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Volunteerism Lip Service

January 12, 2022

I’ve mistakenly done all of it. It was easy to do when I was swamped, struggling and in need of that awesome volunteer who patted me on the head and told me everything was ok.

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If You Love What You Do, It’s Not Work…Wait, Really?

August 4, 2021

Most of us didn’t seek out volunteer management because we loved it, but stumbled into volunteer management and fell in love with the work.

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Never Forget, You Have a Hand in This

February 17, 2021

We invest in people. But we don’t often measure our investment’s growth. We’re too overwhelmed with daily work to stop and take stock of our positive influence on volunteers and our missions.

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Dealing with Regrets: Should We Let Go or Is There Another Way?

November 30, 2020

Let those tucked away regrets motivate you to be constructive so they don’t turn into full-on guilt. Regrets can either keep us paralyzed by guilt or they can motivate us to grow by making us constructive.

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Is Empathy Draining Us or Does Empathy Benefit Us Too?

September 9, 2020

It takes emotional time and energy to be an empathetic listener. Are we being emotionally drained or are we benefiting from empathetic listening?

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When All You See is Stress

August 12, 2020

I think we, volunteer managers tend to deny our negative feelings because we’re always “on.” We’re looked at as cheerful people with can-do attitudes and we don’t think we can have bad days. But we can. Because we’re human and our human-ness is what makes us so darned effective.

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Ruts Happen, Even in Fluctuating Volunteer Management

July 21, 2020

We, volunteer managers can get stuck in a rut, even though our days are varied and utterly unpredictable. I remember …

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What do volunteers want? f/u.

February 26, 2020

we can’t say no-which creates a loop in which we never get anything done or we have the best of intentions- but the road to the volunteer apocalypse is paved with good intentions

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5 Ways to Stop The Ride Going Nowhere

October 16, 2019

Passive-aggressive comments are meant to lure you onto an emotional roller coaster. Don’t get on this ride.

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Burning Out? Take On More Work! Wait, What?

October 2, 2019

.Requests are pouring in from all departments. Volunteers need additional training. Recruitment has been spotty lately. There’s that volunteer that “needs a good talking to,” according to the director of operations. It’s overwhelming. What can I do?

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