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Chris OKeeffe
Fri, 04/18/2008

Skills-Based Volunteering

How skillful intermediaries can make a tremendous difference.

Skills-based volunteering has begun to get a lot of attention of late, most recently in a very informative Boston Globe Article. Individuals and companies are interested, and many organizations, have made great strides. However, differences between mostly small, resource-poor nonprofits and mostly large, resource-rich corporations are often obstacles to successful skills-based volunteer initiatives. This is where skillful intermediaries can make a tremendous difference.  read more »

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