Anyone who has heard us at VQ Volunteer Strategies talk about the importance of measuring volunteer impact has undoubtedly heard us say, “We have to get beyond counting hours!” In fact, most people have heard us say that many, many times. And, yet, while the field...
There is nothing more inspiring and energizing than hearing firsthand how a workshop or tool or webinar equipped someone in the field to successfully make a change and enhance engagement. I had that opportunity recently when I encountered Rachel Ohlhausen at a...
Six years ago this month, I was awakened in the middle of a rainy night by my husband’s phone exploding with texts. He volunteers with a local search and rescue team and was being called out to help with flash flooding and a mudslide in a town outside Boulder, CO,...
The following is a guest blog by Elena Harman. Elena Harman, PhD is the CEO of Vantage Evaluation and the author of The Great Nonprofit Evaluation Reboot: A New Approach Every Staff Member Can Understand. She pushes everyone around her to think bigger about what...
Last month and for the third year in a row, I completed a series of 10 business trips in 10 weeks (#10TripsIn10Weeks). It’s a period I fondly refer to as “conference season.” While waiting in security lines and spending four hours squeezed into an aircraft seat...
