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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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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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Hey Corporate Volunteers: How Great is Weeding?

August 9, 2017

A recent article from Business News Daily cites a study finding that “89 percent of employees think organizations that sponsor volunteer activities …

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Captains of Our Destiny: The Key Volunteer Account Manager

June 28, 2017

As Captains of our destinies, we looked at some of the terms that define our work as Volunteer Account Managers. …

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Volunteer or You’ll Lose Everything!

May 31, 2017

In decision theory,  a loss aversion  means that the pain of losing something is much greater than the pleasure of making …

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New Words Added to the Volunteer Management Dictionary

April 5, 2017

It’s that time of year when the Committee to Define Volunteer Management gets together at a back table in Pete’s …

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