{"id":301,"date":"2011-09-26T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyoteblog.posterous.com\/using-the-internet-to-recognize-volunteers"},"modified":"2020-07-06T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T23:53:00","slug":"using-the-internet-to-recognize-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/09\/using-the-internet-to-recognize-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Internet to recognize volunteers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got quite a lot of traffic on a page on my web site re: using the Internet to recognize volunteers<\/a> because it was highlighted in a Tweet by VolunteerMatch<\/a>. Which is great… but the page is outdated. It needs an update.<\/p>\n

Are you a nonprofit or NGO or government community program and, if so, how do you use the Internet – your web site, your blog, your Twitter feed, your Facebook page, your Flickr account, whatever – to recognize the contributions of your volunteers? Or any Internet or smart phone tool to do so?<\/p>\n

Are you a volunteer and, if so, how has a program or organization you have helped used the Internet to honor your contributions? How aren’t they doing so that you wish they were?<\/p>\n

Links to specific examples would be swell. Post your ideas in the comments or over on this TechSoup forum thread<\/a> and let’s share!<\/p>\n

Here’s an example I just found that I thought was fab: The Hayden Planetarium lists its employees and volunteers altogether on one page<\/a> – in alphabetical order, instead of segregated by who’s paid & who’s not (first employees, then the volunteers, the unpaid staff). That’s a very interesting approach to volunteer recognition, don’t you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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