Evaluation/Program Assessment

“Who cares?” When it comes to volunteer impact, that’s the question Volunteer Engagement experts Rob Jackson, Erin Spink, Sue Carter Kahl and Jessica Pang-Parks strive to answer in this issue’s Points of View. Watch and learn from this video conversation as these four experts parse decades of experience and expertise to find common ground and answers. 

In this latest Points of View, we look back to an early Points of View column from Engage founders Steve McCurley and the late Susan J. Ellis. Published in July 2003, the article posed this question: Is All Volunteering Created Equal?

We strongly encourage you to read Susan and Steve’s thoughts before continuing here.

In this Points of View, co-editors Erin R. Spink and Rob Jackson conduct a video debate on a topic that they readily admit they need input to resolve: Are National Volunteer Weeks fit for purpose? Indeed, what are they for? What have they achieved? And frankly, are they even still worth doing?