The City of Austin is looking for ways in increase volunteerism across the city. As volunteers that have already found meaningful volunteer opportunities, you know that volunteers are directly taking action to solve our community challenges. To create the most useful tools for volunteers, we would like your thoughts on your own volunteer experience. Please fill out the following short ...
Read More »Are you a volunteer coordinator in Central Texas? We need your help!
As many of you know I have been working with the City of Austin on their long term volunteerism and community service strategy. At this point the City of Austin is beginning to plan initiatives to support volunteers and volunteer managers across the city. We recognize the vital role volunteer programs play in addressing Austin’s most-pressing issues. Because your work ...
Read More »Update on the Strategic Advisory Committee for Community Service, Volunteerism, and Philanthropy
Whew. Always a mouthful even to type that. If you remember this is the City of Austin task force that I am serving with. I’ve been very interested to see the discussion ebb and flow over the last few months till we decided to concentrate on community service and volunteerism. Our last meeting was a particularly interesting one in which ...
Read More »Austin Connects Tweetup
Come on out and say hello! Come join the movers and shakers (and tweeters) of community technology in Austin for a happy hour on January 12. It’s the “Community Technology Tweetup and Happy Hour” at Aloft at the Domain. The tweetup is sponsored by Austin Connects. It’s part of our Community Technology Symposium, but you don’t need to attend the ...
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