Remove development volunteer

Aaron Wolowiec

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Applying Our Understanding of Personal & Social Identities Within Associations

Aaron Wolowiec

Among the resources developed and shared by the Collaborative are two identity wheels, which I’ve found useful in helping association staff, volunteer leaders, and/or members better understand themselves, one another, and how they can improve their interpersonal relationships.

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Renovating Your Strategic Plan Virtually - Part 1: Understanding the Basics

Aaron Wolowiec

Over time Boards can become jaded and skeptical of the strategic planning process, “We waste time and money on developing a plan and it never goes anywhere”. This 3-part series will help you renovate your strategic plan so volunteers can once again get excited about the process and see actual results.

Process 246
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What is Your Volunteer Culture?

Aaron Wolowiec

I think a lot of associations have a love/hate relationship with their volunteers. But there is also the shadow side of volunteers. These are the volunteers who drive us crazy, but we tend to throw up our hands about it, going back to that conclusion above: It’s THEIR association, so what can we do? That’s not the point.

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Building a board strategy

Aaron Wolowiec

When working on complex engagements like strategic planning or developing membership value propositions, the ability of the board of directors to think and, through the staff, act strategically has consistently resulted in superior decisions,” said Dean West , president and founder of Association Laboratory Inc.

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What is Your Volunteer Culture?

Aaron Wolowiec

I think a lot of associations have a love/hate relationship with their volunteers. But there is also the shadow side of volunteers. These are the volunteers who drive us crazy, but we tend to throw up our hands about it, going back to that conclusion above: It’s THEIR association, so what can we do? That’s not the point.

Survey 100
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Volunteer management: I gotta feeling

Aaron Wolowiec

Like many of you, I’ve been known to juggle a handful of volunteer roles in addition to my nine-to-five job at any given point in time during my association management career. Above all, people who volunteer for associations expect to be involved effectively. Volunteer leaders are unprepared for meetings. Who am I kidding?

Michigan 100
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No more burnout blues

Aaron Wolowiec

So it’s amazing to think most of these groups are run by volunteers. Whether you volunteer personally or professionally, do you feel burned out? Mission driven volunteering could be the solution. Unfortunately, our world tends to look more like this: Difficulty recruiting volunteers. Volunteer burn out.

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