Index by Country

Although we publish only in English, e-Volunteerism has worked hard to include perspectives from many countries.  To help those who are doing research on different regions of the world, this index is organized by country.  We list articles that are about programs and issues within a country, followed by articles written by someone from that country, regardless of the subject.

Multinational
Offer research, program examples, or opinions from three or more countries:

• Jul-Sep 2010: Volunteer Centers: Changing Rationale and Roles
• Jul-Sep 2010: Revisited: Volunteering in Arts, Heritage and Cultural Institutions
• Apr-Jun 2010: UK Perspectives – Voices from Coventry
• Apr-Jun 2010: Miscellaneous Good Stuff, Part 9
• Jan-Mar 2010: Keyboard Roundtable: Past, Present and Future?
• Jan-Mar 2010: Cooperative Credit Unions:  An International Volunteer Movement
• Jan-Mar 2010: Are We Asleep at the Wheel?
• Jan-Mar 2010: Volunteering Your Brain for Science
• Oct-Dec 2009: Exploring Alternative Economies Through Volunteering
• Oct-Dec 2009: Miscellaneous Good Stuff, Part 8
• Jul-Sep 2009: New Directions in Employer-Supported Volunteering, Part 2
• Jul-Sep 2009: Volunteering Through the Workplace
• Apr-Jun 2009: New Directions in Employer-Supported Volunteering
• Apr-Jun 2009: A Look at Internet Tools for Managing Volunteers
• Jan-Mar 2009: Volunteer Administration: A Continuing Misnomer?
• Oct-Dec 2008: The Division of Labour: Volunteers, Employees, Volunteer Management and Unions
• Oct-Dec 2008: Miscellaneous Good Stuff, Part 7
• Jul-Sep 2008: International Youth Exchange Programs - Some Unexpected Roots
• Jul-Sep 2008: The Changing Environment of Volunteers in Health Care
• Jul-Sep 2008: Selecting Goals and Optimizing Personal Resources: Contributions to the Development of Older Adult Volunteers
• Jul-Sep 2008: Miscellaneous Good Stuff, Part 6
• Apr-Jun 2008: Volunteering and Employability
• Jan-Mar 2008: Messing It Up: How Organizations Sabotage Their Volunteer Programs
• Jan-Mar 2008: Online Periodicals on Volunteerism
• Oct-Dec 2007: Miscellaneous Good Stuff
• Oct-Dec 2007: Why Can’t We Persuade Our Field to Interact Online?
• Jul-Sep 2007: The Growth of VolunTourism
• Jul-Sep 2007: Sabotage Part Two: How Managers of Volunteers Diminish Their Role
• Jul-Sept 2007: Volunteering as a Family Unit
• Apr-Jun 2007: Miscellaneous Good Stuff, Part 4
• Jan-Mar 2007: A Matter of Faith:  Volunteering in a Religious Context
• Jan-Mar 2007: Doing Good and Seeing the World: A Look at Volunteer Vacations
• Jul-Sep 2006: Major Events Volunteering
• Jul-Sep 2006: Using Technology to Understand Volunteering Trends
• Jan-Mar 2006: Crafting for Charity — A  Global Movement
• Jul-Sep 2005: How Meals on Wheels Started Rolling
• Jul-Sep 2005: MEM-VOL: Migrant and Ethnic Minority Volunteering
• July-Oct 2004: PSAs and Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns
• Jul-Sep 2004: Volunteers in Childbirth, Past and Present
• Apr-Jun 2004: On the Inside: The Tradition of Volunteers in Prisons
• Apr-Jun 2002: Religious Roots of Service
• Jul-Sep 2002: Unseen but Heard: Ham Radio Volunteers Help via the Airwaves
• Jul-Sep 2001: "Volunteering is SEXY" - Mini-posters from Amsterdam Youth Forum
• Jul-Sep 2001: Giving Help to Get Help:Where Do Service Exchanges Fit in the World of Volunteerism?
• Apr-Jun 2001: Perspectives From Conferees at the IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Amsterdam (On-the-Spot Audio Interview)

By design, all Keyboard Roundtables have a panel of contributors from different countries and are therefore multinational in content as well.

