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Aaron Wolowiec

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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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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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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”. If this sounds familiar, your association is starting with an ineffective plan and/or flawed process to implement.

Process 246
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67 Powerful Coaching Questions to Ask Yourself & Those You Supervise

Aaron Wolowiec

Whether you’re coaching boards, speakers, staff, volunteers or other stakeholders, asking powerful questions helps individuals work through the process of self-discovery and generate their own solutions. It’s not necessary to have all of the answers yourself.

Process 245
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Building a board strategy

Aaron Wolowiec

According to those surveyed: Associations need to implement volunteer identification, recruitment and development strategies that ensure a funnel of high-quality leadership into the association. The business processes of the association need to support the board’s ability to make decisions within a strategic framework.

Strategy 185
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Building a board strategy

Aaron Wolowiec

According to those surveyed: Associations need to implement volunteer identification, recruitment and development strategies that ensure a funnel of high-quality leadership into the association. The business processes of the association need to support the board’s ability to make decisions within a strategic framework.

Strategy 100