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ASAE & The Center is beta-testing a brand new collaborative space – okay in lay-speak a private social media platform. As a member of a section council and volunteer I was invited into the new playground. Once inside I found the Volunteer Town Square! What a cool name for a space to find short-term volunteer jobs and to meet.
This past year saw a return to in-person volunteer leadership training. This means we’re all back to figuring out how to make those annual chapter leadership workshops, volunteer trainings and sharing sessions impactful. Let’s do a refresh on these sessions rather than a rinse and repeat from pre-pandemic events. Here are five examples from our […]
Tammy Erickson’s posting Stuck in the Middle: How Generation X can survive the Boomer-GenY Love Fest appears to be about succession in the business world. But put on your volunteer manager hat and reread it. The dynamic she describes is happening in our volunteer workforce too. Our greatest challenge in the next 5 years is to help these generations work together to achieve the mission of our non-profits.
I came across Ashima Goyal-Siraj’s piece in Volunteer
weekly, The “Oh! by the
way” trap. It’s in response to an article
by Thomas
McKee on the same subject, and one that I—and just about any volunteer—can relate
to.
Did it sneak up on you again? National Volunteer Week 2019? April 7 is the kick-off. Don’t despair. Here are some quick actions: Social Media Shout-outs Get your staff together for a picture and hold up a sign saying thank you. Post to Instagram, LinkedIn etc. with #NVW #VolunteerLove. Grab a bunch of volunteer pictures […]
National Volunteer Week kicks off in a month on April 7, 2019. Begun in 1974, #NVW is a time to celebrate the impact of volunteer service on our communities. Its an opportunity for associations to celebrate our volunteers who are a significant resource to move our mission and meet our members’ needs. ASAE Foundation study […]
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