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Volunteer Bill of Rights – a commitment by a host organization to volunteers
I ask this on the volunteer subreddit and got just one response… maybe I will have better luck on my own blog. In 2010, Robert Egger, the founder of the nonprofit DC Central Kitchen, proposed a...
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Art Institute of Chicago docent program is no more – a painful change, but is...
The entire membership of the Art Institute of Chicago docent program, all volunteers, are being let go by the museum in an effort to entirely revamp how art education for museum visitors is staffed...
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GirlGuiding Attempt at Inclusion Raises Ire of Many
Last week, I blogged about the controversy at the Art Institute of Chicago per their dismissing their entire volunteer docent membership and their plans to replace the volunteers with paid staff, in...
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Nine plus four emerging volunteer engagement trends (a VERY different list...
Lots of people public predictions of upcoming trends in volunteer engagement – and often, these are people who are not managers of volunteers nor researchers regarding volunteerism. Their lists are...
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Facebook, Meta, Virtual Worlds – Benefits? Risks? Does Second Life offer...
An online multimedia platform that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and “live” in an online virtual world. Avatars interact with places, objects and other avatars, exploring the...
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Not-Good Reasons to Volunteer Abroad
I’ve made a list of the most common reasons I see for people wanting to volunteer abroad. And the most common reasons are NOT good reasons. And in this list, I note why they are not good reasons. I...
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Ending Orphanage Volunteering (Webinar presentation – about 7 minutes)
Sinet Chan of Cambodia shared her lived experience in a Cambodian orphanage, where she was placed when she was 10 years old after her parents died of AIDS in a presentation, about 7 minutes, that was...
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Don’t over-invest in one social media channel: Redux (Twitter)
In November 2021, I wrote a blog that warned nonprofits, NGOs, community groups, etc. not to over-invest in one social media tool – specifically Facebook. I wrote that blog because, when Facebook went...
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Young nonprofit consultants? Starting today, Halloween, don’t be afraid to...
One of the biggest mistakes of my consulting career is this: I didn’t charge more for my services in my first years of consulting. Sometimes, I didn’t charge at all. I charged very little for my...
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The ethics of nonprofits staying on Twitter
In April 2022, I started a thread on the TechSoup community about the ethics of nonprofits, NGOs, charities, etc. staying on Twitter. Given more recent events by the new owner, I’ve weighed in on the...
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