Bill Fulton Enhancing Volunteer Collaboration
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Transcript of Bill Fulton Enhancing Volunteer Collaboration
Sharing Best Practices Through Community Networking
May 27, 2009
Reframe “volunteerism” from donating time to strengthening democracy
Reframe “volunteer coordinator” from herding cats to building civic capacity
Provide you with tools to promote civic learning and civic impact
Mobilize ourselves for the common good
A non-profit organization
A growing network of civic partners
A new “operating system” for civil society
Civil Society as Associational Life◦ Separate sphere from market and state◦ Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone—social capital built from
reciprocity, norms of trust Civil Society as “The Good Society”
◦ “A society that is civil”—working across sectors toward shared goals
◦ Example: Denver’s Road Home Civil Society as Public Sphere
◦ Space for deliberation, association, collaboration◦ Coffee shops, town halls, blogs
◦ Adapted from Michael Edwards, 2004
Volunteers Volunteer Coordinators
Serving the community
Working toward meaningful goals
Building relationships with new and diverse people
Helping build bonds of trust and reciprocity
Promoting organizational goals and the common good
Connecting people across lines of difference
A open-source space for learning and collaboration
Cross between Facebook, Google Groups, and CraigsList
www.thecivicnetwork.org
Reframe “volunteerism” from donating time to strengthening democracy
Reframe “volunteer coordinator” from herding cats to building civic capacity
Provide you with tools to promote civic learning and civic impact
Mobilize ourselves for the common good