Engage Library

Research to Practice

Research to Practice seeks to identify, review and interpret academic and other research important to the volunteer engagement field. Because the various reports and studies are discussed in terms of their major relevance to practitioners, each of the articles is also listed in the Engage Library by subject covered.

Storytelling Without Exploitation: How to Ethically Engage People with Lived Experiences
Have you ever considered the ethical implications of storytelling? Leaders of Volunteers regularly use this critical skill in our daily work in efforts to engage emotion and bring a human side to our data. Storytelling convinces people to care, to support, to volunteer and…
Jessica Pang-Parks, CVA
Ethics
July 2023
LGBTIQ+ Volunteering in Mainstream Organisations: Barriers and How to Address Them
LGBTIQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender, intersex and queer) people can face significant day-to-day barriers in bringing their whole selves to a workplace, whether as a volunteer or paid worker. Yet very few studies have focused on the experience of LGBTIQ+ volunteers…
Susan Collins (she/her)
Feature Articles
July 2023
Assessing and Promoting Volunteer Engageability
The research reviewed by Laurie Mook in this issue of Research to Practice explores factors that support the engageability of volunteers. As distinct from satisfaction, volunteer engageability is the ability of an organization to provide conditions that maximize the…
Laurie Mook, Ph.D.
Research to Practice
July 2023
Who's Responsible for Technology, Anyway?
 “Who explores, implements, accesses, maintains and improves technology in our organization, and under what circumstances?” If you haven’t already asked this question, it's time to do so. Maybe you have an Information Technology (IT) practice, or…
Sam Fankuchen
Ahead of the Curve
July 2023
Digital Care Circles: Part Two
Part Two of a Four-Part SeriesIn the first installment of this series, Engage introduced concepts surrounding Care Circles and how they are formed and managed. A Care Circle is an informally-created, often-spontaneous group of people who come together in support of a person,…
Joan Cardellino, Dana Litwin, CVA, Todd McMullin
Feature Articles
July 2023
Is Anyone Out There?
Every single one of us — yes, even you! — has something of value to share that others want to read and learn from. If you write it, others read it and gain new ideas and insights that will feed our appetite for fresh ideas, insights and content for professional journals like…
Rob Jackson, Erin R. Spink
Points of View
July 2023

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