Online Volunteering resources

Books
www.ssireview.org
Two volunteering 2.0 manifesto?s: Charles and Elizabeth Handy?s The New Philanthropist, dedicated to the new donators of the third century and How to Change the World, by David Bornstien, a collage of the portraits of innovators who have changed their lives and the world. And to keep up with best practices? Social Enterprise, an English monthly magazine published by non profit editors, Make a difference publishing Ltd and the Stanford Social Innovation Review, published by the prestigious Stanford University.

Communication Tools
www.youtube.com/nonprofits
Are you tired of looking through the millions of videos uploaded on Youtube to find interesting non-profit material? No worries, the million dollar company has just launched the Youtube Non Profit Programme: Broadcast your cause!
If instead you are looking for an alternative to Youtube there is newly launched http://hub.witness.org.

Do-it yourself volunteering
www.aidgle.com
The idea came from a Peruvian student residing in the USA. On the 15th of August 2007 a magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit the Peruvian coast causing 500 deaths and leaving more than 85 thousand people homeless. Robert decided to use the most clicked on online search engine: Google. And one of it?s functions: to personalise it. No later was it said than done and Aidgle was born. In less than a month 1 thousand dollars were raised with traffic and advertising. An alternative to Google? Try www.goodsearch.com, launched by an ex-Cnn reporter in 2005 on Yahoo!

Good art
www.cirquedusoleil.com
Forget about Bono Vox: the best known good rockstar on the planet is old news. Volunteering?s new favourite artists are Cirque de Soleil, who are a real inspiration to thousands of youths.

High.tech volunteers
www.the-hub.net
Their cell phones connect to internet and can be used in the five continents. Their pc’s are all lap-tops. Better if it is Nrgroponte’s low cost version. And while 2.0 volunteers are always equipped with digital cameras, they also know all the locations where they can tap onto a wireless connection.

Training
www.startingbloc.org
What and where do Robin Hoodies study? In Europe the most respected universities are Oxford and Cambridge. But when it comes to Masters courses students prefer the Said Business School?s a Master of studies in Social Enterprise and Community Development and the intensive courses offered by the Starting Bloc Institute for Social Innovation.

2.0 Fund raising
http://tedhart.com
One of the greatest fundraising experts online. Just being launched is his latest People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities. Tools for convincing donors? www.goldmail.com, where you can send emails to your supporters or members, share your images with them or even send them a brief message explaining why their help is needed. Quick, easy and efficient as is demonstrated by the huge number of American non profit organisations that are using it.

European Volunteer Centre (CEV)

European umbrella organisation that groups together 50 National and Regional Volunteer Centres across Europe, that in turn represent thousands of volunteer groups in more than 20 European countries and more than 100 million European volunteers. CEV works to promote volunteering in Europe. www.cev.be.

United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

www.worldvolunteerweb.org The World Volunteer Web supports the volunteer community by serving as a global clearinghouse for information and resources linked to volunteerism that can be used for campaigning, advocacy and networking. It is an online hub where the community can meet, share resources and coordinate activities to mobilize volunteer action in support of the Millennium Development Goals.

Software for volunteer managment

A list of volunteer management software at www.coyotecommunications.com