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Books and e-Volunteerism articles on this topic

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

• The Language of Volunteering - A Time for Vigilance, by
  Bill Gunyon
• Understanding Service:  Words in the Context of History and Culture (free pdf file), multi-cultural study of the words used for "service," from the Global Service Institute
• Volunteering:  Noble Gesture or the Logic of Necessity?, detailed book review of Volunteers and Volunteering, highlighting key issues in Australia and elsewhere.
• Volunteering 101, by Sarah Erdreich on the Motley Fool site (2006)

Web sites with useful information on this topic:

"Anti" Volunteerism Positions and Arguments http://www.serviceleader.org/new/managers/2003/04/000089.php Articles compiled by Jayne Cravens explaining the perspective of those against volunteering.  Also see the "Campaign against Servitude" at the Ayn Rand Institute site: http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6134

nfpSynergy

http://www.nfpsynergy.net/freereports

Download the excellent booklets, "Polishing the Diamond" and "Branding:  The Jeweller's Story" from this UK consullting and research firm to understand the concept of branding in the nonprofit world, including volunteering.

The United States: A Nation of Volunteers
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0998/ijse/toc.htm
The United States Information Agency’s (USIA) electronic journal of U.S. Society & Values of September 1998 has a range of articles about the role of volunteering in America, from 12 authors such as Bill Clinton, Harris Wofford, Betty Stallings, and Susan Ellis.

Relevant Hot Topic essays:

• So, What Do You Do? - Jan '08
• Encouraging Entrepreneurial Volunteering - Nov '06
• What We See.or Don't: Volunteers in Television, Films, and Novels - May '03
• Who is Celebrating IYV? Connecting the "Streams of Service" - Jan '01
• The Just-a-Volunteer Syndrome - Feb '99
• The Limits of the "V" Word - Oct '98

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