2022-2024 Coverage
Live Stream: The Nonprofit Enthusiast
The Nonprofit Enthusiast / Lasheena Williams
March 26 and September 7, 2024
Volunteer/community engagement trends; new research results from the Institute for Strategic Volunteer Engagement (ISVE) and The Do Good Institute (University of Maryland), and recruitment/labor shortages across the nonprofit sector from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impacts.
Engage Journal
“The Appeal of Collective Care Circles for Civic Engagement” Series Part 4, July 2024
“How to Implement Digital Care Circles” Series Part 3, January 2024
“Digital Care Circles: Series Part 2” July 2023
“Are Digital Care Circles the Future?” Series Part 1, January 2023
(Engage Journal subscription required)
The Volunteer Management Report
“Making Your Recruitment Messages Stick” July 2023
“Circles of Influence” October 2022, co-interviewed with Karen Reid, CVA
(VMR subscription required)
The Nonprofit Times
Interview on volunteer engagement/management news, research, best practices and trends.
August 2023 by Richard H. Levey
Podcast: Volunteer Nation
New funding opportunities for nonprofits for Volunteer Services, volunteer engagement/management news, research, best practices (and biggest mistakes!), and sector trends.
November 10, 2022
Tobi Johnson/VolunteerPro
2017-2021 Coverage
Podcast: Advancing The Profession
Advancing The Profession / Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd
Sept 2021
In this new episode, Rob chats with Dana Litwin about thinking outside the box, including understanding what leaders of volunteer engagement can learn from improvisational comedy as a way of advancing their practice.
Engage Journal
Consulting in Volunteer Engagement
October 2020
Volunteer engagement consultant and change management expert Christine Stankowski shares her own thoughts and experiences, and also includes advice and information from interviews with some of the sector’s well-known consultants – namely Rob Jackson, Andy Fryar, Martin J. Cowling, Laura Hamilton, Dana Litwin and Erin R. Spink. FYI - Engage Journal requires a subscription.
The Volunteer Management Report
Dealing With Difficult Situations: Say Goodbye to Challenging Volunteers
October 2019
In Volume 24, Issue 11, Dana outlines what to consider when removing challenging volunteers. FYI - The Volunteer Management Report requires a subscription.
Spinktank
Top 20 Ideas for 2020 in Volunteer Engagement
Read Dana’s chapter "Game On! Gamification in Volunteer Engagement"
Compendium
Session Notes: Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service
July 2017
Susan Walraed’s recap of the conference’s key sessions, including Dana’s “Three C’s of Happy Volunteers”.