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Guest Post: Why it’s worth allowing volunteers to lead (even when it’s uncomfortable)

Twenty Hats

For CVA Krista Gilmore, the point of volunteer management is to cultivate volunteer leaders. That was the advice I received 25 years ago from an experienced volunteer director. I was new to a children’s ministry position and had little experience managing volunteers. Give away the good stuff. Fast forward to the present.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, CEO, Public Allies. These volunteers will be the everyday heroes who help us coordinate food distribution for families left economically vulnerable. Former first lady Michelle Obama described Public Allies as being “all about promise — finding it, nurturing it and putting it to use.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How to Start a Nonprofit Organization.

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit organizations comprise paid staff and volunteers; for-profits typically only have paid staff members. Are there other organizations in the community that do what it is I propose to do? If so: Is what I propose different from what any of them already do? Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.