Volunteer value is rich and diverse, yet we tend not to report volunteer value beyond numbers, hours, and dollars. The flyer above (downloadable version here) is a new companion piece to my annual blog about using wage replacement rates for volunteer value. It outlines the benefits and limitations of these rates, such as the one…
Tag: <span>Independent Sector</span>
In honor of National Volunteer Month, Independent Sector’s financial value of a volunteer hour is now live for 2024. This financial value is just one of many ways to track and report volunteer contributions. Check out an updated version of my annual blog (now living on its own web page): Value of a Volunteer Hour:…
[Link to the latest version of this blog – typically updated during National Volunteer Week in the U.S.] “The most enduring and controversial question within the field of volunteerism is the one that relates to the ‘value’ of volunteers and the hours they contribute”. Andy Fryar This enduring question comes to the forefront each year…
[This is an old post. Please visit Value of a Volunteer Hour: When and Where to Use Wage Replacement Rates (or Not) for an updated version.] “The most enduring and controversial question within the field of volunteerism is the one that relates to the ‘value’ of volunteers and the hours they contribute”. Andy Fryar This…
As the year wraps up, I want to thank you for joining me in the Volunteer Commons. There are so many demands on our time and attention these days, and I am grateful that you spent some of yours with the ideas in these blogs. Thanks also to those of you who liked, commented, emailed,…
“Our lot as human beings dealing with a complex, multi-dimensional and paradoxical world, is that our knowledge can do no more than create a weak and rather uni-dimensional representation of that world.” Gareth Morgan It’s that time of year: National Volunteer Month. It also happens to be the season when Independent Sector (IS) releases…
Volunteers and the volunteer function are often overlooked in organizations. One reason is how we report on their work. Too often, the “value” that volunteers bring to organizations is reduced to their numbers, hours served, and an assigned dollar value for their time. These statistics are front and center in annual reports on service from…