Leading volunteers can often feel like walking a tightrope as we balance many seemingly conflicting things: For...
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Walking the Tightrope of Screening Volunteers – Part I
As professionals and leaders of volunteers we must balance many seemingly conflicting things: for example, honoring...
Open vs. Welcoming Volunteer Engagement
Nice leaders water down direct and constructive feedback wanting to be nice and to be liked…. Kind leaders deliver...
Saying “No” When “No” is the Right Answer
Last week, I received this email from a volunteer coordinator whom we’ll call “Vickie the Volunteer Coordinator.” Hi...
Interviewing Volunteers
Interviewing volunteers – who knew it could be such a polarizing concept? Yet, I never know what response I will receive when I ask a group of nonprofit professionals about their volunteer interview process.