Revisited: Thinking the Unthinkable: Are We Using the Wrong Model for Volunteer Work?
In this issue,Voices revisits two favorite Volunteer Engagement “voices” to debate a topic that could not be more timely today: Are we using the wrong model for volunteer work? In this repost of an April 2003 column by the late Susan J. Ellis and Steve McCurley, these two co-founders of e-Volunteerism, now known as Engage, discuss what happens when the patterns of volunteering change but the models and structures to support Volunteer Engagement remain the same.