The Terrible, Horrible Phone Call or Why Purging Matters
I answered the phone one day to hear, “Yes, this is Juan, the son of Adelia and I just received …
Category Archives: episodic volunteering
Volunteering Backwards
In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday signals retail’s frenzied push to profit and the beginning of the …
“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 …
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 …
I Speak Volunteer. You?
Are volunteer managers world travelers? Do we venture into exotic lands where the inhabitants speak a foreign language and …
Taking Extra Care to Support Volunteers
The recent spate of natural disasters has cast a light on incredible volunteers across the globe helping people in …
The Volunteer Periphery
I have a friend who never seems to see the people around him. He lets the door swing shut just …
Sustainability and Volunteerism
Retention: the continued possession, use, or control of something. Does that sound like the volunteerism you know? Not to me …
Hey Corporate Volunteers, Where Are You From Again?
“Uh Meridian, you really blew it! You missed a whole point about corporate volunteers,” a friend of mine said on …
