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Revolutionary Leadership for 21st-Century Volunteering
Two and a half years after the emergence of COVID-19, the world has changed in many ways. Some things about today’s life would have been completely unimaginable in December 2019. To assume that volunteering is immune from this massive wave of change would be naive at best and…
Martin J. Cowling
Feature Articles
July 2022
Messing It Up: How Not-For-Profits Sabotage Their Volunteer Programs
In this third e-Volunteerism article in our Sabotage series, the authors turn their focus to those not-for-profit organizations that engage and deploy millions of volunteers globally. They list 10 universal actions that not-for-profits engage in, and argue that these actions…
Andy Fryar and Martin J. Cowling
Feature Articles
January 2008
Sabotage Part Two: How Managers of Volunteers Diminish Their Role
An interesting movement is emerging in volunteer management: Some managers of volunteers are limiting themselves to being responsible for only one part of their organization's volunteering scheme − the most 'traditional' part − while their organizations build new ‘pro bono’…
Martin J. Cowling, Jayne Cravens
Feature Articles
July 2007
Why I Learnt to Hate Icebreakers
People usually suggest an ice breaker because “we need to break up the atmosphere at the start of a meeting” or “people won’t know each other” or ”we always have an icebreaker to start off.”  Announce that you’re about to run an “ice breaker,” however, and watch the collective…
Martin J. Cowling
Training Designs
July 2006
Reflections on Building the Profession in Australasia
In March 2005, a pioneering 48-hour event was held in Canberra, Australia: The 1st Annual Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management . The 50 participants came from all of the Australian states and territories, plus representatives from New Zealand, Singapore, and the US. The…
Andy Fryar and Martin J. Cowling
Feature Articles
April 2005
Sabotage! The Five Lethal Factors Volunteer Managers Employ to Harm Their Programs
Sabotage! The very word conjures up images of old war movies – silhouetted black and white figures blowing up railway lines in the midst of the night to prevent enemy advance. Indeed, sabotage is in fact a very real tool of war. Sadly it has also been a tool of some corporations…
Martin J. Cowling
Feature Articles
January 2005

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