{"id":4361,"date":"2018-11-26T03:25:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T11:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2018-11-20T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T21:40:11","slug":"2018vvgift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2018\/11\/2018vvgift\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday gift idea for anyone that works to make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-831\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vvbooklittle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"242\" \/>Looking for a gift for someone in your life that works with volunteers, either as a volunteer themselves or as an official manager of such? Or a gift idea for someone studying for a degree in nonprofit management? Or anyone working at a nonprofit, a non-government organization (NGO), or a government program that engages volunteers?<\/p>\n<p>May I not-so-humbly suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/store\/last_virtual_volunteering_guidebook\"><strong>The\u00a0<em>Last<\/em>\u00a0Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The book is available for purchase in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/store\/last_virtual_volunteering_guidebook\" target=\"_blank\">paperback<\/a>\u00a0or as an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/store\/last_virtual_volunteering_guidebook\" target=\"_blank\">ebook<\/a>\u00a0(PDF) from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Energize, Inc<\/a>., the world&#8217;s largest publisher of books regarding volunteer engagement. The book is written by me and Susan Ellis, and is the result of more than 20 years of research and experience regarding virtual volunteering &#8211; also known as online micro volunteering, crowd sourcing, digital volunteering, online mentoring and on and on &#8211; yes, there are a lot of different names for the various manifestations of online service.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that virtual volunteering was a practice that was more than 20 years old? You would if you read the guidebook!<\/p>\n<p>This book is for<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>both for practitioners and for academics that do research regarding volunteering.<\/li>\n<li>both for people brand new to recruiting and supporting volunteers and for those that are veteran managers of volunteers<\/li>\n<li>both for people brand new to virtual volunteering and for experienced managers who are looking for confirmation they are on the right track or information to help them make the case to expand their programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Susan and I wrote\u00a0<i><b>The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<\/b><\/i>\u00a0in such a way that it would be timeless \u2013 as timeless as a book about using computers, laptops, smart phones and other networked devices could be. We didn\u2019t want it to be out-of-date in just a few months. That\u2019s not easy when it comes to technology, but we gave it a try \u2013 and <strong>four years later, it still reflects what works, and what doesn\u2019t, in working with volunteers online<\/strong>. In fact, as I&#8217;ve said before, I use it as a reference myself \u2013 there are times I\u2019m asked a question about working with volunteers online, or facing a dilemma regarding working with volunteers myself, and I go back to the book to see what we said \u2013 and, tada, there\u2019s the answer!<\/p>\n<p><i>The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<\/i>\u00a0details the basics for getting started with involving and supporting volunteers online, but it goes much farther, offering detailed information to help organizations that are already engaged in virtual volunteering with improving and expanding their programs. It offers a lot of international perspectives as well.<\/p>\n<p>The book includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detailed advice on virtual volunteering assignment, including one-time \u201cByte-Sized\u201d tasks (micro-volunteering), longer-term, higher-responsibility roles and virtual team assignments.<\/li>\n<li>A thorough look at various practices for screening and matching volunteers to assignments, with an eye to getting the most capable volunteers into your volunteering ranks and preventing incomplete assignments or burdensome management tasks<\/li>\n<li>How to make online volunteer roles accessible and diverse<\/li>\n<li>More details about how to work successfully with online volunteers, so that they are successful, your organization benefits and volunteer managers aren\u2019t overwhelmed<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring safety \u2013 and balancing safety with program goals<\/li>\n<li>Respecting privacy of both the organization and online volunteers themselves<\/li>\n<li>Online mentoring<\/li>\n<li>Blogging by, for and about volunteers<\/li>\n<li>Online activism<\/li>\n<li>Spontaneous online volunteers<\/li>\n<li>Live online events with volunteers<\/li>\n<li>The future of virtual volunteering and how to start planning for oncoming trends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s also a chapter just for online volunteers themselves, which organizations can also use in creating their own materials for online volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with the guidebook, we\u2019ve maintained the\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/vvwiki\/\">Virtual Volunteering Wiki<\/a><\/b>, a free online resource and collaborative space for sharing resources regarding virtual volunteering.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2014\/03\/06\/last\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">why we called it the LAST guidebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2014\/07\/29\/reviews\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">reviews of The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The\u00a0<em>Last<\/em>\u00a0Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<\/strong>\u00a0is available for purchase in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/store\/last_virtual_volunteering_guidebook\" target=\"_blank\">paperback<\/a>\u00a0or as an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/store\/last_virtual_volunteering_guidebook\" target=\"_blank\">ebook<\/a>\u00a0(PDF) by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Energize, Inc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you read the book, I would so appreciate it if you could write and post a review of it on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Virtual-Volunteering-Guidebook-Integrating\/product-reviews\/0940576651\/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_show_all?ie=UTF8&amp;reviewerType=all_reviews&amp;pageNumber=1\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-last-virtual-volunteering-guidebook-jayne-cravens\/1118480287?ean=2940148358329\">Barnes and Noble<\/a>\u00a0web sites (you can write the same review on both sites).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a gift for someone in your life that works with volunteers, either as a volunteer themselves or as an official manager of such? 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