Advances in Internet technology are making it possible for individuals to volunteer online
and participate in research-based activities of nonprofit organizations. Using survey data …

The contemporary media environment allows for online volunteering where volunteers can
participate without being physically present or being affiliated with a traditional organization …

Since the creation of the Internet as an information technology, it has become a tool which
exerts its influence on virtually all aspects of human life, including pro-social behavior …

The advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has transformed
conventional in-person volunteering on-site into online volunteering and civic participation …

In conjunction with the Institute for Volunteering Research's November 2005 conference,“
Volunteering Research: Frontiers and Horizons,” this research was undertaken to assess …

As access to the Internet expands, volunteer managers have the option of using this new
technology to manage pools of volunteers online. Online volunteering can appear …

Online volunteering platforms allow humanitarian organizations (HOs) to recruit volunteers
to work remotely on projects of varying urgency. While removing time and space constraints …

What is virtual volunteering? It's work done by volunteers online, via computers,
smartphones or other hand-held devices, and often from afar. More and more organizations …

Companies increasingly outsource activities to volunteers that they approach via an open
call on the internet. The phenomenon is called 'crowdsourcing'. For an effective use of …

SUMMARY A growing number of agencies involve volunteers via home or work computers
and the Internet. The Virtual Volunteering Project [http://www. serviceleader. org/vv/] has …