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International Volunteer Managers Day November 5: What’s Next?

November 4, 2020

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?

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#LoVols, Beware: It’s Zombification Season

October 28, 2020

Being zombified means through stressors, you’ve lost your vitality, your human essence. You’ve lost you.

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VPT Podcast: Elisa Kosarin of Twenty Hats

October 21, 2020

Listen in as one of volunteer management’s thought leaders, Elisa Kosarin discusses strategic planning, moving up, adapting traditional volunteer roles into virtual and her favorite volunteer manager “hat.”

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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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Do donors wear different socks than volunteers?

October 7, 2020

In business, it’s all about acquiring and keeping customers. In nonprofits, it’s all about acquiring and keeping donors while using volunteers.

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Are We a Lone Nut or Part of a Movement?

September 30, 2020

Are we, volunteer managers lone nuts? Is no one listening? Do we whine, cajole, beg, furiously educate, preach, go back and squeeze our stress ball, then start again?

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VPT podcast episode 12: Corina Sadler, CVA discusses VM’s professional development

September 23, 2020

In this episode, Corina Sadler shares her thoughts on an important, but seldom discussed topic: Volunteer managers’ personal and professional development.

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3 Tips for Change Mgmt and Volunteer Ownership

September 16, 2020

When you hear a volunteer laughingly repeat, “I know, we’re all valuable in making this change work,” you’re on the right track.

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Is Empathy Draining Us or Does Empathy Benefit Us Too?

September 9, 2020

It takes emotional time and energy to be an empathetic listener. Are we being emotionally drained or are we benefiting from empathetic listening?

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The Volunteer Periphery is Expanding

September 2, 2020

Unlike HR folks, who contend with active staff, volunteer managers are tethered to every volunteer, whether they are actively volunteering or they’re rotating in the periphery.

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