Sustainable Volunteering is Here, but Who is Sustaining The Leader of Volunteers?
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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What is Volunteer Value, Anyway?
How do we show volunteer value? In the old days, (way before Covid) we, volunteer engagement professionals, used three basic …
Volunteerism Lip Service
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.
It’s Time for Volunteer Fresh
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.
Hey Non-profit CEOs! Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Volunteer Manager.
Hello Non-profit CEOs! Wondering what to gift your Leader of Volunteers this holiday season? I’ve got you covered.
Who Gets to Define Excellence? IVMDAY
What is an expert, anyway? According to Dictionary.com, an expert is: a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority, Woah, wait a minute. Authority?
Volunteer Time Donor or Time Investor?
Doesn’t it feel like investing is closer to what volunteers do? Maybe we should start to rethink this whole time donor idea.
Lies and well, more lies
She turned. “The volunteers are well meaning, but sometimes they think they know better than the actual people who work here.”
Are You a Steel Trap, A Sieve or A Spigot?
Working for a nonprofit, I quickly learned that unless stuff was written in a memo, information was pretty much filtered …
If You Love What You Do, It’s Not Work…Wait, Really?
Most of us didn’t seek out volunteer management because we loved it, but stumbled into volunteer management and fell in love with the work.
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