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#LoVols, You Are Growing Branches

January 6, 2021

Experiential learning teaches us to apply knowledge from doing. It forces us to experiment until we get things right.

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Need Inspiration? “Progressive Organizations Don’t Want Bosses, They Want Team Leaders and That’s What You Are As a Volunteer Manager.”

October 11, 2017

Do volunteer managers possess the skills required to succeed in the corporate world? I recently had the pleasure of interviewing …

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The Conversation We Dread: Pain or Opportunity?

July 6, 2016

Or, in reality, “The Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad, Completely Upsetting, “Don’t Make Me Do It,” “I Think I’m Going to …

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Humbled

March 9, 2016

Managing volunteers is very much like attending a life university in which there are classes on leadership, psychology, history, arts, …

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The Shackles of Compassion

August 19, 2015

My favorite patient at hospice was George. I don’t have any idea why. Maybe it was because he and I …

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“Is It Too Much to Ask?”

June 24, 2015

“Is it too much to ask?” Calista queries while wiping grape jelly off the hands of her five-year old. She …

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The Wheelwright vs. The Pioneer

December 17, 2014

On the door of Chief Executive Officer Cynthia Obsole’s office is a sign that says, “kind words can be short …

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The Song of the Weathered Explorer

April 30, 2014

Volunteer Appreciation week has always been a chance to reconnect with volunteers. There are those you see every day, those …

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Living in an Inside Out World

April 2, 2014

Jack is a part-time manager of volunteers at a large animal rescue shelter. His Volunteers do everything from checking animals …

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You Have Reached This Website in Error

February 12, 2014

We’re so used to the computer prompt when we see it: You are being redirected to another site. “Fine,” we …

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