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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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Volunteer Programs: Incubators or Coops?

February 3, 2021

We have to stop the misconception that volunteers are possessions, and until we throw them out, they will keep coming back up to the moment they wear out or die. Instead, let’s speak of volunteers as temporary from the start. They are with us for the time that benefits us and them, not forever or until we dump them. Let’s speak about the privilege to have them for one event, one week, one season or one year. Never forever.

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10 Things Organizations Don’t Know About Volunteer Management

July 3, 2019

I’ve always wanted to see a shareable pamphlet entitled “Volunteer Management, The Cliffs Notes.” It would list all the things …

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No, Volunteer Management is Not an Open World

June 26, 2019

If non-profits were a video game, the mechanics would be pretty simple. Everyone in the game would stick to their …

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Volunteer Management: A Kiddie Pool or an Ocean?

June 5, 2019

  “Coffee break again?” Clara laughs. “Yeah, this is my 6th coffee break today and I’m wired from all the …

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Volunteer Motivation: Past, Present and Future

October 3, 2018

Alana clicked the wireless presenter and the slide advanced. “Here,” she said, “we have a list of awards our volunteers …

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Volunteering and the Goldilocks Margins

July 25, 2018

Do volunteers wander from organization to organization, sampling the volunteer porridge or sitting in different volunteering task chairs, looking for …

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“We want to work with staff who have drunk the Kool-Aid,” an interview with Laura Rundell, CVA

January 31, 2018

    Recently I had the pleasure in chatting with Laura Rundell, CVA, the Volunteer Coordinator at LifeBridge Community Services …

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The Volunteer Ripple Effect

December 6, 2017

  I’m convinced. We, Leaders of Volunteers (#LOVols) hold in our hands more power to affect positive change than we …

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Press “2” For That Volunteer Question

November 29, 2017

“Yeah, so, this is Ginny from donor relations,” the voice on the phone sighs. “My next door neighbor’s fourteen year …

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