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Attention: The Volunteer Department Now Has Ground Rules

March 14, 2018

“I need 8 volunteers or maybe 9, no wait,” she says, grabbing your arm in the hallway, “yeah, make it …

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“We want to work with staff who have drunk the Kool-Aid,” an interview with Laura Rundell, CVA

January 31, 2018

    Recently I had the pleasure in chatting with Laura Rundell, CVA, the Volunteer Coordinator at LifeBridge Community Services …

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Sometimes, You Fight the Good Fight and Sometimes, You Go

January 10, 2018

I had a different post all ready to go, and it just didn’t feel right today, not after the lunch …

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Non Profit Executive Directors: What to Gift Your Volunteer Manager This Year

December 13, 2017

“What can I get my non-profit staff, especially that mysterious volunteer manager, who seems to run around a lot?”  You, …

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The Volunteer Ripple Effect

December 6, 2017

  I’m convinced. We, Leaders of Volunteers (#LOVols) hold in our hands more power to affect positive change than we …

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Press “2” For That Volunteer Question

November 29, 2017

“Yeah, so, this is Ginny from donor relations,” the voice on the phone sighs. “My next door neighbor’s fourteen year …

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Thank You To The Volunteer Who Lied

November 22, 2017

Does this sound like you? Thank you to of all the wonderful volunteers who have enriched my soul and believed …

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What’s So Darned ‘Daring’ About Being Different?

November 15, 2017

How does the statement, “Dare to be Different” make you feel? Does it make you want to dye your hair …

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Is Volunteer Management a Science?

November 8, 2017

In 1959, novelist and scientist, C. P. Snow gave a lecture entitled  The Two Cultures. Essentially Snow argued that the humanities …

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Volunween. What Goes Bump In The Night?

November 1, 2017

Laurie sat at her desk, her finger running down the list of volunteers. Her watch read 7:30pm and she wasn’t …

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