Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom

From the minds and hearts of CRPs comes wisdom on being a superstar component professional. We asked association execs via LinkedIn, email and conversations for their advice, and here’s a sampling of what we heard. I’ll start though with an observation from Carey...
Top 20 Resources (some old, some new) for October

Top 20 Resources (some old, some new) for October

Did you know that October is National Book Month? That may or may not have inspired this month’s 20th celebration list as we’ve been published in two ASAE books. To keep to our theme of 20, we scoured our archives and pulled another 18 resources (so 20 total) we’ve...
20 Volunteer Stats for Your Summer Reading

20 Volunteer Stats for Your Summer Reading

Hope you are all enjoying the summer! As I write this, I’m in Colorado Springs enjoying time with my grandkids (yes, I have grandkids!). Meanwhile, Peggy & Peter are planning their well-deserved vacation coming soon. That said, we can’t neglect our promise to...
Need a reason to Volunteer? Here’s 20!

Need a reason to Volunteer? Here’s 20!

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 why volunteering for your professional...
Short & Sweet: 20 Ad hoc & Micro Volunteers Roles

Short & Sweet: 20 Ad hoc & Micro Volunteers Roles

Here’s our May “Top 20”! This time we’ve culled 20 top Micro & Ad hoc Volunteer Roles from our inventory of ideas. These are volunteer opportunities that are focused (with a specific purpose), short term (less than 6 months), and often quick (one and done). Check...
20 Volunteer Truths That Never Grow Old

20 Volunteer Truths That Never Grow Old

One of our favorite things we’ve done in the past was a series of posts on volunteer truths where we listed a series of truths that never change in how our volunteers think and work! In honor of our 20th anniversary, here are the top 20 (we have a full list of 30)! 1....