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 …
Category Archives: volunteer coordinator
Attention: The Volunteer Department Now Has Ground Rules
“I need 8 volunteers or maybe 9, no wait,” she says, grabbing your arm in the hallway, “yeah, make it …
Volunteer Department Ground Rules
In this dream you walk up to a woman sitting at a desk. Behind her, a closed-door is visible in …
And The Gold Medal Goes To…
By any chance, did you watch the Volunteer Manager Olympics last night? Oh my gosh, it was exhilarating. Volunteer managers …
Don’t. Do. This. Ever.
Sometimes misdeeds are huge, indefensible and devastating. Take the ongoing scandal involving Oxfam for instance. It’s big. But slippery slopes lurk …
It’s 38 Degrees Outside, But It Sure Feels Like 19
Brrr, when its bitter cold outside, we dress for the “feels like” temperature index, right? This apparent temperature takes into …
“We want to work with staff who have drunk the Kool-Aid,” an interview with Laura Rundell, CVA
Recently I had the pleasure in chatting with Laura Rundell, CVA, the Volunteer Coordinator at LifeBridge Community Services …
A Volunteer Manager’s Hidden Cupcake New Year’s Resolutions.
New Year’s resolutions? Who keeps them? Anybody? There’s a whole science out there that studies why we make resolutions …
Sometimes, You Fight the Good Fight and Sometimes, You Go
I had a different post all ready to go, and it just didn’t feel right today, not after the lunch …
The Best of 2017, Volunteer Manager Style
Goodbye 2017! Hello New Year. But wait, was 2017 just another blah year for volunteer managers? The biggest take-away from …