 Australia – about

• Oct-Dec 2007: Brisbane’s Homeless Connect Initiative
• Apr-Jun 2007: On the Same Wave: The Story Behind Australia’s First Squad of Muslim Surf Lifesavers
• Oct-Dec 2005: The ‘T’ Word in Volunteer Management: A Creative Approach to Getting Volunteers into Training
• Jan-Mar 2005: Succession Planning
• Apr-Jun 2005: Reflections on Building the Profession in Australasia
• July-Sep 2004: Invisible Histories: Reclaiming Volunteering and Voluntary Action in Australian History
• Oct-Dec 2001: The Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games Volunteer Program
• Oct-Dec 2001: Protecting and Serving the Public through Volunteers:Old Traditions, New Challenges for Volunteer Fire and Safety Programs
• Oct-Dec 2001: International VPM Job Exchanges, Part 1
• Jul-Sep 2001: South Australia's Volunteering Vision 2010

Australia – written by

• Apr-Jun 2010: Effective Youth Engagement in Generation Y: Lessons from the Field
• Jan-Mar 2010: Are We Asleep at the Wheel?
• Oct-Dec 2009: Who Needs Balance? How the Work-Life Balance of Volunteers Impacts Them and Your Organisation
• pr-Jun 2009: Global Volunteer Management Survey, Summary Report: People First – Total Solutions (2008)
• Jul-Sep 2006: Why I Learnt to Hate Icebreakers
• Jan-Mar 2005: Sabotage! The Five Lethal Factors Volunteer Managers Employ to Harm Their Programs
• Jan-Mar 2004: Getting the Attention You Want from the Media
• Jul-Sep 2003: Volunterrorism?
• Apr-Jun 2002: "Boomnet" Capturing the Baby Boomer Volunteers
• Jan-Mar 2002: Widening Our Horizons

Canada – about

• Jul-Sep 2007: Managing Virtual Volunteering: A Model for Decision Making, Part II, Audio Interview
• Oct-Dec 2005: A Review of “Corporate Volunteer Programs” Research
• Oct-Dec 2004: The Road Not Taken
• Apr-Jun 2004: Reach Out to Youth – Their Way
• Jul-Sep 2002: "O Canada" - The Listening Behind the Canada Volunteerism Initiative
• Oct-Dec 2001: International VPM Job Exchanges, Part 1
• Apr-Jun 2001: Workshops the Wired Way

Canada – written by

• Jul-Sep 2009: Engaged or Disengaged: Young People's Conceptions of Volunteerism
• Jan-Mar 2008: Deconstructing Engagement: Beyond the Buzzword
• Oct-Dec 2007: Engaging People!  Your Competitive Advantage 
• Oct-Dec 2006: Collaboration and Partnership: Using a Process to Facilitate Success
• Jul-Sep 2006: Working with Senior Leadership
• Apr-Jun 2003: World Leisure’s Volunteerism Commission
• Oct-Dec 2002: Emerging Trends and Issues in Volunteerism and Volunteer Program Management
• Oct-Dec 2000: It's Never Over: Ongoing Screening of Volunteers and Paid Staff

Hong Kong – about

• Apr-June 2004: VQ Sustainable Training Scheme

• Jul-Sept 2003: Fighting SARS: A Hong Kong Volunteer's Story

India – about

• Oct-Dec 2002: Where There Is a Will There Is a Way: The Navjyoti Model of Collaboration between Police and Mothers in Delhi

Ireland – written by

• Jul-Sep 2009: Volunteering in Ireland: The Good News, the Bad Economy and the Ugly Finances
• Oct-Dec 2005: Who Is That? An Interactive Exercise to Explore Perceptions

Israel – written by

• Jul-Sep 2010: Knowing When to Stop: Part 2
  A Personal Account of a Manager’s Efforts to Help Volunteers
• Apr-Jun 2009: The Volunteer’s Fantasies: A Challenge to the Volunteer Manager
• Apr-Sep 2008: Satisfaction among Volunteer Dentists Serving Underprivileged Elderly in Jersusalem

Italy – about

• Jan-Mar 2003: Historic and Cultural Roots of Fund Raising in Italy

Italy – written by

• Oct-Dec 2003: Reaching Out to Volunteers with Mental Illness

Japan – about

• Apr-Jun 2010: Japan’s Volunteer Probation Officers
• Oct-Dec 2001: Volunteering as a Lifestyle Choice: Negotiating Self-Identities in Japan

