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The power of experiential learning
OZVPM HOT TOPIC – MARCH 2007 By OzVPM Director Andy Fryar with Special Guest, Gillian Wilson I’m a junkie! I love nothing more than exploring the alternate ways that others run their volunteer programs
Read More »Volunteer Management: the Steve Irwin way
OzVPM HOT TOPIC – NOVEMBER 2006 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar Like many people, I was shocked with the sudden death of Australian wildlife crusader Steve Irwin recently. His untimely death struck a chord
Read More »Volunteer management and activism – a new partnership?
OzVPM HOT TOPIC – SEPTEMBER 2006 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar “Let him that would move the world, first move himself.” (Socrates) Most of what I write in this column each month relates directly
Read More »Unskilled by Association?
OzVPM HOT TOPIC – APRIL 2004 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar In compiling the ‘Positions Vacant’ pages featured on OzVPM, I am constantly accessing a wide variety of both print and electronic resources, in
Read More »Start the conference carousel – I want to get on!
OzVPM HOT TOPIC – NOVEMBER 2003 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar Anyone that knows me will be in no doubt as to what a strong advocate I am for the volunteering sector in the
Read More »Breaking down the ‘grass ceiling’ of volunteerism
OzVPM HOT TOPIC – AUGUST 2003 By OzVPM Director, Andy Fryar A good friend of mine – a volunteer program manager – was recently successful in obtaining a new position. Anyone looking to create
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