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Mono or Multi? Voluntasking is the Answer

June 27, 2018

Greta’s hand was shaking. Three recent volunteer requests needed her attention. One of her volunteers, Serena, was on the phone …

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Let’s Design Mission Centric Volunteer Engagement

March 21, 2018

Strategizing priorities when receiving volunteer requests ensures that volunteers are engaged in meaningful, mission critical work. (see Attention: The Volunteer Department …

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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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Volunteer Department Ground Rules

March 7, 2018

In this dream you walk up to a woman sitting at a desk. Behind her, a closed-door is visible in …

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Non-Profits, Your Volunteer Manager Wanted Ads Say A Lot About You

February 28, 2018

The Volunteer Manager wanted ads out there remind me of a fish market.  Some offerings are fresh, appealing and beautifully …

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Don’t. Do. This. Ever.

February 14, 2018

Sometimes misdeeds are huge, indefensible and devastating. Take the ongoing scandal involving Oxfam for instance. It’s big. But slippery slopes lurk …

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A Volunteer Manager’s Hidden Cupcake New Year’s Resolutions.

January 17, 2018

  New Year’s resolutions? Who keeps them? Anybody? There’s a whole science out there that studies why we make resolutions …

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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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The Best of 2017, Volunteer Manager Style

January 3, 2018

Goodbye 2017! Hello New Year. But wait, was 2017 just another blah year for volunteer managers? The biggest take-away from …

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Michael

December 27, 2017

Do our volunteers connect us to those unexpected moments, the ones that last? Greg had volunteered to help Roy, the …

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