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		<title>Author Interview &#8211; John L. Lipp</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/11/19/author-interview-john-l-lipp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe it &#8211; volunteer management now has its own Idiot&#8217;s Guide book! Working with the standard template, author John L. Lipp  crammed a lot of very useful information into 304 pages, all in bite-sized chunks.  Read on for our interview with John and a taste of the great information you&#8217;ll get from The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask-an-Author: Risk Management and Volunteer Drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/11/11/ask-an-author-risk-management-and-volunteer-drivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s  the third  in a series of questions submitted by our readers and answered by volunteerism and risk management expert Linda Graff (read previous posts, on Risk Management and the Swine Flu and policies on reference checks).
The Question: I presently have a volunteer driver who has just come back from leave for medical conditions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask-an-Author: Policies on Reference Checks</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/10/14/ask-an-author-policies-on-reference-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/10/14/ask-an-author-policies-on-reference-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s  the second  in a series of questions submitted by our readers and answered by volunteerism and risk management expert Linda Graff (read the first post, on Risk Management and the Swine Flu, here).
The Question:
I am continually updating our volunteer policies. I have been researching the pros and cons of doing written reference checks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask-an-Author &#8211; Volunteers, Risk Management and the Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/09/11/ask-an-author-volunteers-risk-management-and-the-swine-flu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Graff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[volunteering in health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here is the first in a series of questions submitted by our readers and answered by volunteerism and risk management expert Linda Graff.  Thanks to everyone who submitted a question; come back soon for the next installment of Linda&#8217;s good advice.
The Question:
With the anticipated increase in  problems with swine flu expected over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask-An-Author: Linda Graff</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/08/11/ask-an-author-linda-graff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a question about risk management or policy development in your volunteer program? Post your question as a comment (or email it to ask-an-author@energizeinc.com) by Monday, August 17th. Linda Graff (the volunteer field&#8217;s leading authority on all matters risky) will pick one question to answer on the blog later this month, and we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask-an-Author: Difficult Drop-ins</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/06/25/ask-an-author-difficult-drop-ins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/06/25/ask-an-author-difficult-drop-ins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drop-in volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve McCurley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supervision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, author Steve McCurley tackles the problem of an organization whose old methods of volunteer management aren’t working well anymore. 
Do you have a volunteer management problem that needs an expert diagnosis?  You’re in luck, because the experts are in!  Submit your questions to ask-an-author@energizeinc.com.  Our favorites will be answered [...]]]></description>
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