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.
Category Archives: future of volunteer management
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.
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?
Predicting Volunteer Flow
Our aim is to create a consistent flow of highly engaged and productive volunteers who positively impact our organization’s goals, objectives and mission. This is the time to introduce the factors that freeze or free up a volunteer flow.
#LoVols, Passing the Time Constructively Like We Always Do
One thing I realized in all these years, is that leaders of volunteers are never, ever idle. We are always …
Volunteer Past, Meet Volunteer Present and Volunteer Future:
Nothing is more infectious than an inspiring vision that has movement. It gives volunteers an identity. It means that they won’t have to mimic volunteer past to make their unique mark.
Finding One Another is Our Future
We, leaders of volunteers (#LoVols) have shared experiences, shared hopes, shared challenges and a shared future. We are a family, …
