recruiting online volunteers, screening and training online volunteers, working with online volunteers, evaluating virtual volunteering efforts, etc., are available in The LastVirtual Volunteering Guidebook. The book includes detailed advice regarding high-responsibility online volunteering roles, working with virtual teams, and creating microvolunteering assignments with an eye to cultivating longer-term supporters.

Other Sites Re: Virtual Volunteering

In addition to research and evaluations of virtual volunteering that is tracked here on the Virtual Volunteering Wiki, which has been put together as a supplement to The LastVirtual Volunteering Guidebook, there are also various other web sites, blogs, publications and initiatives focused on virtual volunteering, often under different names (digital volunteering, online volunteering, microvolunteering, etc.). It's impossible to create a comprehensive list of such - just as it would be impossible to make a list of all web sites, blogs and other non-research related to volunteering, in general. This list gives an overview of the different ways various people and organizations are talking about virtual volunteering, especially outside the USA.

Tech Tools

Tech tools - tools related to computers, tablets, smart phones, cell phones and/or the Internet - can be used for various aspects of recruiting, supporting and involving volunteers. This section of the Virtual Volunteering Wiki tracks some of these ever-changing tools. Includes examples of videos used for training and orientation of volunteers.

Volunteer Management Resources Online

Understanding the basics of volunteer management is essential to success with online volunteers. This is an index of of online resources the guidebook authors consider most essential.

Safety in Online Interactions

The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook discusses safety extensively. In addition to the detailed information in the book, here are web sites that provide general information about online safety.

Training Opportunities

Any consultant or organisation that is conducting an activity related to training regarding virtual volunteering is welcomed to submit event or class info to Energize, Inc.; you can list, or find, a conference or workshop in North America, a conference or workshop based in Europe, a conference or workshop in Australia or New Zealand, a conference or w global conference related to virtual volunteering, microvolunteering, etc. You can also see or submit academic classes and certificate programs, as well as online courses

Information in Languages Other Than English

Links to web sites and lists of offline publications related to virtual volunteering, in languages in other than English.

External Resources (not on this Wiki)

• Our virtual volunteering discussion group on LinkedIn (you must be a member of LinkedIn to join this group; membership is free)
• Jayne's web site, Coyote Communications
• Susan's web site, Energize, Inc.
• Sign up for Jayne's Tech4Impact email newsletter
• Subscribe to the Energize, Inc. email newsletter
• Follow Jayne on Twitter
• Follow Energize, Inc. on Twitter
• View / subscribe to Jayne's blog
• View the Energize, Inc. monthly hot topic
• Like Jayne on Facebook
• Like Energize on Facebook

Want to know the full details about using the Internet to engage and support volunteers? See:

 The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook
by Jayne Cravens and Susan J. Ellis

 purchase as a paperback & an ebook

The most comprehensive guide available on virtual volunteering, including online mentoring, micro-volunteeirng, virtual teams, high-responsibility roles, crowd sourcing to benefit nonprofits and other mission-based organizations, and much more.
Published January 2014, based on more than 30 years of research.