Perhaps oddly, we’ve never had an introduction to the sector on VolResource. There are views on what’s different about working in a voluntary organisation, and various issues are mentioned as part of other topics. But in redesigning the site recently, something other than a list of relevant topics seemed a …
The Canadian Charity Village site has this week’s cover story as “Mandatory volunteering”: What’s in a name? As it says, “While “mandatory volunteering” is an oxymoron, it is a growing trend that is worth watching.” While there are differences between how the sectors work in Canada and UK, much is …
Yesterday’s conference (21st February, London) on Voluntary Sector Databases was an interesting event. Independently organised it sold out and has a waiting list for a repeat event (due in May). At the start of the event I was wondering why it was so popular, given that databases have been growing …
A short item on Fundraising Technology: Starting blogging? is worth a mention, if only for pointing out a couple of blogging Codes of Ethics. The one from Joho the Blog is the more friendly.
A new facility which generates a spoken version of a blog feed has come to my attention (via Ecademy). Currently free, but I guess some advertising or charges will appear if it takes off – feed2podcast. Listen to the OCB feed.
New research on discussion forums run by public bodies is due to be published next month, according to E-Government Bulletin. This week they have an item anticipating this and, while there aren’t very many examples to chose from, does say that “one of the most impressive examples of best practice …
© 2012 VolResource/CharityBlog
Powered by Esplanade Theme and WordPress