“We want to work with staff who have drunk the Kool-Aid,” an interview with Laura Rundell, CVA
Recently I had the pleasure in chatting with Laura Rundell, CVA, the Volunteer Coordinator at LifeBridge Community Services …
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Is Volunteer Management a Science?
In 1959, novelist and scientist, C. P. Snow gave a lecture entitled The Two Cultures. Essentially Snow argued that the humanities …
Innovation and Sustainable Volunteering
What would sustainable volunteering look like? Besides many of the innovations already being implemented, what would nurturing a volunteer garden …
Just Put That in My Bag
“Freebies,” volunteer coordinator Sara lamented. “Our staff thinks of volunteers as freebies. They think I have a bag full of …
The Song of the Weathered Explorer
Volunteer Appreciation week has always been a chance to reconnect with volunteers. There are those you see every day, those …
Mother, May I?
When Eve was approached by a college looking to extend a grant to a volunteer group, she was ecstatic. Working …
The Organization of Dorian Gray
It is painful to hear the words. “I don’t recognize my organization anymore.” Dillon is not a volunteer manager, but …
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