The Virtual Volunteering Wiki was developed in association with The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook, a book that was published in 2014 and is available from Energize, Inc.. The wiki was hosted Wikispaces from 2013 through part of 2018. It moved to the web site you are reading now, www.coyotecommunications.com/vvwiki/, when it was announced that Wikispaces was being discontinued by its parent company. Although with this move it is not longer be, officially and literally, a wiki - it will no longer allow all of the organizers to directly edit the pages - it will maintain its neutral tone and will welcome contributions from anyone who has information about virtual volunteering. Therefore, we're going to keep calling it a wiki.

This wiki is a dynamic (ever-evolving, frequently updated) resource to supplement the information published in The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook. Whereas the guidebook is written in a timeless manner as much as possible, focusing on suggested practices that the authors believe do not change, for the most part, this wiki will continually evolve as tracking and networking tech tools change, as new research is conducted, and as substantial news about virtual volunteering is announced.

The wiki supplements and compliments the book, providing a space for ongoing discussions and for updates about new tech tools and new developments related to virtual volunteering. However, the wiki is NOT a substitute for reading The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook which has hundreds of pages of information that are not on this wiki.

Neither this wiki nor The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook list every organization that engages online volunteers, as this would be as impossible as, say, listing every organization that charges money for its services, or every business on Earth that sells clothes.

The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook is available for purchase as a paperback and an ebook from Energize, Inc.

Please note: this wiki project is entirely unfunded - and I'm struggling to keep it going. If you would like to see this page continue to be updated, here's how to support this work.

• This page of links to news articles or blogs relating to virtual volunteering.
• Tech tools - tools related to computers, tablets, smart phones, cell phones and/or the Internet - that are being used, or could be used, for various aspects of recruiting, supporting and involving volunteers. This includes examples of videos used for training and orientation of volunteers
• List of research and evaluations of virtual volunteering, as a practice in general or focused on specific projects.
• List of online mentoring programs.
• Web sites that provide information about online safety.

If you would like to submit or edit content for these pages, or you would like to commit to volunteer to maintain any of the pages or sections identified above, send an email to jc@coyotecommunications.com

For press reps & bloggers

We are happy to provide assistance for press reps and bloggers that want to write/produce an article, story, broadcast, webcast, podcast, etc., about virtual volunteering. You may also want to join our virtual volunteering LinkedIn group (you must be a member of LinkedIn to join this group; membership is free) and submit your idea to the group for discussion.

Detailed information about how to use the Internet to support and involve volunteers - virtual volunteering - can be found in The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook. This wiki is a supplement to the book - but no substitution for it. 

Join our virtual volunteering LinkedIn group (you must be a member of LinkedIn to join this group; membership is free) to know when the Virtual Volunteering Wiki is updated.

If you tweet about The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook please use the tag #vvbook

Please note: this wiki project is entirely unfunded - and I'm struggling to keep it going. If you would like to see this page continue to be updated, here's how to support this work.