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    Episodic volunteers are volunteers who volunteer on a periodic basis rather than constantly. Researchers found a predictable pattern in their volunteer experience that makes them keep on coming back. Millennials are likely to give smaller amounts (of money) to multiple organizations.

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    Episodic volunteers are volunteers who volunteer on a periodic basis rather than constantly. Researchers found a predictable pattern in their volunteer experience that makes them keep on coming back. Millennials are likely to give smaller amounts (of money) to multiple organizations.

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    Episodic volunteers are volunteers who volunteer on a periodic basis rather than constantly. Researchers found a predictable pattern in their volunteer experience that makes them keep on coming back. Millennials are likely to give smaller amounts (of money) to multiple organizations.

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    LaurenTran

    ISMPeriod7
    "WhatCausesEpisodicVolunteerstoKeepComingBack?|UnitedWay."WhatCauses
    EpisodicVolunteerstoKeepComingBack?|UnitedWay.N.p.,n.d.Web.12
    Mar.2015.

    Episodicvolunteersarevolunteerswhovolunteeronaperiodicbasisrather
    thanconstantly.
    EpisodicVolunteeringandRetention:AnIntegratedTheoreticalApproach
    waspublishedonlineinDecember2014andwaspreparedbyresearchersat
    GriffithUniversityinGoldCoast,Australia.
    Researchersfoundapredictablepatternintheirvolunteerexperiencethat
    makesthemkeeponcomingback.
    Thepatternbeginswithvolunteersfeelingofsatisfactionandenjoymentafter
    theirvolunteeringexperience.
    Thisleadstoasenseofaconnectionbetweenthemandtheorganization,the
    volunteerevent,ortheircommunity.
    Ifthisconnectiondeepens,thentheirmotivationstobeinvolvedwillbemore
    connected.
    Thisleadstothemfeelingmoreconnectedtotheorganizationinsteadofthe
    experience.
    UnitedWay,includingothernonprofitorganizationsthinksofitasapriority
    togetvolunteersconnectedtotheorganization.
    Episodicvolunteershavelesscontactwiththenonprofitorganization.
    Theyarelesslikelytodisplaydissatisfactionwiththeexperienceof
    volunteering.
    Accordingtoastudy,havingsomeoneobservefirsthandwhatworkedand
    whatdidnt,deepenedrelationshipswiththeepisodicvolunteers.
    UnitedWaybelievestheyneedtonurtureallvolunteers.
    Episodicvolunteersaretheonesthatespeciallyneedtobenurtured.
    EpisodicvolunteerswillthenturnintoMillennials.
    Millennialsarelikelytogivesmalleramounts(ofmoney)tomultiple
    organizationsratherthanfocusonanyonerecipient.
    Theyaremostlikelytoperformsmalleractionsbeforefullycommittingtoa
    cause.
    Milennialsalsosaythatliketogethandsonwithcausestheycareabout
    andiftherearearangeofvolunteeropportunitiesfromonetime,episodicso
    longterm,probonoorskillsbasedopportunities.

    LaurenTran
    ISMPeriod7
    Thissourcewasusefulandhadanindepthexplanationtoshowhowepisodic
    volunteersareattractedtovolunteeringasawholeanddisplaytheirdifferent
    techniquesofgivingbacktothecommunityororganization.

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