Mongolia – about

• Oct-Dec 2008: Volunteerism in Mongolia

Netherlands – by

• Oct-Dec 2009: It Ain’t Natural: Toward a New (Natural) Resource Conceptualization for Volunteer Management
• Oct-Dec 2008: Commitment With or Without a Stick of Paid Work: Comparison of Paid and Unpaid Workers in a Nonprofit Organization

New Zealand – about

• Jul-Sep 2010: Volunteering in the Land of the Long White Cloud
• Oct-Dec 2007: Finding and Keeping Volunteers in Sport and Recreation: What the Research Tells Us
• Jul-Sep 2007: Māori Volunteerism from 1800 to 1900:  A Recognition of Community Services in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Russia – about

• Jan-Mar 2004: Bringing Hospice Volunteerism to Russia

South Africa – about

• Jul-Sep 2005: Getting Corporate Feet on the Street: Developing Employee Volunteering in South Africa

Switzerland – written by

• Apr-Jun 2004: Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?

Taiwan - About

• From the Vantage Point of a Volunteer - Settling in Overseas: The Experience of Western Volunteers in Animals Taiwan

Tanzania – About

• Oct-Dec 2008: CSR Partnership Brings New Rainwater Harvesting Technology and World Wide Web to Maasai Village

United Kingdom – about

• Apr-Jun 2010: UK Perspectives – Voices from Coventry
• Jan-Mar 2010: Recession? What Recession? Steady Volunteer Numbers Belie Recession Expectations
• Jan-Mar 2008: Helping Out: A National Survey of Volunteering and Charitable Giving (2007)
• Jul-Sep 2007: Young People’s Volunteering and Skills Development:
   A Study by The National Youth Agency
• Jan-Mar 2007: Making Sense of Volunteering: A Literature Review
• Oct-Dec 2006: A Part of Society: Refugees and Asylum Seekers Volunteering in the UK
• Jul-Sep 2005: How Meals on Wheels Started Rolling
• Apr-Jun 2005: Getting Their Attention: YouthNet’s Innovative Approach to Engaging Young People in Volunteering
• Jan-Mar 2005: Attracting Volunteers from the Private Sector: An Overview
  
  
• Oct-Dec 2004: Generation V: Young People Speak Out on Volunteering
• Jul-Oct 2004: Involvement in Civil Society Groups: Is It Good for Your Health?
• Jan-Mar 2004: "Home Office Older Volunteers Initiative"                         

• Oct-Dec 2003: Five Key Trends and Their Impact on the Voluntary Sector
• Jul-Sep 2003: Volunteers and the Oxford English Dictionary
• Jan-Mar 2003: St. John Ambulance: 900 Years of Service

• Oct-Dec 2002: ‘Shape Your Future’ – A Museum Helps Volunteers Help Themselves
• Jan-Apr 2002: International VPM Job Exchanges, Part 2
• Apr-Jun 2002: Go on, Speak Up! Speak Out!
  
  
• Jul-Sep 2001: Getting Involved: The Home Office's Research on the Active Community in England and Wales
• Jul-Sep 2001: Alec Dickson: Pioneering Influence on Two Continents

United Kingdom  – written by

• Jul-Sep 2010: The Hybrids (And We Don’t Mean Automobiles)
• Jul-Sep 2009: Volunteering Works
• Oct-Dec 2008: CSR Partnership Brings New Rainwater Harvesting Technology and World Wide Web to Maasai Village
• Apr-Jun 2006: The Contradictions of Imposing ‘Checks’ on Volunteers:  Questions We Need to Answer
  
  
• Jul-Sep 2005: One Size Does Not Fit All: Four Models of Involving Volunteers in Small Voluntary Organisations
• Jul-Sep 2005: From Volunteer to New Career
• Oct-Dec 2003: A Model for Applying Data
• Jan-Mar 2001: Volunteer Management at the Start of the 21st Century

