Key topics

volunteering

Volunteering is the act of working for an organisation without being paid. Volunteer retention is the ability to hold on to volunteers for future scenarios requiring their assistance.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Organisational socialisation of volunteers in an emergency services agency	Biblio	save (564.04 KB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
	Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
	Out of uniform - building resilience through non-traditional volunteering: annual report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.42 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
	Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	communities, volunteering
	Emergency volunteer retention: can a culture of inclusiveness help?	Biblio	save (1.36 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, volunteering
	Setting expectations during volunteer recruitment and the first day experience: a preregistered experimental test of the met expectations hypothesis	Biblio		communication, recruitment, volunteering
	The future of 'non-traditional' emergency volunteering: what will it look like and how can it work? - Peer reviewed	Biblio	save (286.33 KB)	volunteering
	Opportunities and challenges of citizen-led recovery in post-disaster settings	Biblio	save (183.33 KB)	communities, recovery, volunteering
	Emergency Volunteering 2030: Views from Managers in Volunteerism	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
	State Emergency Service volunteer views on expectations, experiences and motivations	Biblio	save (768.9 KB)	emergency management, volunteering
	Improving the Retention and Engagement of Volunteers in Emergency Service Agencies Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (1004.16 KB)	recruitment, volunteering
	Strategies for non-traditional emergency volunteers: a risk-benefit framework for decision-making	Biblio	save (1.2 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
	Emergency Services Workforce 2030: Changing work literature review	Biblio	save (2.63 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
	Emergency management perspectives on volunteered geographic information: Opportunities, challenges and change	Biblio		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
	The emergency service volunteer framework: guiding good management in brigades, groups and units	Biblio	save (566.47 KB)	communication, volunteering
	Briefing paper: A proposed framework to assess strategies for engaging non-traditional emergency volunteers	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
	Implications of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management and GIScience: A More Complex World of Volunteered Geography	Biblio		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
	What's wrong and what needs fixing? Stakeholder perspectives on making the future of emergency volunteering	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	capability, emergency management, volunteering
	Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (480.75 KB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
	Emergency volunteering 2030: a sector-wide, management perspective	Biblio	save (654.85 KB)	decision making, multi-hazard, volunteering
	Reducing turnover in volunteer organisations: A leadership intervention based on self-determination theory	Biblio	save (1.77 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
	Emergency Services Workforce 2030	Biblio	save (2.1 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
14 May 2015	Engaging the masses, how we try and do it	Blog		communication, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
27 Mar 2020	I’ve spent 14 years on bushfire front lines and seen courage in the face of death	Blog		fire, firefighter, volunteering
16 Apr 2015	Sendai through a different lens	Blog		communities, resilience, volunteering
08 Apr 2016	Data progress on Forcett fire	Blog		communities, recovery, volunteering
18 Mar 2019	Looking to the future with the NSW Country Women's Association	Blog		capability, communities, volunteering
31 Oct 2017	Sharing PhD findings on community decision making	Blog		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
06 Dec 2016	Out of uniform: workshopping about non-traditional volunteers	Blog		non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
23 Nov 2015	Connecting, informing, and building relationships: notes from the 2015 CRC sustainable volunteering workshop	Blog		volunteering
13 May 2015	On show in Chicago	Blog		communication, emergency management, volunteering
18 Dec 2019	As bushfires intensify, we need to acknowledge the strain on our volunteers	Blog		fire, fire impacts, volunteering
11 Sep 2014	Insights from an end user in Wellington	Blog		volunteering
05 Apr 2016	Utilisation the real challenge	Blog		emergency management, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
15 Oct 2015	Extending into community-led preparedness and planning just enough (but not too much?)	Blog		communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
17 May 2019	Are we dropping the ball? A look to our workforce in 2030	News		capability, emergency management, volunteering
25 Jul 2019	Project update July 2019 – Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering	News		emergency management, volunteering
30 May 2017	Enriching leadership of volunteers in the emergency services	News		emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
13 Dec 2019	Researchers required for new project exploring volunteer mental health	News		mental health, volunteering
23 Jan 2015	Smart strategies for local communities	News		communities, fire, volunteering