It's also known as online volunteering, cyber service, telementoring, teletutoring, and various other names. Virtual volunteering allows agencies to expand the benefits of their volunteer programs, by allowing for more volunteers to participate, and by utilizing volunteers in new areas. Virtual volunteering is similar to telecommuting, except that, instead of online employees, these are online volunteers. Many organizations now involve online volunteers, often in addition to their onsite volunteering program . Virtual volunteering does not mean that volunteers work ONLY via the Internet.
Assignments can have different levels of virtuality.
Virtual volunteering sometimes also refers to the ways volunteer managers use the Internet to interact with all volunteers, regardless of where service is performed. The resources on the Virtual Volunteer Project site can help in these situations as well. Our Project documents and shares best practices and learnings about virtual volunteering, both for agencies and volunteers, via our Web site, as well as through in-person presentations and workshops. Complete information about this Project and our work is available here on our Web site. Virtual Volunteering Resources How to find and involve volunteers working from home or work computers, online resources for volunteer managers, advice for individuals who want to volunteer virtually, etc.