November 28, 2024
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June 13, 2022So here is the question that I posed to myself? Is volunteer management at risk again of being “that “ program that is not a core service to organizations and where the dedicated human resource charged with managing the volunteers is no longer?
May 02, 2022For those of us working in the non-profit sector and in particular for those who engage volunteers, many of the issues raised in this recent paper published by ONN earlier this year resonate with our lived experience. Quite often Volunteer Engagement (VE) staff engage not only volunteers, but student placements and training placements. Are these types of placements truly voluntary in nature and what exactly are the implications for our organization when we are tasked with managing them?
July 21, 2022How many of us have faced this scenario: someone walks through the doors of your organization, unsolicited, and expresses interest in getting involved with your cause. They haven’t responded to a specific posting and it is clear that they have skills to offer. What do you do? Do you have a process in place to determine if and where there is a fit for their passion and skill-set? Vantage Point called this scenario reactive volunteer engagement and came up with a proactive tool to help organizations take advantage of these unsolicited but potentially valuable “knowledge philanthropists”.
