Creating Meaningful Volunteer Assignments
Posted by on June 9, 2006
[posted from Public Education Network newsblast]
10 IDEAS FOR CREATING MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS
All program and operational decisions made in an organization stem from the philosophy, beliefs, and vision that are its reasons for being in the first place. These, in turn, are rooted in basic values that are often assumed, yet rarely articulated. Identifying the values about volunteering held in your organization is a worthwhile exercise. It uncovers what executives, frontline employees, and volunteers themselves think about why volunteers are involved at all. It points the way for creating meaningful volunteer assignments and provides a framework for working together. Discussing values about volunteering also puts civic engagement into a broader social context. It?s easy to get so caught up in the daily how-to?s of managing a volunteer program that we forget volunteering is bigger than our one setting or even this one point in time.
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