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Are you a good volunteering parent?
Are you a good volunteering parent? I’m the father of 5 children, and I have a further 4 step-children, so it’s fair to say I’ve done a lot of thinking about parenting in
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The ANZAC’S – Our Greatest Ever Volunteers?
By Andy Fryar Today in Australia and New Zealand we respectfully commemorate 100 years of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. For overseas readers, this day has become sacrosanct in this part of the world and
Read More »Is it time to re-define volunteering?
This month’s Hot Topic is a re-working of an article I first wrote a decade ago. I’ve revisited this topic after being invited to provide an online thought piece to raise debate as the
Read More »How many volunteers are too many volunteers?
One of the most common questions I am asked is “How many volunteers should one Volunteer Manager be responsible for?” – or in other words, what might be the ideal ratio of volunteer leadership
Read More »A Burning Issue
It’s summer in Australia and in January this year South Australia experienced its worst bushfires for several decades. What made these latest fires more frightening than usual was just how close they got to
Read More »The Cane Toad Effect
I was recently asked to speak on the topic of ‘Navigating the Brave New World’ of volunteerism. In the room were a number of volunteer management professionals, Volunteer Centre personnel, volunteers and of course
Read More »Time banking – volunteering or profiteering?
I was recently asked to speak on the topic of time banking schemes, and while this is now a relatively common practice in other parts of the world, time banking is still in its
Read More »BULA …the art connecting!
Bula! I’m writing this hot topic as I holiday on the tropical paradise that is Fiji. If you have never been, you need to find a way to get here and experience the amazing
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