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Creating Partnerships from Corporate Volunteering

July 17, 2019

A partnership is defined as: the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest. (source: dictionary.com) A recent article in The Republic points out that companies are …

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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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How Volunteer Management is Like a Video Game

June 19, 2019

For years, volunteer departments have mainly operated in an old school linear manner. It reminds me of the first video …

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Ever Want to Go Back in Time?

May 22, 2019

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. …

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Volunteer Managers Are Better Than These 3 Phrases

May 15, 2019

Words are pictures formed in the mind. The art of communication is drawing those word pictures so the other person …

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New Volunteer Management Dictionary Words for 2019

May 8, 2019

This year, the “Committee to Define Volunteer Management” met a week late because they had forgotten to set up a …

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Volunteer Reviews: Our Overlooked BFF

May 1, 2019

I don’t know about you, but when I travel, I tend to pick local restaurants based on reviews. I get …

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Those Adjectives That Turn Off Prospective Volunteers

April 24, 2019

Everywhere you see Volunteer Recruitment Ads that begin with “Energetic Volunteer Wanted.” Or “Caring volunteer.” Or even “Friendly volunteer.” Maybe …

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The Value of a Volunteer? $I#.@S

April 17, 2019

The official value of a volunteer is $25.43 U.S. according to Independent Sector.org. , an amount that converts to about £19 or …

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The 5 Stages of Volunteer Management

April 3, 2019

For those of you new to volunteer management, you must be wondering, what does the future hold? Will I change …

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