Attention: The Volunteer Department Now Has Ground Rules
“I need 8 volunteers or maybe 9, no wait,” she says, grabbing your arm in the hallway, “yeah, make it …
Category Archives: charities
“We want to work with staff who have drunk the Kool-Aid,” an interview with Laura Rundell, CVA
Recently I had the pleasure in chatting with Laura Rundell, CVA, the Volunteer Coordinator at LifeBridge Community Services …
Sometimes, You Fight the Good Fight and Sometimes, You Go
I had a different post all ready to go, and it just didn’t feel right today, not after the lunch …
Non Profit Executive Directors: What to Gift Your Volunteer Manager This Year
“What can I get my non-profit staff, especially that mysterious volunteer manager, who seems to run around a lot?” You, …
The Volunteer Ripple Effect
I’m convinced. We, Leaders of Volunteers (#LOVols) hold in our hands more power to affect positive change than we …
Press “2” For That Volunteer Question
“Yeah, so, this is Ginny from donor relations,” the voice on the phone sighs. “My next door neighbor’s fourteen year …
Thank You To The Volunteer Who Lied
Does this sound like you? Thank you to of all the wonderful volunteers who have enriched my soul and believed …
What’s So Darned ‘Daring’ About Being Different?
How does the statement, “Dare to be Different” make you feel? Does it make you want to dye your hair …
Is Volunteer Management a Science?
In 1959, novelist and scientist, C. P. Snow gave a lecture entitled The Two Cultures. Essentially Snow argued that the humanities …
Volunween. What Goes Bump In The Night?
Laurie sat at her desk, her finger running down the list of volunteers. Her watch read 7:30pm and she wasn’t …
volunteerplaintalk 