When we think of Volunteerism we think of volunteering at an event or a place!  But technology is changing so much of the way we think through out our communities.  The following article was found about this very subject from Steve McLaughlin.  He is making predictions about non profits in the year 2011 and social media is on his list of predictions.

For a few years now, the use of social media by nonprofits has resembled the early days of the Internet. The focus has been primarily on building awareness and communicating to a broad set of constituents. Look for social media to take a big leap forward in 2011 as nonprofits begin integrating the actions and data into their other relationship-management efforts. Social constituent relationship management is going to become the big buzzword at conferences, on blogs and with experts in the industry. Counting followers will change into measuring constituent activity. Listening dashboards will shift to focused conversations with supporters.

Nonprofits are going to begin integrating their social-media efforts into their use of other constituent relationship building channels. It's time for social media to grow up and 2011 should be the year this happens

How has Social Media affected you life?  Your volunteerism? Email me broadcap@wvpt.net  at WVPT for community opinions! Click here to read more