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Blogs and Tweets Discussing Volunteer Leadership

Blogs are, by their nature, personal musings by the individuals who start them, but can be excellent sources of useful information and new perspectives. Decide on the merits of each for youself. Twitter (or tweeting) is a micro-blogging site and some folks are using it specifically for volunteer management messages.

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Blogs

Acronymn
http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/volunteer_management/
From the American Society of Association Management: “A veritable alphabet soup of ideas for the association community.”

Association of Volunteer Managers
http://www.volunteermanagers.org.uk/blog
“A voice, a network and a resource for volunteer management” in England.

Care2 Community
http://www.care2.com/community/
Postings by the volunteers who engage in green causes (over 10 million members of the site).

Chipping in...
http://wimmeravolunteers.blogspot.com/
This blog from Wimmera Volunteers (serving a rural area of Victoria, Australia) aims to inform small volunteer involving groups and volunteer managers about issues and trends in volunteerism.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy - "Give and Take"
http://philanthropy.com/blog/Give-Take/11/
"A roundup of blogs about the nonprofit world," many of which include volunteer-related issues. Page gives a long list of nonprofit blogs.

Church Volunteer Daily
http://www.churchvolunteerdaily.com/
Daily tips on working with volunteers in churches -- but very applicable to any setting.

Compassion Takes Action http://compassiontakesaction.wordpress.com/ From the Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago

Corestrategies on Nonprofits Blog http://www.corestrategiesonnonprofits.blogspot.com/
Written by four nonprofit consultants led by Terrie Temkin, this blog frequently offers volunteer-related posts.

The Cowling Report
http://cowlingreport.blogspot.com/
From Martin Cowling, Australian-based “consultant on people issues in the community and nonprofit sectors,” started at the end of 2010 and set to comment on volunteerism.

Disaster News Network - "DNN Volunteer News"
http://www.disasternews.net/blog/
Postings from leadership volunteers active in a variety of US and international disaster recovery efforts.

Energize Hot Topic
http://www.energizeinc.com/hot.html
Monthly posting from Susan Ellis, with site visitor responses.

Engaging Volunteers
http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/
Written by members of the VolunteerMatch team and third-party experts in the volunteering and technology community.

Everyday Giving Blog
http://everydaygiving.typepad.com/
All about different ways of giving to help others and making the world a better place, by Roger Carr.

Exploring Volunteering: Participation, Volunteering, and the Social Web
http://jocote.org/
Patrick Daniels explores how the web is changing volunteering.

From the Field: Conversations on Volunteer Management http://www.volunteermaine.org/blog/
Published by Volunteer Maine, with many guest contributors.

Have Fun - Do Good Blogspot
http://havefundogood.blogspot.com
"A blog for people who want to make the world a better place AND have fun!" from Britt Bravo.

The Huffington Post section on Volunteerism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/volunteerism/
With the tag line "Some News Is So Big It Needs Its Own Page," the popular daily news site has aggregated its volunteer-related stories in a special section. Many are postings from blogs on the site.

IdealistNews
http://www.idealistnews.com
A free “social news” service for nonprofits from Idealist.org and Reddit.com, in which participants post what they think is timely and important news of remarkable

Inside GOOD Blogspot
http://theinsidegoodblog.blogspot.com/
Where employees, interns, volunteers and donors can rate their experiences working with, or donating to, nonprofits.

The Jayne Blog
http://coyoteblog.posterous.com/
One of the field's first blogs run by Jayne Cravens, expert in online volunteering, that offers information and insight on volunteerism as well as nonprofit, development, and women's issues.

JFFixler Blog
http://www.jffixler.com/blog
Written by Jill Fixler and others in her firm, with a major focus on volunteerism.

Management4Volunteers Blog
http://management4volunteers.wordpress.com/
By Sue Hine in New Zealand, with the tag line: "Great volunteer programmes do not fall out of the sky: it is good management practice that makes them even better."

More Volunteers
http://morevolunteers.com/blog/
From Judy Esmond, Australian researcher and trainer.

New York Nonprofit Press - Volunteer Management Blog
http://www.nynp.biz/index.php/community-forums/234-alexandra-collier
Written by experienced volunteer administration practitioner Alexandra Collier to explore challenges to the field and new program ideas.

News in the Volunteer Field
http://blog.energizeinc.com
A place for leaders of volunteers to share and talk about noteworthy and timely events, resources, programs, and people.

Nonprofit Commons Project
http://npsl.wikispaces.com/
Managed by TechSoup Global, this a virtual community of practice for nonprofits to explore the opportunities and benefits of Second Life. You do not have to have an office in the Nonprofit Commons to get involved! This wiki site provides documentation and other helpful information not only for NP Commons tenants, but for any nonprofit that is interested in learning about Second Life.

Nonprofit News and Comment
http://hausercenter.org/npnews/
This blog from the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University surveys major newspapers and periodicals for important stories and links to a wide range of nonprofit news -- including volunteering as a designated category.

People Making a Difference®
http://www.pmd.org/blog/
Lori Tsuruda’s Blog promoting informed and responsible volunteerism.

