Best Practices in Engaging Older Adults
“Policy makers and pundits warn that the baby boom wave could swamp the nation’s health care system. What if the 77 million boomers, who have just begun to turn 65, could help solve the health care...
View ArticleTips for Staying on the Cutting Edge of Civic Engagement
Think you don’t have the time or the money for professional development? I hear that a lot from all parts of the nonprofit sector. The economy has devastated professional development funding with...
View ArticleNational Volunteer Week Revisited
National volunteer week is finally here. We have planned for it and worked hard to make it special for the volunteers. How well I remember counting out pins, signing certificates, and putting the...
View ArticleWhy you should go to the National Conference on Volunteerism and Service:...
As I enter my 31st year as a volunteer engagement professional—remember, I was 12 when I started (that joke never gets old)—I have been reflecting on what has kept me in the field for so long....
View ArticleVolunteers Unlock Life Stories & So Much More
By Beth Sanders, Founder of LifeBio.comNote from Jill Friedman FixlerI want to thank Beth Sanders Founder of LifeBio.com for her guest blog on utilizing volunteers to facilitate life stories for...
View ArticleAfflicting the Comfortable or Just Staying Comfortable - What's Your Choice?
As a nonprofit consultant I often joke that my role is to afflict the comfortable. I am often taken aback that so many organizations are satisfied with comfort when the world is changing at such an...
View ArticleInitiating Change in the Volunteer Auxiliary Model
Several weeks ago I was the keynote presenter at the spring meeting of the American Hospital Association Auxiliary Leaders group. My presentation focused on evolving the auxiliary model to be more...
View ArticleThoughts from a Former Volunteer Management Generalist
When I began my career as a volunteer engagement professional (we called it “volunteer manager” back then), I prided myself on being a generalist. I knew a little about a lot of things such as...
View ArticleMillennial Engagement: Tapping the Talents of A New Generation
The Millennial Impact Report 2012, published last week, is opening people’s eyes and spurring lots of conversations in our fields. The report opens with the advice, “stop trying to figure out...
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