Add to ORKGExtension volunteers demonstrate personal, organizational, and community benefits. Our group of Extension professionals in the North Central Region applied these three levels of benefit to gather quantitative and qualitative data in a comprehensive evaluation of volunteer impact. Survey responses were received from 2,978 4-H youth development volunteers in 12 states. A mixed-methods approach, such as the one we used, can provide Extension professionals with evidence to communicate the value of volunteer programs and improve their practice in volunteer systems management
The objective of the study was to determine and evaluate county extension agents' perceptions on vol...
Evaluating cooperative Extension programs is a process which includes gathering evidence about progr...
Extension program participants tell story after story of the impact of Cooperative Extension on thei...
The survey assessed 969 Oregon Extension volunteers about their perception of benefits and costs of ...
Pro bono volunteers provide an effective means for Extension professionals to expand limited financi...
Because involvement in specific organizations typically is part of a general pattern of social parti...
volunteers ensuring that millions of young people have the opportunity to participate in 4-H program...
In order to enhance Extension evaluation efforts it is important to understand current practices. Th...
Volunteers can be an important resource of many nonprofit organizations. The ability to meet the mis...
The majority of funding for Extension comes from local, state, and federal dollars; therefore the pr...
Why are volunteer programs important? Volunteers working in community programs make a difference in ...
This study seeks a more comprehensive understanding of the importance of volunteer impact reporting....
The following study is based on the experience of the author with the outcome based evaluation metho...
Dwindling public funding as well as greater competition for grant dollars create a challenge for Ext...
Impact evaluation (IE) has become a major focus of Extension program evaluation during the past thre...
The objective of the study was to determine and evaluate county extension agents' perceptions on vol...
Evaluating cooperative Extension programs is a process which includes gathering evidence about progr...
Extension program participants tell story after story of the impact of Cooperative Extension on thei...
The survey assessed 969 Oregon Extension volunteers about their perception of benefits and costs of ...
Pro bono volunteers provide an effective means for Extension professionals to expand limited financi...
Because involvement in specific organizations typically is part of a general pattern of social parti...
volunteers ensuring that millions of young people have the opportunity to participate in 4-H program...
In order to enhance Extension evaluation efforts it is important to understand current practices. Th...
Volunteers can be an important resource of many nonprofit organizations. The ability to meet the mis...
The majority of funding for Extension comes from local, state, and federal dollars; therefore the pr...
Why are volunteer programs important? Volunteers working in community programs make a difference in ...
This study seeks a more comprehensive understanding of the importance of volunteer impact reporting....
The following study is based on the experience of the author with the outcome based evaluation metho...
Dwindling public funding as well as greater competition for grant dollars create a challenge for Ext...
Impact evaluation (IE) has become a major focus of Extension program evaluation during the past thre...
The objective of the study was to determine and evaluate county extension agents' perceptions on vol...
Evaluating cooperative Extension programs is a process which includes gathering evidence about progr...
Extension program participants tell story after story of the impact of Cooperative Extension on thei...