Points of Light Blog
http://www.pointsoflight.org/blog
"Reflections on 21st century volunteerism."

Pro Bono Australia News
http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news

Pro Bono Junkie's Blog
http://www.taprootfoundation.org/blog/
A blog for those interested in integrating the pro bono ethic into their careers — giving their time and talent to strengthen nonprofit organizations.

Realizing Your Worth
http://realizedworth.blogspot.com/
Thoughts on Corporate Social Responsibility and corporate volunteering by Chris Jarvis in Canada.

Rob Jackson Consulting Blog
http://robjacksonconsulting.blogspot.com/
Read the informed musings of UK colleague Rob Jackson on volunteer management.

ServiceWire
http://servicewire.org/wire
A tool from Youth Service America for access to current news, information, and grant opportunities from the service-learning and youth service fields.

Social Citizens Blog
http://blog.socialcitizens.org/blog
Site utilizing the most innovative online technology for "social citizenship."

Social ROI: A Social Entrepreneurship Blog
http://socialroi.com/
"A blog about how social entrepreneurship is making this world a better place."

Sparked Blog
http://blog.sparked.com/
"The Microvolunteering Learning Center" from The Extraordinaries.

Speaking out on Volunteer Management! http://djcronin.blogspot.com/ Australian colleague DJ Cronin challenges the volunteer management community to get engaged in debate to strengthen the profession.

Tactical Philanthropy
http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/blog
Blog of Sean Stannard-Stockton, principal and director of Tactical Philanthropy at Ensemble Capital Management. An open space for discussion of philanthropy and a chronicle of "The Second Great Wave of Philanthropy," including some volunteer issues.

Travelistic Videos for Travelers: Voluntourism
http://www.travelistic.com/video/tag/voluntourism
List of blogs and videos posted by voluntourists.

True Impact Blog
http://www.trueimpact.com/blog/
Focused on metrics, ROI, and other ways to measure the impact of volunteering and service.

The Urban Survival Project
http://urbansurvivalproject.blogspot.com/
"This blog is about social networking to achieve something socially beneficial, and charts the journey of a social idea from conception hopefully to reality."

Vantage Point Blog
http://www.thevantagepoint.ca/blog
This community blog focuses on voluntary sector issues, leadership, organizations, and people engagement.

Volunteer Frontier
http://volunteerfrontier.blogspot.com/
"Dialogue on Strategic Service Engagement" from Reed Dewey, who has worked at various American national volunteerism organizations.

VolunteerHub Blog
http://www.volunteerhub.com/blog/
Volunteer management software vendor, VolunteerHub, posts tips and advice along with notices about its new offerings, aiming to be a “hub” for volunteer management discussion.

The Volunteer Manager
http://volunteermanager.wordpress.com/
A blog for "all volunteers and volunteer managers," started in September 2006 by Greg Colby.

A Volunteer’s Guide to Changing the World
http://howtorelay.blogspot.com/
By Mark Horoszowski in Seattle.

VolunteerSpot Blog
http://blog.VolunteerSpot.com
VolunteerSpot's blog shares ideas, tips and best practices for informal volunteer leaders about improving the volunteer experience, fundraising and streamlining volunteer coordination.

Volunteering Is CSR: The VolunteerMatch Blog for Business Leaders
http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/volunteeringiscsr/
All about corporate social responsibility.

Wendy Biro-Pollard's Volunteer Management Blog
http://wendybiro-pollard.com/category/volunteer-management/
Articles and insights from this speaker, trainer and Certified Volunteer Administrator with over 25 years of experience.

Wendy Moore
http://wendy-moore.blogspot.com/
Created by Australian Wendy Moore "to support, encourage and inspire people in the field of volunteer management, through sharing information and ideas to take our sector and boldly go where no one has gone before."

World Volunteer Web Blog
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/join-the-network/blogs/volunteer-blog.html

Part of the excellent World Volunteer Web site, this blog offers a forum for both volunteers and managers.

The YourVolunteers Blog
http://www.volunteer-databases.com
The blog of the YourVolunteers online volunteer management service provides original content related to volunteering and volunteer management.

Twitter Sources

Note: These are tweets for people in volunteer management, not sites that recruit volunteers. Most volunteer centers and many volunteer-involving organizations use Twitter these days to announce new service opportunities, but we do not list those here.

AL!VE
http://twitter.com/volunteeralive

Association of Volunteer Managers (UK)
http://twitter.com/vol_managersAVM

Effective Altruism
http://twitter.com/ebarnhart

Energize, Inc.
http://twitter.com/energizeinc

i-Volunteer.org.uk
http://twitter.com/ivolunteeruk

Idea Encore
http://twitter.com/IdeaEncore

Jayne Cravens
http://twitter.com/jcravens42

Nancy Macduff
http://twitter.com/nlmacduff

Martin J Cowling
http://twitter.com/martinjcowling

Rob Jackson Consulting
http://twitter.com/robjconsulting

Volunteer Mgmt
http://twitter.com/VolunteerMgmt

Volunteer Nation
http://twitter.com/volunteernation