Trends
and Issues
Australasia
take Pride
This
Hot Topic from July 2003 examines the place that Australia
plays on the world stage in relation to its development
of volunteerism
Australian
Observations: An interview with Linda Graff
This
OzVPM Hot Topic from November 2004 asks Canadian volunteerism
leader Linda Graff her thoughts on volunteerism in
Australia
BOOMNET
– Capturing the baby Boomer volunteers
The BOOMNET report
was commissioned by the WA government in 2001 and
sought to examine the issues surrounding the first
of the baby boomer generation reaching retirement.
This is a comprehensive report with lots of substance.
From
BOOMNET to BOOMnot
This document is part two of the research
project commissioned by the WA government to look
at trends of volunteering particularly as they relate
to the Babyboomers. It was produced in May 2002.
Report
on the impact of petrol prices on volunteering (2005)
A
survey of volunteers and not for profit organisations
undertaken by Volunteering Australia in October 2005
showed that rising petrol prices was adversely impact
on volunteering, with 84 per cent of all respondents
believing that rising petrol prices presented a barrier
to volunteering.
National
Survey of Volunteering Issues 2006
The
aims of the Volunteering Australia Annual National
Survey of Volunteering Issues are twofold.
The
first aim is to gather detailed information about
how both public policy issues and volunteer management
practices are experienced by volunteers and not for
profit organisations. The second is to provide an
opportunity for volunteers and organisations to raise
issues relating to volunteering that may be new or
emerging.
NZ
Future of Work website
The
future of work website examines all aspects of the
future of work in NZ, including volunteerism
Start
the Conference Carousel - I want to get on!
This
Hot Topic from November 2003 examines the issue of
the lack of conference opportunities within volunteerism
in our region
The
Tsunami Effect (Jan 05)
After
the wave subsides (Feb 05)
These
two Hot Topic columns from early 2005 investigate
the possible effect on volunteerism and the voluntary
sector of the huge outpouring of goodwill which followed
the Asian Tsunami crisis
Turn
your organisation into a volunteer magnet
In
late 2004, OzVPM Director Andy Fryar along with Fraser
Dyer and Rob Jackson from the UK released an exciting
e-book titled 'Turn your organisation into a volunteer
magnet'. The
e-book features articles from many 'on-the-ground'
volunteer managers from Australia, the UK and USA
as well as a few articles by better know authors such
as Steve McCurley and Rick Lynch.
Vita
Activa - Radio Series on Volunteering
Dr Melanie Oppenheimer is an Associate
Professor within the School of Humanities & Languages
at the University of Western Sydney and historian
with a particular interest in volunteers. Throughout
2007, ABC Radio conducted a series of discussions
with Melanie about trends in volunteering and these
can be downloaded by clicking on the above link
Volunterrorism
This article, written by OzVPM Director Andy
Fryar, was originally published on the e-volunteerism
website in 2003. The article asks some challenging
questions about the good and evil sides of volunteering
by pondering the question ' Are volunteer suicide
bombers really volunteers?'
Who
Cares?
A
series of audio files produced by Linda Graff and
Paul Reed, examining the decline of volunteering participation
rates in Canada
International
Resources on Trends and Issues
Additional links and information on this
topic from around the world courtesy of our friends
at Energize
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