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> Trends in Volunteerism |
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| Trends affecting volunteerism
and volunteer administration |
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The Minnesota Association for Volunteer
Administration understands that it is vital for leaders in
the field of volunteer administration to keep abreast of changes
in the greater community.
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Volunteer Management Capacity Study Series: |
| In 2004 the Urban Institute conducted four studies related to volunteer management capacity. MAVA recommends that you ready these landmark studies. |
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| Percentage of Minnesotans Who Volunteer Remains
High |
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According to the Minnesota State Survey, Minnesotans
volunteer at a high level. About 67%, or 2.4 million Minnesotans
over the age of 18, volunteered their time in 2004.
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| Five Nonprofit Trends and
Their Implications for Capacity Builders |
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Trends affect how capacity building work will
be done in the future and its implications for those who work
in the field. This information was presented at the Alliance
for Nonprofit Management's 2004 Regional Conference.
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Stipended Volunteers: Their
Goals, Experiences, Satisfaction, and Likelihood of Future Service
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The relationship of initial goals to subsequent
service outcomes, satisfaction, and intention to volunteer
was empirically investigated. The goals that stipended volunteers
brought to their service were found to influence outcomes
related to those goals 1 year later.
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| Community Service in the Transition: Shifts and Continuities in Participation from High School to College |
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Continuing a decade-long trend, findings
from recent annual surveys of first-year college students
have documented their participation in community service as
high-school seniors at record high levels.
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| Volunteering in the United
States, 2004
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the US Department of Labor,
about 64.5 million people did volunteer work at least once
from September 2003 to September 2004 and the proportion of
the population who volunteered held steady at 28.8 percent.
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| Management Capacity Survey
Project, 2004 |
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Survey results, dialogue and fact sheets
for the first national study of volunteer management (Volunteer Management Capacity in America’s Charities and Congregations) to better understand the scope of issues confronting our charities
and congregational social service outreach activities.
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| MAVA
Response |
| MAVA Public Affairs |
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| Harvard School of Public
Health - MetLife Foundation |
| Initiative on Retirement
and Civic Engagement |
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Compared to their parents’ generation,
the so-called “Greatest Generation,” boomers have
done less by every measure of civic engagement, including
rates of voting and joining community groups.
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