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Sustainable Volunteering is Here, but Who is Sustaining The Leader of Volunteers?

July 20, 2022

Economist William Forster Lloyd, in his 1833 “Tragedy of the Commons” speculated that when pastureland (the commons) is hoarded, over-grazing …

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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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What is Volunteer Value, Anyway?

February 9, 2022

How do we show volunteer value? In the old days, (way before Covid) we, volunteer engagement professionals, used three basic …

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Volunteerism Lip Service

January 12, 2022

I’ve mistakenly done all of it. It was easy to do when I was swamped, struggling and in need of that awesome volunteer who patted me on the head and told me everything was ok.

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It’s Time for Volunteer Fresh

December 8, 2021

Volunteers trail portions of us when in the community and bring portions of our community to us every time they volunteer. They bring our mission to the community and the freshness of our communities to us.

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Hey Non-profit CEOs! Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Volunteer Manager.

November 17, 2021

Hello Non-profit CEOs! Wondering what to gift your Leader of Volunteers this holiday season? I’ve got you covered.

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The Invisible Lines of Connection

October 20, 2021

What was it that drew me to them, and them to me? Did we share similar backgrounds? Heck no. Did we share similar experiences, thoughts, tastes, preferences? Nope.

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Volunteer Time Donor or Time Investor?

September 15, 2021

Doesn’t it feel like investing is closer to what volunteers do? Maybe we should start to rethink this whole time donor idea.

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Lies and well, more lies

September 1, 2021

She turned. “The volunteers are well meaning, but sometimes they think they know better than the actual people who work here.”

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Are You a Steel Trap, A Sieve or A Spigot?

August 18, 2021

Working for a nonprofit, I quickly learned that unless stuff was written in a memo, information was pretty much filtered …

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