Rob is a consultant, trainer, speaker and writer in volunteer leadership and management with over 25 years experience in a wide range of settings.
He's an author with books, published articles and his own blog under his belt. He's the Editor-in-Chief of Engage, an international professional journal for leaders of volunteer engagement. He was the Co-chair of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 Alliance working group which developed recommendations on ‘quality volunteering’ for the Policy Agenda for Volunteering in Europe report and set up the UK’s Volunteer Rights Inquiry and led the secretariat for this initiative, the first of its kind in the world. Learn more at www.RobJacksonConsulting.com.
In this article, I will briefly explore the transformative power of volunteerism in addressing digital exclusion. In volunteer engagement, we often we talk about technology as something volunteers use, but we less often discuss how volunteers could be a solution to tackling the digital divide.