Key Insights from 5 Years of Volunteer Management Research In January 2016, we launched our first global "state of the volunteer industry" report. Now the longest running volunteer management research p[project on the planet. Our chief aim was to gather and share information related to the infrastructure, practices, challenges, and needs of leaders of volunteers around [...]
What Every Volunteer Manager Needs to Know: A Lesson in Leadership As a volunteer manager, you are often stuck in middle management and all of the challenges that entail. Not always the best place to be. But let’s close our eyes for a moment for a little thought experiment (OK technically, you need your eyes open to [...]
How to Train Volunteers Leaders Who Make an Impact “I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.” ― Jana Stanfield Kindness is the act of being considerate, compassionate and empathetic towards other people and living beings. It's the reason we have so many volunteers in the [...]
How to Master Effective Delegation in Volunteer Management Effective delegation is one of the beautiful, but potentially challenging aspects of building a strong volunteer team. As a leader with a trained and stable group of volunteers, your job as the volunteer manager can evolve to entrusting roles to your volunteers versus doing everything yourself. The [...]
