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 …
Tag Archives: volunteer retention
Need Inspiration? “Progressive Organizations Don’t Want Bosses, They Want Team Leaders and That’s What You Are As a Volunteer Manager.”
Do volunteer managers possess the skills required to succeed in the corporate world? I recently had the pleasure of interviewing …
Taking Extra Care to Support Volunteers
The recent spate of natural disasters has cast a light on incredible volunteers across the globe helping people in …
“What I’m doing is not just a job, it’s something that I believe in.”
Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with an amazing Leader of Volunteers, Jennifer Lawrence Nelson, CVA. The …
The Volunteer Investor: Is It Their Time or Something More?
“Calling volunteers ‘time donors’ implies that they give their time and walk away.”
The Volunteer Periphery
I have a friend who never seems to see the people around him. He lets the door swing shut just …
Innovation and Sustainable Volunteering
What would sustainable volunteering look like? Besides many of the innovations already being implemented, what would nurturing a volunteer garden …
Sustainability and Volunteerism
Retention: the continued possession, use, or control of something. Does that sound like the volunteerism you know? Not to me …
Hey Corporate Volunteers: How Great is Weeding?
A recent article from Business News Daily cites a study finding that “89 percent of employees think organizations that sponsor volunteer activities …
Captains of Our Destiny: The Key Volunteer Account Manager
As Captains of our destinies, we looked at some of the terms that define our work as Volunteer Account Managers. …
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