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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>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/11/19/author-interview-john-l-lipp/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/11/11/ask-an-author-risk-management-and-volunteer-drivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Graff]]></category>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Graff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policies]]></category>
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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>Interview &#8211; Volunteering and Employability</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/09/24/interview-volunteering-and-employability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/09/24/interview-volunteering-and-employability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[supervision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interview with Nick Ockenden, Head of Research at the Institute for Volunteering Research  in the UK, about IVR&#8217;s recent report on volunteering and employability.  You can find more information about the research and read the final report at the IVR website.  Many thanks to Nick for taking the time to talk to me [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/09/11/ask-an-author-volunteers-risk-management-and-the-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Graff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering in emergencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering in health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/?p=216</guid>
		<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>Book Recommendations: The &#8220;Art&#8221; of Volunteer Management</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/08/19/book-recommendations-the-art-of-volunteer-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/08/19/book-recommendations-the-art-of-volunteer-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Recommendations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative problem-solving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now we want to hear from you, since a blog is all about interaction.  So we’ll pose a question that we plan to continue as a feature of this blog:
What book that is not specifically about managing volunteers has helped you most in your work?
To put it in another way &#8211; we all know volunteer [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/08/11/ask-an-author-linda-graff/#comments</comments>
		<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>Author Interview &#8211; &#8220;A People Lens&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/07/20/author-interview-a-people-lens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/07/20/author-interview-a-people-lens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highly-skilled volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people lens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/?p=125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interview about a brand new book from Volunteer Vancouver, A People Lens: 101 Ways to Move Your Organization Forward.  I spoke with Colleen Kelly, executive director of Volunteer Vancouver, and Aaron Sanderson, Philanthropy Coordinator for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and a key volunteer who helped produce the book.  You can listen to Colleen&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Excerpt: Volunteers in the American Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/07/07/book-excerpt-volunteers-in-the-american-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/2009/07/07/book-excerpt-volunteers-in-the-american-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the just-passed American July 4th holiday, here are excerpts from the first chapter of the book, By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers, by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Campbell.  It’s easy to forget the critical role volunteers played in the fight for independence, so what better time [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask-an-Author]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drop-in volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve McCurley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supervision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.energizeinc.com/blog/?p=76</guid>
		<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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