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Category Archives: episodic volunteering

The Terrible, Horrible Phone Call or Why Purging Matters

May 29, 2019

I answered the phone one day to hear, “Yes, this is Juan, the son of Adelia and I just received …

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Volunteering Backwards

November 14, 2018

In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday signals retail’s frenzied push to profit and the beginning of the …

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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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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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I Speak Volunteer. You?

October 25, 2017

  Are volunteer managers world travelers? Do we venture into exotic lands where the inhabitants speak a foreign language and …

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Taking Extra Care to Support Volunteers

October 4, 2017

  The recent spate of natural disasters has cast a light on incredible volunteers across the globe helping people in …

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The Volunteer Periphery

September 6, 2017

I have a friend who never seems to see the people around him. He lets the door swing shut just …

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Sustainability and Volunteerism

August 23, 2017

Retention: the continued possession, use, or control of something. Does that sound like the volunteerism you know? Not to me …

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Hey Corporate Volunteers, Where Are You From Again?

August 16, 2017

“Uh Meridian, you really blew it! You missed a whole point about corporate volunteers,” a friend of mine said on …

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