 United States – about

• Jul-Sep 2010: Boomers and Beyond: 12 Best Practices Vital to Volunteer Resources in the Future
• Apr-Jun 2010: Connecting and Giving: A Report on How Mid-Life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities
• Jan-Mar 2010: Cooperative Credit Unions:  An International Volunteer Movement
• Jul-Sep 2009: "End Slavery at Liberty and Freedom"
• Jul-Sep 2009: Towards a More Cohesive Volunteerism Public Affairs Strategy: A Story, Steps and Lessons from Minnesota
• Jan-Mar 2009: Reminisces of Ivan Scheier By Those Who Knew Him
• Jan-Mar 2009: Some Personal Notes about Ivan Scheier and Those Like Him
• Jul-Sep 2008: International Youth Exchange Programs - Some Unexpected Roots
• Apr-Jun 2008: Volunteer Transitions among Older Americans
• Jan-Mar 2008: Creating a Culturally Competent Volunteer Program
• Jan-Mar 2008: The Legacy of Volunteering by Children
• Jul-Sep 2007: To Volunteer or Not to Volunteer
• Apr-Jun 2007: “Challenges to Volunteerism in the ‘80s”
• Oct-Dec 2006: When Disaster Strikes: Getting Volunteer Resources to the Right Place at the Right Time
  
• Jul-Sep 2006: Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus: Senior Pioneer

• Jul-Sep 2006: Generating Corporate Brand Value through Nonprofit Organizations and Employee-Volunteer Programs
• Jul-Sep 2006: Volunteering for Student Success:  When Parents, Communities, and Teachers Connect
• Jan-Mar 2006: Today’s Corporate Workplace Volunteering in Context
  
  
• Jul-Sep 2005: The Adventures of Vicky Barnes and Other Fictional Volunteers
• Oct-Dec 2005: Wednesday’s Children
  
  
• Oct-Dec 2004: Exploring Volunteer Space: Ivan Scheier's Lost Book
• Oct-Dec 2004: Hearing from Youth as Well as About Them
• Oct-Dec 2004: Training Paid Staff to Welcome Volunteers: The Boulder County Experience
• July-Oct 2004: Pioneering Project Helps Researchers Get Volunteering Right
• Apr-Jun 2004: On the Inside: The Tradition of Volunteers in Prisons
• Jan-Mar 2004: Facilitating the End of an Era
  
  
• Oct-Dec 2003: Volunteering Through the Eyes and Ears of a Dedicated Dog Volunteer
• July-Sep 2003: What’s Unique about Human Resources in the Nonprofit Sector?
• Apr-Jun 2003: Group Interviewing Techniques: Hitting the Bull’s-Eye Every Time
• Jan-Mar 2003: Investing in Volunteerism: The Impact of Service Initiatives in Selected Texas State Agencies
• Apr-Jun 2003: Ten Thousand Villages - A Journey of Service
• Jan-Mar 2003: Fun and Simplicity Make These Recruitment Techniques Work
• Jan-Mar 2003: Developing Agency Capacity to Promote and Support Family Volunteerism

• Oct-Dec 2002: "Short Term Impact, Long Term Opportunities: The Political and Civic Engagement of Young Adults in America"
• Oct-Dec 2002: Volunteers, the March of Dimes, and the Fight Against Polio
• Jul-Sep 2002: Exploring Hispanic American Involvement in Community Leadership through Volunteerism"
• Jul-Sep 2002: Mandated Service - The Future of Volunteering?
• Jul-Sep 2002: Mary Wiser Remembered
• Apr-Jun 2002: Political Volunteering: Lifeblood of Healthy Democracy
• Jan-Mar 2002: Hot Buttons in the Good Old Days
• Jan-Mar 2002: Changing the Focus on Volunteerism: An Investigation of Volunteers' Multiple Contributions for a Charitable Organization
• Jan-Mar 2002: International VPM Job Exchanges, Part 2
• Jan-Mar 2002: The Birth of the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (includes On-the-Spot Audio Interview)
• Jan-Mar 2002: Volunteer Management.: Overlooked Strategy in Improving Elections Process
  
  
• Oct-Dec 2001: Eva Schindler-Rainman: Innovative Trainer and Vocal Advocate for Volunteerism
• Oct-Dec 2001: Protecting and Serving the Public through Volunteers:Old Traditions, New Challenges for Volunteer Fire and Safety Programs
• Oct-Dec 2001: Wiring Friendships Across Time, Space, and Age
• Jul-Sep 2001: Diversity Continuum: Indicators of Success
• Apr-Jun 2001: Becoming Friends: How Two Former Competitors Merged
• Apr-Jun 2001: Focus on Membership Development: Three Organizations Share Effective Techniques
• Apr-Jun 2001: Our Organizational Roots
• Apr-Jun 2001: Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize...
• Apr-Jun 2001: Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey
• Jan-Mar 2001: Highlights From "Flying Under the Radar: The Significant Work of All-Volunteer Organizations"
• Jan-Mar 2001: What Alexis de Tocqueville Really Said

• Oct-Dec 2000: Who is Harriet Naylor Anyway?

