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AFP eWire May 30, 2006	New Website Registers Volunteers for Future Disasters The Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network have created a new website to help prepare for future disasters by linking charities with volunteers.
Energize December 2007 Susan J. Ellis	Helper Triage: Volunteer Management in Emergencies It's imperative that citizen volunteers be a subject for consideration in any emergency plan and that at least one authorized person be designated solely to be in charge of volunteer mobilization when a crisis occurs.
Energize November 2012 Susan J. Ellis	The Perfect Volunteer Storm What can we observe in all of this outpouring of time and effort for the presidential election and for Hurricane Sandy and what implications can we see for calmer times? Let's do some analysis from our volunteer leadership perspective.
Fast Company November 2002 Fara Warner	Finbarr O'Neill Is Not a Car Guy How the CEO of Hyundai Motor America, a corporate lawyer by training, engineered the most unlikely turnaround in the auto business -- and kicked Hyundai into gear.
D-Lib October 2003	Featured Collection: eOneill.com An Electronic Eugene O'Neill Archive
Salon.com June 7, 2001 Jake Tapper	Aluminum sliding Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill promised to dump his Alcoa stock in March. He still hasn't -- and might have bagged $62 million as a result...
PC Magazine July 4, 2008 Lisa Zyga	A Safety Net for Disaster Relief The Web can be an invaluable resource for aiding others and finding help in the big storm.
Fast Company Vivian Giang	How A Business Can Survive A Breakup Couple-run businesses are common with 3.7 million businesses owned by a husband and wife, according to a 2007 Census estimate. But most married business partners don't continue to run the business together once the relationship dissolves.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Palmeri, Dawson & Kiley	Mitsubishi: Falling Further Behind Can Mitsubishi claw its way back in an industry with too many players? It's debuting two new models this month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Energize December 2005 Susan J. Ellis	Charity Burnout? How to Cope with the Impact of Mother Nature in 2005 The huge commitment of time and money to so many areas needing disaster relief has a ripple effect on volunteer recruitment and fundraising for "everyday," local organization needs. Here are some suggestions to cope during tight times.
AFP eWire August 4, 2008	Volunteering Up, Dropout Rate Still High Retaining donors is not the only challenge nonprofits face. A recent study shows that retention rates for volunteers are nearly as daunting.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Laura Cohn	Meet Goldman's Rock Star British currency guru Jim O'Neill draws crowds hoping for a bit of his economic predictive powers.
Energize March 2008 Susan J. Ellis	California Governor "Pumps Up" Volunteering California elevates volunteer management to a state cabinet position.
Energize September 2005 Susan J. Ellis	The Silver Lining of Disaster Despite all the mismanagement in the Gulf Coast rescue and relief effort, the bright spots of news reporting are what people are doing to help one another. In the long term, volunteer work in response to this crisis may bring our country together in ways we can't imagine.
Energize December 2009 Susan J. Ellis	When the Ax Falls: Budget Cutting and Volunteers Can an organization turn to volunteers to fill gaps when budgets are cut and employees laid off?
AFP eWire February 10, 2015	REPORT: Volunteering and Charitable Giving in Canada In this latest report by Statistics Canada, data collected from the 2013 General Social Survey provides current and comprehensive information about the individuals who volunteered in 2013.
AFP eWire July 31, 2006	Online Volunteering: Factors for Success A new study examines the potential benefits of cultivating online volunteers and the necessary infrastructure and capacity organizations need to effectively employ these volunteers.
Investment Advisor October 2005	Editor's Note: The Local Solution Tip O'Neill said all politics is local. The corollary for financial planners and investment advisors -- at least for those who are independent and independent minded -- is that all planning is local.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Golden State Wine Warriors A bidding war for a California winery has investors watching the cellar closely.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2006 Rayna Aylward	Readying the Response A corporate grantmaker describes her organization's effort to be better prepared to marshal resources when the next disaster strikes.
Energize December 2012 Susan J. Ellis	End-of-Year Reports Can Illuminate Volunteer Achievements The invisibility of volunteers in many agency reports is matched only by the presentation of generally useless information about volunteers in other reports.
Energize June 2013 Susan J. Ellis	Stop Volunteers from Being Their Own Worst Enemies Maybe we need to educate volunteers about who they are and how they fit into our organizations. If we wrongly assume that volunteers "get it," we open ourselves to potential problems of various sorts.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004	Get Innovative in Giving You have more options than just cutting a check every December. Here are a few suggestions offering some new ways to go about giving to charity and some tips on how to donate effectively.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006	Be a Smart Charitable Donor Make the most of your hard-earned dollars -- even when giving them away.
Energize February 2014 Susan J. Ellis	It's Time to Discuss the Complex Relationship of Volunteering and Money We constantly fight the attitude that "volunteers are free," but money is connected to volunteering in complex ways.
Energize January 2012 Susan J. Ellis	What Would the Perfect Volunteer Involving Organization Look Like? Here is what I think an organization would look like if it practiced everything we preach about creative, welcoming, and effective volunteer management, led by a skilled director of volunteer involvement.
