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Who Gets to Define Excellence? IVMDAY

November 3, 2021

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?

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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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Until the Family Member Said, “No.”

July 21, 2021

My organization developed a solid volunteer strategy. One volunteer even referred to it as a rescue team of angels who …

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#LoVols, You Are Growing Branches

January 6, 2021

Experiential learning teaches us to apply knowledge from doing. It forces us to experiment until we get things right.

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Do donors wear different socks than volunteers?

October 7, 2020

In business, it’s all about acquiring and keeping customers. In nonprofits, it’s all about acquiring and keeping donors while using volunteers.

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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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#LoVols, Passing the Time Constructively Like We Always Do

May 13, 2020

One thing I realized in all these years, is that leaders of volunteers are never, ever idle. We are always …

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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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Happy New Year! Volunteer Plain Talk Podcast Episode 4

January 1, 2020

Episode 4 featuring Sam Clift, the volunteer resource manager at London Transport Museum talks initiating positive change.

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Sneak peak at volunteer manager gifts

December 4, 2019

. As a unique profession, we should be proud of who we are and have some lighthearted fun.

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