Follow That Blog!

Hey Everyone,
The more VCN members that choose to 'follow' this blog, the more lively our conversations can be, and the better we can network! "Following" a blog means that new blog posts will be sent to your emails, and you can comment on them, and comment to each other! If there are any questions, ask me at avandermost@actvolunteercenter.org

Volunteer Spring Break!

'VolunteerHub Brief - April 2010'

^ Very interesting facts about student trends in Spring Break and volunteering!

Gear Up for Giving

For those of us that have delved into the world of social media networking, here is a site that may be of some use:

http://www.casefoundation.org/social-media-tutorials

These free tutorials discuss everything from Twitter microblogging to Facebook Causes pages to YouTube video campaigning. Whether you are a social marketing guru or you are asking yourself, "What is Twitter?" there will be something for you on this site!

VCN first entry!

Greetings all,

This blog is intended for use by the Pioneer Valley Volunteer Coordinator's Network. It will be maintained by the ACT Volunteer Center, and authored by Alaena VanderMost, Resource Coordinator. We hope that this can be a great tool for volunteer coordinators from all over Western Massachusetts to share resources, stories, experiences, and more!

From now on, VCN meeting confirmations and all other news will be posted on here, so please join to follow! Please confirm or deny your attendance to the April 2nd VCN meeting on the right side of the screen.

Hopefully, everyone can take this opportunity to introduce themselves in the comment section. Please feel free to email with any questions about this blog, and don't forget to click "follow me" on the right hand side in order to get updates!

Happy Spring!

-Alaena