MAILING LISTS

OzVPM
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozvpm
An active email list dedicated to discussing volunteer management issues in Australasia and beyond. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

WEB DISCUSSION NETWORK

Volunteer Manager’s Hub
http://communitycentral.org.nz/network-volunteer-manager%E2%80%99s-hub

This discussion forum is mission is to create an easy pathway for all NZ managers of volunteers to support each other, and in doing so to share ideas and problem; to make information readily available to each other and to ensure we are making the most of our resources.

BLOGS

Acronymn
http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/volunteer_management/

From the American Society of Association Management: “A veritable alphabet soup of ideas for the association community.”

Volunteering Auckland
http://volunteeringauckland.blogspot.com/
Right place to look for news about the Auckland volunteering scene: new volunteer jobs, trainings and events for volunteers and ones who manage them, project launches, finding partners and likeminded people…

Volunteering Canterbury
http://volcan.wordpress.com/
This co-operative style blog, administered by Volunteering Canterbury is a place where those who support volunteers may discuss issues and gain information.

Volunteer Wellington
http://volunteerwellington.wordpress.com/
Great spot to read some ‘from the volunteer’s perspective’ stories, pick  a line or two about the burning issues that matter to the managers of volunteers or some great observations about volunteering in daily life.

Management 4 Volunteers
http://management4volunteers.wordpress.com/  
Through her volunteering and work with volunteers, Sue Hine learned about management, what worked and what didn’t. In here blog she freely speaks about her thoughts and to float ideas that might get you thinking. 

Speaking out on Volunteer Management!
http://djcronin.blogspot.com/                                                                                  
With a strong background in management of volunteers, DJ Cronin challenges the volunteer management community to get engaged in debate to strengthen the profession.

Exploring Volunteering
http://jocote.org/
If you want to learn from the thinking of the past and to open up possibilities for the future, this is the right place to go. Patrick Daniels writes about variety of volunteering issues from the history of volunteering to current volunteering events and how web is changing volunteering.

Energize Book Blog
http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/
A blog about volunteer management books, featuring excerpts, author interviews, and more!

Jayne Blog
http://blogs.forumer.com/jcravens/
One of the field's first blogs run by Jayne Cravens, expert in online volunteering, that offers information on volunteering and nonprofit technological issues.

Realizing Your Worth
http://realizedworth.blogspot.com/
In the rapidly growing field of Corporate Social Responsibility, the singular focus of Realized Worth is corporate volunteering.

Wendy Biro-Pollard's Volunteer Management Blog
http://wendybiro-pollard.com/category/volunteer-management/
This blog provides insights from speaker, trainer and experienced manager of volunteers on various aspects of management of volunteering.

Engaging Volunteers
http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/  
This VolunteerMatch Blog for Social Change Organisations has number of diverse contributors representing the wide US volunteering scene.  The topics go from the hot tips for the managers of volunteers to IT issues of volunteering sector.

ONLINE MAGAZINES

Blue Avocado
www.blueavocado.org
Blue Avocado is a nonprofit online magazine for community nonprofits published every third Tuesday through an HTML newsletter delivered to more than 50,000 subscribers. You can acess the past articles from their website as well.

VIDEOS:

GoodTube
http://www.goodtube.org/
GoodTube is an internet community dedicated to Good, a video sharing site for non profit organizations and people involved in volunteering worldwide. It provides charities with a way to showcase their work, reach potential donors and inspire viewers. It is a place for video enthusiasts with a Good message to connect with a global audience. GoodTube is a non profit, non religious enterprise, and it is 100 percent free.

Volunteer England’s YouTube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/VolunteeringEngland
Posted videos are from events and campaigns organised by Volunteering England. They document variety of issues related to volunteering and could serve as an inspiration for everyone interested in visual campaigning. 

YouTube Video Volunteers
http://www.youtube.com/videovolunteers/
This platform hopes to connect Not for Profit organisations with skilled video makers who can help them broadcast their causes through video, reaching new audiences online and driving action around issues and projects that matter to them.