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Why should you volunteer? After all, who has the time in this busy world to take on one more responsibility? But before you think about volunteer as a time-draining activity with little benefit, check out these 20 reasons!
Knowing the power of stories, ASAE’s Executive Management Section Council (EMSC) – of which I am current chair – launched a project last year to gather and share the stories of how association’s are rebuilding the volunteer spirit. We just wrapped up the project with the sixth and final webinar last week.
Beginning with a series of conversation in early 2013 through a session at #ASAE13 and then in the six webinars, we shed the
light on associations who dared to reimagine volunteering.
Psst – it’s National Volunteer Week. Yep it started on Sunday, April 10. It runs all week. Not that you’d notice in the association world. But turn to the c3 world and it’s a different story. Even the White House took time to notice … as it fought the budget battle.
So what’s up with associations? Don’t we get volunteers?
As a ballerina wannabe, it was natural that the headline in the Stillwater Gazette would catch my eye: “More than roles for ballerinas.” It came to be through my Google Alerts for association + volunteer. The teaser simply said “Every year the parents of “Nutcracker” ballerinas and cavaliers are asked to log at least a couple of volunteer hours to support their children. …”
Looking back through my emails, I found this piece posted in the Baltimore Business Journal – 5 questions to ask before taking on a volunteer commitment.
It’s a response to a question posed by a CEO who was trying to
encourage his leadership team to volunteer for their professional
associations as a way to build the brand.
I spoke with KiKi L’Italien about association volunteer models for Aptify’s Association Mavens Series. She asked the question “what can a volunteer in the system do to change the system?” The answer: plenty.
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