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Volunteers and the Game of Complaints

April 14, 2021

From day one, I said to her that “it’s not that I don’t want you to be privy to things, it’s that I don’t want you to be burdened with junk. You’re here to do good work and you deserve to be shielded from the nonsense.” 

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The Conversation We Dread: Pain or Opportunity?

July 6, 2016

Or, in reality, “The Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad, Completely Upsetting, “Don’t Make Me Do It,” “I Think I’m Going to …

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Recruitment Gone Wrong, Very Wrong

June 1, 2016

   

Face It: Fit, Attitude, Change, Expectations, by Intervention within a Timeline Part 2

October 21, 2015

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” …Kahlil Gibran You have …

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Your Spotlight Hurts My Eyes!

July 29, 2015

I almost spit out my sip of coffee when I ran across this article a week ago. According to the …

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Can I Bottle Your Success, Please?

July 8, 2015

Grace is sparkling champagne in a petite frame, and as she walks through her non-profit halls, bubbles of mirth float …

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Two Strikes and You’re Out

May 20, 2015

I’ve been attending a weekly six part volunteer orientation at a local organization with a friend. Last Monday we arrived …

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One Does Not a Plurality Make

March 19, 2014

Do you ever catch a staff member lumping all volunteers into a herd, like sheep? Richard graduated college with a …

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So The Magic Number is Six

January 22, 2014

I’ve always wondered if there is a magic formula to plot when volunteers would leave. I don’t mean something sophisticated …

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Roadblocks

September 25, 2013

Jeff is a part-time volunteer manager at a small community hospital. He is responsible for staff education, special projects and …

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