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A sure recipe for success

A sure recipe for success

Andy Fryar March 1, 2006 3

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – MARCH 2006 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar Last month’s OzVPM Hot Topic asked the question of whether or not we have over-regulated the practice of volunteer program management. The essay

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Have we regulated volunteer management beyond recognition?

Have we regulated volunteer management beyond recognition?

Andy Fryar February 1, 2006 5

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – FEBRUARY 2006 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar As a small child I still remember quite vividly, those occasions when my Mother would take me with her to work at the

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Here’s to a truly inclusive New Year!

Here’s to a truly inclusive New Year!

Andy Fryar January 1, 2006 3

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – JANUARY 2006 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar In the OzVPM e-newsletter for December 2005, I offered a ‘tip of the month’ which suggested we look carefully at the events we

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Reflections on an Australian visit

Reflections on an Australian visit

Andy Fryar December 1, 2005 2

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – DECEMBER 2005 By OzVPM Director Andy Fryar with guest hot topic contributor, Fraser Dyer  OzVPM Director Andy Fryar recently spend time travelling through Scotland with UK volunteerism expert Fraser Dyer where

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A cause for celebration

A cause for celebration

Andy Fryar November 1, 2005 2

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – NOVEMBER 2005 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar With the 2005 International Volunteer Managers Appreciation Day (IVMAD) celebration only a month away (December 5), it’s appropriate that our November hot topic

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Coping for success

Coping for success

Andy Fryar October 1, 2005 4

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – OCTOBER 2005 by OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar The more I have the opportunity to meet with Volunteer Program Managers from a wide range of settings and backgrounds, the more I

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Managing volunteers is like herding sheep (Australian style)

Managing volunteers is like herding sheep (Australian style)

Andy Fryar September 1, 2005 1

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – SEPTEMBER 2005 by guest hot Topic author, Fraser Dyer Warren Bennis, of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California, once wrote a book called Managing People is Like

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Australian Observations ~ an interview with Susan J Ellis

Australian Observations ~ an interview with Susan J Ellis

Andy Fryar August 1, 2005 1

OzVPM HOT TOPIC – AUGUST 2005 By OzVPM Director Andy Fryar with Susan J Ellis This is the latest in a series of interviews OzVPM has been conducting with international volunteerism leaders who have

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