The Christchurch crises have shown what an important role volunteers can play and do play when called into action:
[Screenshot from: http://iave.org/content/volunteers-front-line-christchurch]
But when it comes to volunteers there are plenty of missed opportunities. The organisations that most need volunteers are often the ones that have too few resources for proper induction and training and this is a major challenges to optimising volunteer value.
Our solution? The Virtual Volunteer Induction Programme... coming soon to this blog... so watch this space:)