Energize October 3, 2011	What Leaders of Volunteers Can DO to Gain Executive Attention- Responses A reader from Gainesville, Florida shares his insights about leading by example.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	IBM Teams Up With The Weather Company For Emergency Tech The Weather Company is doing something that's a long way from weather updates on cable television: emergency management software for cities.
AFP eWire January 25, 2011 Brydon M. DeWitt	The Power of the Volunteer Working with volunteers is not easy. With the right support, however, volunteers can do more than any number of staff can do -- it's just a matter of harnessing their potential.
Energize November 2008 Susan J. Ellis	How Will the Economic Crisis Affect Volunteering? Will volunteering increase, decrease, or change in some way as the financial situation becomes more dire?
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Coast Guard San Francisco Investigates Communications Systems for Crisis Events The U.S. Coast Guard Sector in San Francisco and other military agencies are investigating technologies to build ad-hoc emergency communications systems quickly in the wake of disasters like Hurricane Katrina that bring down commercial telephone, radio, and computer networks.
Energize December 2014 Susan J. Ellis	What Did You and Volunteers Do Well this Year? 2014 is rapidly coming to an end. Before you consider making any resolutions for the new year, use December as an opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months.
AFP eWire March 1, 2004	Many Nonprofits Using Volunteers Ineffectively A joint study by the UPS Foundation, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps has revealed that 80 percent of nonprofits rely on volunteers for critical activities, but admit they do not have the resources or knowledge to manage them as they might like.
Energize Susan J. Ellis	Should We Cap the Number of Hours a Volunteer May Serve Each Week? New volunteers may start off gung-ho and promise many hours before they know what they will experience. So I like the practice of setting an initial limit of maximum time until the situation evolves and looks to be successful.
Managed Care October 2001 Joyce Ochs	Sept. 11's Lessons in Disaster Care While we are trying to grapple with the changes that terrorism may make to our way of life, a greater public awareness of emergency measures is bound to be one result...
HBS Working Knowledge November 6, 2012	Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future weather events like Hurricane Sandy? The key to infrastructure resilience may lie in the unglamorous corner of financial products, including insurance.
Job Journal December 17, 2006 Bob Rosner	Working Wounded: A Personal Disaster Plan What do you need to know to respond to a disaster at work?
AFP eWire April 25, 2005	What is Volunteer Time Worth? The value of the volunteer hour has increased. According to an estimate, one hour of volunteer time rose to $17.55 for 2004, up from $17.19 per hour in 2003.
Energize October 2007 Susan J. Ellis	The Moral Obligation of Volunteer Recruitment Promises Recruiting volunteers to contribute their time and effort to your organization puts you in the middle of an implied promise.
Energize March 2009 Susan J. Ellis	The Difference between Needing and Wanting Volunteers A few measures of true willingness to find the full range of resources to help meet your organization's mission and serve the most people in the best ways.
Energize June 2005 Susan J. Ellis	Mobile Volunteers - `Tis the Season In the past, one simply wished vacationing volunteers a good time and hoped they'd return in a few months. But if the person is going to have access to a computer and the Internet while away, consider a virtual assignment.
Energize February 2006 Susan J. Ellis	The Fair Labor Standards Act and Other Obstacles to Progress As advocates for volunteer engagement, we need to approach specialized counselors as equal team members, remembering that we, too, have expertise to offer.
Energize April 2011 Susan J. Ellis	Celebrate Collective Accomplishments, Not Volunteered Time Volunteer recognition is a powerful tool for leaders of volunteers that remains largely underutilized.
Energize October 2012 Susan J. Ellis	Practicing What We Preach: Volunteers Helping Us, Too One of the enduring mysteries of the volunteer management field is how often those who lead volunteer efforts do not build a team of volunteers to help them in their important work.
Energize June 2011 Paula J. Beugen	Is the Corporation for National and Community Service on the Right Track for Volunteerism? After energetically working alongside many others to advance the concepts for what became the National and Community Service Act of 1990, I am stunned by the current state of what is now the Corporation for National and Community Service
AFP eWire August 16, 2011	Orienting and Training Volunteers for Success All volunteers should go through orientation to the organization and at least some training for their roles as volunteers.
Energize December 2006 Susan J. Ellis	Together We Stand: Volunteers and Volunteer Resource Managers Connected Frontline volunteers and boardroom volunteers are more alike than different, and the principles of effective volunteer administration apply to each group.
This Old House Deborah Snoonian	Home Repair Volunteer Programs Hundreds of organizations perform minor home repairs and landscape work for the elderly and disabled. Learn more about starting or joining a volunteer program where you can put your home improvement skills to work, too.
Energize July 2010 Susan J. Ellis	The Correlation between Time Donors and Money Donors All research shows that people who volunteer tend to give more money to charity than people who do not. This often-quoted finding only tells part of the philanthropy story.
CRM March 2015	The 2015 CRM Service Awards: Service Elite Each of our three Elite winners -- a retail giant, a charitable organization, and a government agency -- combined solid strategies and clear goals to better serve their client base.