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| BEST PRACTICES
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Strategies for Involving Multi-ethnic Volunteers |
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Volunteers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are involved in the work of not for profits in many ways. But there are barriers that prevent culturally and linguistically diverse volunteers from volunteering in many organizations. This article explores barriers to involvement and strategies for creating a more inclusive volunteer workplace. MORE |
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Should We Ask Volunteers to Give Money on Top of Time? |
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Every nonprofit organization that involves the time and talents of volunteers also seeks financial contributions from private and institutional donors. It amazes me how often fundraising staff shy away from soliciting money from volunteers out of a sense that this is “double dipping.” Despite research showing that people who volunteer are more likely to also give cash than uninvolved people, the reluctance to ask for money from volunteers keeps the development office and the volunteer resources office operating in distinctly separate spheres. |
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MAVA Believes in Leadership |
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The Minnesota Association for Volunteer
Administration believes that volunteers are a critical resource
for healthy communities and that the capacity to engage and
mobilize volunteers is essential to organizations today. Competence
in volunteer program leadership builds an organization’s
capacity to maximize volunteer resources. MAVA will provide
you with the tools to become a successful leader in your organization
and in your community. |
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Recognizing Volunteers |
Much is said about recognizing volunteers. In a recent survey in Illinois, 44% of those responding said they don’t think they do a good job of recognizing their volunteers. This response made me wonder if people think ’recognition’ is the end-of-the-year dinner. Many agencies don’t have the resources to do this kind of event and feel bad about not doing it. |
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Volunteer Managers and the Time Management Trap |
What factors determine the need for some people to skip networking opportunities and home life simply to keep up with their workload, while managers of other (often much larger) volunteer programs seem to be able to breeze through their work with relative ease? Maybe the problem for many volunteer projects is that they still operate very much in a mode of crisis management. |
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| 12 Key Actions of Volunteer Program Champion |
Free report on what real-life "Volunteer Program Champion" CEOs think, feel, and do to support volunteer involvement in their organizations. This booklet can help you assess if your CEO or Executive Director truly values and supports volunteer engagement and “educate up” by giving decision makers an understanding of why it’s important to invest in volunteer resources.
Click here to download 12 Key Actions of Volunteer Program Champions to download a copy. |
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| Corporate Citizenship: A
Growing Trend that will Benefit Your Volunteer Program |
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Businesses across the country have reported
a positive correlation between good corporate citizenship
and the company's "bottom line." As a volunteer
coordinator, it is of great benefit to your organization to
take advantage of opportunities provided by local businesses.
It is a win-win. |
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| What is Service Learning? |
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It's a buzz word in education circles. What
do we, as volunteer administrators, need to know about service
learning? It is different than volunteering, community service,
internships and field experience. What is our role? And how
can we benefit? |
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| Volunteering is Inherently
Risky |
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Are we selling out volunteer potential by
allowing fear of lawsuits to challenge our desired activities?
The question confronting us is whether or not we can allow
avoidance of risk to dominate our decision making about volunteer
activity. |
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| Screening |
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Unless you accept everyone who walks in off
the street, you are already screening. Using a structured
procedure replaces haphazard, and potentially arbitrary, decisions
with a fair and defensible method. |
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| Your Circle of Resources |
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Have you started recruiting with resources
close to your agency? What untapped treasures might be across
the street or on the next block? |
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| Older Volunteers and Aging
in Place |
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Older volunteers are a tremendous asset
and potential talent pool but can they continue doing a job
indefinitely? Should they? |
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| Media Outreach Tips for
Your Organization |
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A quality media outreach system is a key
component of a successful organization. By releasing information
to the public pertaining to your organization, you could attract
potential volunteers, clients, and donors. |
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| Elements of a News Release |
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media coverage by sending information media outlets want, in
a format they're used to seeing. |
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| The Cost of A Volunteer |
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What does it cost to mount an effective
and high quality volunteer program?
The Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service summarizes
findings from 21 volunteer programs nationwide. |
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| Professional Volunteer
Management Standards |
Standards developed by the Minnesota Council
of Directors of Health Care Volunteers (currently called the
Administrators
of Healthcare Volunteers, a MAVA Network) to be used as
a road map in the development of professional and ethical
guidelines for health care organizations. |
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| What Keeps You Up At Night? |
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A volunteer is accused of molesting a child.
Confidential student records are released by a volunteer.
A volunteer driver has a car accident while transporting a
client. As the leader of a volunteer program, what keeps you
up at night? |
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| The Importance of Community
Building |
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Community building sounds nice but, like
any buzzword, what does it actually mean? |
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| How Do You Identify Potential
Partnerships and Pursue Them? |
| “To Do’s” for building partnerships. |
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