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Gig Volunteering and Intellectual Property: Do We Own Volunteer Work?

March 16, 2022

As volunteer engagement professionals, we scratch our heads and ask ourselves, “how do we harness the enthusiasm we find when disasters strike and how do we keep the volunteer mojo going?” Right there is the problem:

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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“work harder” to “get volunteers,” we need to place the reasons volunteers leave or never get started squarely on the outdated systems that no longer work.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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