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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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Is Empathy Draining Us or Does Empathy Benefit Us Too?

September 9, 2020

It takes emotional time and energy to be an empathetic listener. Are we being emotionally drained or are we benefiting from empathetic listening?

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The Volunteer Periphery is Expanding

September 2, 2020

Unlike HR folks, who contend with active staff, volunteer managers are tethered to every volunteer, whether they are actively volunteering or they’re rotating in the periphery.

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Becoming Volunteer to Organization (V2O)

August 26, 2020

Are organizations V2O friendly or are we more like a V-mart where we offer a “take it or leave it” engagement experience?

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Benefits of Volunteering: Does Research Miss the Mark?

July 8, 2020

…volunteering is the freedom to be human. It’s complicated, but so basic. Volunteering can peel away the everyday pressures we feel and free us to be our most genuine human selves, the selves we yearn to be.

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Is Compassion a Velvet Chain?

June 24, 2020

Here’s the thing. I think we must stop telling volunteers that “helping people” will make them feel good.

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Finding One Another is Our Future

April 15, 2020

We, leaders of volunteers (#LoVols) have shared experiences, shared hopes, shared challenges and a shared future. We are a family, …

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What We Do Know

April 8, 2020

Uncertainty sucks big time, but guess what? We, volunteer managers deal in uncertainty all the time. Think about it. Everyday …

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We are Human, too

March 18, 2020

Worrying is human. It’s the tough part of being a caring, sentient being. It’s part of a volunteer manager’s drive to be effective.

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You Can Water Plastic Flowers, But They Won’t Grow

March 10, 2020

for every minute we spend on something with little ROI, we miss spending that minute on something with a large ROI that has impact and moves us in the direction we want to go.

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