{"id":643,"date":"2014-01-23T21:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T05:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=643"},"modified":"2020-05-20T05:53:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:53:35","slug":"vv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2014\/01\/vv\/","title":{"rendered":"Now available: The LAST Virtual Volunteering Guidebook!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vvbooklittle.jpg\"><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=\"vvbooklittle\" width=\"187\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><strong>The\u00a0<em>Last<\/em>\u00a0Virtual Volunteering Guidebook\u00a0is now\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/vvbook.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available for purchase as a paperback and an ebook<\/a>, published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Energize, Inc<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><b>The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<\/b><\/i>\u00a0reflects all that has changed &#8212; and remained the same &#8212; since the first book was published online more than 10 years ago. Again co-authored with Susan Ellis and published by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.energizeinc.com\/\">Energize, Inc.<\/a>,\u00a0<i>The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<\/i>\u00a0still includes 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 also offers more international perspectives. The first book was focused on people who had never heard of virtual volunteering; this revised book still serves as the most comprehensive introduction to the subject available, but provides much more in-depth information and guidance for organizations already engaging online volunteers, who want to improve or expand their virtual volunteering activities.<\/p>\n<p>New and advanced information includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More detailed advice on virtual volunteering assignment, including one-time &#8220;Byte-Sized&#8221; tasks (micro-volunteering), longer-term, higher-responsibilities 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&#8217;t overwhelmed<\/li>\n<li>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&#8217;s also a new chapter just for online volunteers themselves, which organizations can also use in creating their own materials for online volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve worked hard over the years to make this book worth the purchase price, and to be a resource you can turn to any time for support in your engagement with volunteers online.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with the revised guidebook is 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.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualvolunteering.wikispaces.com\/Partner\">We are seeking a partner university or college<\/a>\u00a0that could recruit an intern from among students studying in its post-graduate program to keep this wiki updated.<\/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>The\u00a0Last\u00a0Virtual Volunteering Guidebook\u00a0is now\u00a0available for purchase as a paperback and an ebook, published by Energize, Inc.\u00a0 The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook\u00a0reflects all that has changed &#8212; and remained the same &#8212; since the first book was published online more than 10 years ago. 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