Lies and well, more lies
She turned. “The volunteers are well meaning, but sometimes they think they know better than the actual people who work here.”
Category Archives: treatment of volunteers
Volunteers and the Game of Complaints
From day one, I said to her that “it’s not that I don’t want you to be privy to things, it’s that I don’t want you to be burdened with junk. You’re here to do good work and you deserve to be shielded from the nonsense.”
Volunteer News Stories: Does This Good Press Really Help?
Emma set her cup down on the table and opened her laptop. She could hear the kids arguing upstairs as …
Need Inspiration? “Progressive Organizations Don’t Want Bosses, They Want Team Leaders and That’s What You Are As a Volunteer Manager.”
Do volunteer managers possess the skills required to succeed in the corporate world? I recently had the pleasure of interviewing …
The Volunteer Investor: Is It Their Time or Something More?
“Calling volunteers ‘time donors’ implies that they give their time and walk away.”
Interview With A Volunteer: Ellie
We all know volunteer feedback is invaluable, during and after projects and assignments. There is also value in gathering feedback …
Luncheon and Food for Thought…
Get your dancing shoes on! This year, volunteer appreciation week in the US is April 23-29. It’s coming up in …
Volunteering is All About Helping, Isn’t It?
“No good deed goes unpunished.” … Oscar Wilde “I couldn’t stop, not after I’d been with her for so …
Induction vs. Orientation: The one year volunteer committment
Two volunteer managers, Jessup and Chloe were both excited when the brought in new volunteers. Jessup, who manages volunteers for …
The Conversation We Dread: Pain or Opportunity?
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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