Earlier this week on NPR there was a story about how inventions and technologies don’t die off.

There’s a lot of talk about how new technologies can make volunteering easier both on volunteer and volunteer managers, but a lot of those tools and technologies are based in the best practices of traditional volunteer management and volunteerism.

Even the folks over at Sparked.com, a microvolunteering site that couldn’t have existed ten years ago, make a point of saying how important it is to say thank you to a microvolunteer that has completed a challenge.

We’re taking traditional ways of engaging people in leadership roles and adding a few new twists. At the core of what we’re doing is the idea that anyone can be a leader and a set of best practices that help support leadership.

Want to know what kind of tools are available for taking action and changing the world?  Check out this list of traditional (and more technology based) tools:

Go Social, Change The World

How to Focus a Conversation to Facilitate Volunteer Reflection

Nonprofit Listening 101: Google Reader

Volunteerism on Foursquare

5 Steps to an Organized Community Volunteer Project

The Nine Basic Rules for Volunteer Recognition

You can find even more tools and resources on the HandsOn Network website, and in the Tools You Can Use category of the blog!

Let us know what tools you use to help support your volunteers!