Service-learning has evolved as a world unto itself apart from the field of volunteer management, despite the connecting link of the young people engaged in service. How can we bridge the divide?
Guest contirbutor Paula Beugen examines what the new Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act says (or doesn't) about volunteer management.
Susan shares some true stories that highlight the gap between ever-expanding needs for volunteers and resistance from organizations who do not actually want this help. How welcoming is your setting?
U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for "a new era of responsibility." So in this is a unique moment, Susan's "Open Letter" presents concrete requests from the perspective of volunteer management.
In the spirit of the new year, Susan considers what 2009 might hold in store for volunteering. What are your predictions and wishes?
How do we feel (honestly) when we answer "I'm in volunteer management" when asked what we do? Do we dread watching people’s eyes glaze over? Here are some unexpected and powerful ways to explain our profession.
Recruiting volunteers to contribute their time and effort to your organization puts you in the middle of an implied promise. When new people agree to volunteer, they initially commit because they believe you. Should they?
After consulting and training in five countries this year, Susan comments on her observations of global volunteerism.
March 2007 brings Energize's 30th birthday! All the clichés about “where did the time go?” definitely spring to mind, as does Susan's thought: “Boy, I must have been very young to have had the audacity to start this adventure!”
What exactly is the connection between ourselves as leaders of volunteers and the volunteers we lead? How does our close relationship with volunteers affect both our professional practices and how we are viewed by others?
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