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Are You Already Providing Virtual Volunteering?

Impact Online is interested in hearing from individuals who have helped nonprofit or public sector organizations remotely via a computer (helping to set up a Web site, researching funding opportunties via the World Wide Web, tutoring students via e-mail, etc.). If you have provided such "virtual volunteering", we would like to hear from you.

If your browser doesn't support forms, save this Web page as a text file, write in your answers in the text file, then copy the questions and answers and paste them into an email; send this email to jayne@impactonline.org.

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Your name:

Your e-mail address:

Your daytime telephone number:
(If we want to interview you by phone, we will e-mail you to set up an appointment to do so):

Your city:

Your state:

Your country:

How many organizations have you helped via the Internet?:

What organization(s) have you volunteered for via the Internet?:

Where is this/are these organizations located?
(city, state and country):

What kinds of volunteer activities have you done for a nonprofit organization or public sector institute via the Internet?:

How long did your "virtual volunteering" stint(s) last?
(how long have your volunteer activites via the Internet lasted per organization?):

How did you originally get together with the organization(s) you helped/are helping?
(did you see a list of volunteer opportunities on a Web site, something in the newspaper, etc.):

Have you volunteered/do you volunteer offline and, if so, what have you done?
(face-to-face, on-site help, such as serving food at a shelter or mentoring a young person)

Why did you want to volunteer? (in general):

Why did you want to provide volunteer support via the Internet?:

What did you like about volunteering via the Internet, as opposed to volunteering in-person/face-to-face?:

What did you dislike about volunteering via the Internet?:

How did the organization(s) you help(ed) recognize/reward you, if at all?
(did they give you a certificate, provide a link from their Web site to your own Web site, etc.):

What would make your virtual volunteering experiences more satisfying to you?:

What types of virtual volunteering opportunities do you wish were available that you haven't yet encountered?:

Please add any other comments you would like to send to Impact Online:
(If you wish to remain anonymous, make your request here)

Note: when you "submit", your information is automatically sent to Impact Online via email.


Online Resources for Volunteers

Impact Online has an area of Advice for Volunteers.

Online Resources for Volunteer Managers

Impact Online has created the following resources to help organizations find and use volunteers via the Internet. Some of the resources deal with both onsite and offsite volunteers. This information has been compiled using experiences from volunteer managers, as well as input from organizations already doing virtual volunteering activities. These files will be updated frequently, as we work with more nonprofit organizations who are utilizing the Internet as part of their volunteer programs:


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