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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

Being able to fully utilize volunteers and truly benefit from their skill sets can be addressed with the help of a volunteer manager. This can be easily addressed by insuring that each person’s skills are utilized to his or her utmost ability.

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A Grateful Note to End 2020

VQ Strategies

While it would be easy to focus on the many difficulties that this year delivered (and we don’t take any of those lightly), for this exercise in reflection, we choose the lens of gratitude – as we learned from our mentor and friend Jill Friedman Fixler who perfected the practice of gratitude [1]. Thank you. [1]

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The Power of Plans, Peers, and Pivots

VQ Strategies

Most teams report that having time set aside to work on implementing new volunteer roles and expectations of reporting progress were key to sustaining momentum even amid this challenging year. Engage a mentor or an accountability partner to meet and share progress regularly. Like everyone else in this field, we were forced to pivot.

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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

sgEngage

This person will take the lead in convening internal stakeholders, making plans, testing the waters internally, setting parameters, and liaising with foundation leadership. If you don’t currently hold a leadership role, talk to your management early and often. Outline the participant role. Leadership support is essential.

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Creating Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Them

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Pair new employees with experienced mentors. Create teams that are small and where roles are loosely defined, and policies are flexible. Treat every individual and role as indispensable to collective success. How much autonomy do frontline teams have to design their work, solve problems, and test new ideas?

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Humanocracy

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Pair new employees with experienced mentors. Create teams that are small and where roles are loosely defined, and policies are flexible. Treat every individual and role as indispensable to collective success. How much autonomy do frontline teams have to design their work, solve problems, and test new ideas?

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Creating Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Them

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Pair new employees with experienced mentors. Create teams that are small and where roles are loosely defined, and policies are flexible. Treat every individual and role as indispensable to collective success. How much autonomy do frontline teams have to design their work, solve problems, and test new ideas?

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