United States – written by

• Jul-Sep 2010: Games People Play: New Ideas for Icebreakers
• Apr-Jun 2010: Choosing the Right Training Method
• Jan-Mar 2010: Using Type Intelligence to Foster Better Volunteerism
• Jan-Mar 2010: Get On Board the Pro Bono Express
• Oct-Dec 2009: It Ain’t Natural: Toward a New (Natural) Resource Conceptualization for Volunteer Management
• Oct-Dec 2009: Reflections on a Decade of e-Volunteerism
• Oct-Dec 2009: Our Community at Work: Reinventing Port Angeles
• Oct-Dec 2009: Management Lessons Learned from an Organic Vegetable Garden
• Jul-Sep 2009: Gotta Serve Somebody
• Jul-Sep 2009: Using Social Media in Your Volunteer Engagement Strategy
• Apr-Jun 2009: Voices and Pictures: Finding Our History Online
• Apr-Jun 2009: Drop-in Volunteers and the Benefits of Flexibility
• Apr-Jun 2009: Volunteer Experience Makes a Difference in this Job Market
• Jan-Mar 2009: Meanwhile…Back at the Neighborhood
• Jan-Mar 2009: Ivan Scheier Online
• Jan-Mar 2009: Challenge Think Tanks Remembered
• Jan-Mar 2009: The People Approach to Volunteer Work Design
• Jan-Mar 2009: Review of Exploring Volunteer Space
• Jan-Mar 2009: Mini-Max: Ivan's Game with a Purpose
• Oct-Dec 2008: Children Are Our Future
• Oct-Dec 2008: Reflection Pools: Adding Value to Conferences
• Oct-Dec 2008: Volunteerism in Mongolia
• Jul-Sep 2008: Managing The Non-Volunteer Volunteer
• Jul-Sep 2008: No Matter Where: Volunteering for the Olympic Games
• Jul-Sep 2008: The Search for Outstanding People
• Jul-Sep 2008: Banking on Volunteer Talent
• Jul-Sep 2008: Training Small Nonprofits and Community-Based Groups about Leadership of Volunteers
• Apr-Jun 2008: Award-Winning Nominations: How to Bring Recognition and Awards to Volunteers
• Apr-Jun 2008: Baby Boomers in Action! An Initiative in Iowa to Recruit Baby Boomer Volunteers
• Apr-Jun 2008: Trolling for Leadership: Applying Classic Volunteer Management to Working with Boards and Trustees
• Apr-Jun 2008: The Wall between Faith-Based and Secular Volunteerism: Is it Time to Chip Away at the Barrier?
• Apr-Jun 2008: Vision Volunteering
• Jan-Mar 2008: Transferable Skills: What Makes Us Invaluable?  
• Jan-Mar 2008: Transition Time: Following an Older, More Experienced Volunteer Dog
• Oct-Dec 2007: The Other Half of the Volunteer World
• Oct-Dec 2007: Teens with Autism Show that Volunteering Is for Everyone
• Jul-Sep 2007: Clearing Hurdles on the Volunteer Obstacle Course
• Jul-Sep 2007: Training Tips When Faced with Challenging Participants
• Apr-Jun 2007: Appreciative Inquiry: A Strengths-Based Approach in Volunteer Training
• Apr-Jun 2007: Membership Recruitment Made Easy
• Apr-Jun 2007: Representing the Interests of the Community: What Happens When Volunteers Take Their Roles Seriously
  
  
• Jan-Mar 2007: Animal Rescue:  Another Heroic Volunteer Effort during Hurricane Katrina
• Jan-Mar 2007: Are You a “Manager” or a “Leader” of Volunteers?
• Jan-Mar 2007: From Observation to Action
• Jan-Mar 2007: Getting Ninety People to Consensus: A Non-training Design
• Jan-Mar 2007: If You Think Education is Expensive…Try Ignorance
• Jan-Mar 2007: The Language of Leadership
  
  
• Oct-Dec 2006: Generating Funds for Your Volunteer Program: The Mindset and Methods
• Apr-Jun 2006: Creating a “Fear-Less” Speakers Bureau Program

Note that, since Susan Ellis and Steve McCurley are both American and write all the Points of View essays, these are not listed here.

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