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Stock Pictures or the LoVols Picture on Volunteer Websites?

October 14, 2020

Think about a potential volunteer’s questions when navigating your site. “Who is the first person I will meet? Who will train me, direct me, encourage me, coach me, teach me what I need to know to succeed? Who will be there for me when I have an issue?”

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Volunteer Flow Strategy

June 3, 2020

Instead of the notion that a volunteer manager should “work harder” to “get volunteers,” we need to place the reasons volunteers leave or never get started squarely on the outdated systems that no longer work.

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Please volunteer for us, you caring person :-)

February 19, 2020

Picture a student, late at night, phone in hand, swiping through ads that will fulfill their desire to be a change maker. Or a senior, recently widowed, searching in the still morning for something that will add meaning to a bruised soul

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Volunteer Reviews: Our Overlooked BFF

May 1, 2019

I don’t know about you, but when I travel, I tend to pick local restaurants based on reviews. I get …

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Those Adjectives That Turn Off Prospective Volunteers

April 24, 2019

Everywhere you see Volunteer Recruitment Ads that begin with “Energetic Volunteer Wanted.” Or “Caring volunteer.” Or even “Friendly volunteer.” Maybe …

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Volunteer Motivation: Past, Present and Future

October 3, 2018

Alana clicked the wireless presenter and the slide advanced. “Here,” she said, “we have a list of awards our volunteers …

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Should Our Volunteer Ads Be More “Real?”

August 8, 2018

Opening her laptop, Yvonne peered at a tiny picture in the daily feed. She studied the photograph of the child …

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Volunteering and the Goldilocks Margins

July 25, 2018

Do volunteers wander from organization to organization, sampling the volunteer porridge or sitting in different volunteering task chairs, looking for …

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And The Gold Medal Goes To…

February 21, 2018

By any chance, did you watch the Volunteer Manager Olympics last night? Oh my gosh, it was exhilarating. Volunteer managers …

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“We want to work with staff who have drunk the Kool-Aid,” an interview with Laura Rundell, CVA

January 31, 2018

    Recently I had the pleasure in chatting with Laura Rundell, CVA, the Volunteer Coordinator at LifeBridge Community Services …

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