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: volunteer management
Collaborative Volunteering or Why I Started Enjoying the Kids
Collaborative volunteering takes away the sizing up of a potential volunteer to see if they would fit into our little mold.
A Resilience Worksheet: Free Download
Nurturing resilience is a gift to your future self. It doesn’t matter if change is upheaval or small, it upsets the status quo and we can nurture a “change is not the end of the world” mindset, so that when changes occur, volunteers are prepared to work through them.
Volunteer Resilience
Because volunteer resilience is key to not only surviving major disruptions, but key to surviving and thriving during more minor disruptions, we are knee-deep in encouraging resilience. Nurturing volunteer resilience is necessary, regardless of a pandemic or a change in policy.
Hey #LoVols Reputation, Meet Our Self-Identity
To reframe volunteer engagement and impact, we first need listeners who become supporters who then become advocates for our vision. Our reputation needs to reflect our self-identity as leaders of volunteers.
International Volunteer Managers Day November 5: What’s Next?
As a leader of volunteers, you know you possess all sorts of wonderful traits, but how do you exhibit them at work? Or, could it be that (as I’ve experienced more times than I care to admit) what seems obvious to you is not obvious at all?
Do donors wear different socks than volunteers?
In business, it’s all about acquiring and keeping customers. In nonprofits, it’s all about acquiring and keeping donors while using volunteers.
3 Tips for Change Mgmt and Volunteer Ownership
When you hear a volunteer laughingly repeat, “I know, we’re all valuable in making this change work,” you’re on the right track.
Becoming Volunteer to Organization (V2O)
Are organizations V2O friendly or are we more like a V-mart where we offer a “take it or leave it” engagement experience?
Moving from O2V to V2V to V2O
Nonprofits no longer have the monopoly on solving issues. What can business teach us about our current volunteering model?
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