The Most Important Volunteer Management Best Practice
The Most Important Volunteer Management Best Practice As you look forward to planning the new year, which volunteer management best practices will you focus on? If you haven’t decided yet, now’s the time to start thinking ahead. If you’re [...]
What is the Most Helpful Skill Volunteer Coordinators Need?
Over the past ten years, I’ve had the honor and the privilege of helping build new volunteer coordinator skills and capacity. As a consultant and trainer focused on volunteer administration, one of my key roles is to challenge others [...]
3 Proven Nonprofit Strategies You Need to Know to Increase Impact
Melinda Gates’ recent talk on TED makes some interesting connections between how the Coke Corp reaches those in the developing world and how nonprofits can similarly connect with people in need. But can it really work? Do for-profit models make sense in a nonprofit world? Gates highlights three things that make sense.
10 Nonprofit Leadership Lessons from Women’s World Cup
10 Nonprofit Leadership Lessons from Women’s World Cup For the past month, I’ve been glued to the TV watching live and on-demand games of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. As a former college player, I’m overjoyed with the progress [...]
How to Hire a High Quality Volunteer Management Consultant
Volunteer management consultants can be a smart investment for your nonprofit, provided you find the right person with solid mix of expertise, wisdom, credibility, and people skills. Moreover, because consultants spend part of their time reviewing emerging research and [...]
Time+Talent: a Volunteer Management Podcast!
Over at VolunteerPro, the digital arm of my business, we're teaming up with Jennifer Bennett at VolunteerMatch to launch a new volunteer management podcast. We want to share inspiring stories and interviews with bright spots in the field of volunteer administration. Stay tuned [...]