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In the January -April 2020 Issue
Everything I Learned about Volunteer Management, I Learned After I Left It
Do you ever feel like you’re treading water in this vast volunteer management ocean? Struggling against perceptions of what you do that simply don’t match the reality? As Meridian Swift writes, “I know I did. It took getting out and drying off to uncover what was missing in my volunteer management career.” In this e-Volunteerism feature, well-known volunteer expert Swift reviews how... read more | subscribe