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The future of volunteer management as a profession is a hot topic on both sides
of the Atlantic, if not in other parts of the world. As evidence, consider
the fact that the inaugural issue (Fall 2000) of e-Volunteerism featured
several articles dealing with this subject.
If our field is to have a future
that managers of volunteers sign up to, then those of us working in these
roles must engage in the debates taking place around us. This requires an
ability to plainly convey where our field is now to clearly articulate a
vision of the future.
As the management of volunteers has grown as a
vocation, so has the diversity of roles and responsibilities we all undertake
in our work. Unfortunately, no contemporary clarity has been sought to categorise
these roles. The phrase "volunteer management" now covers such
a large range of options that it does not describe any of them well.
In this article, Rob Jackson attempts to map a truer picture of what this
profession includes, and the implications of this for career development in
the field.
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