Category Archives: Managing Organizations
How Your Organization Can Have Compelling Communications
by Anne Schink In previous posts I have referred to the book, The Charismatic Organization, written by Deb Jospin and Shirley Sagawa. Much of its richness stems from the principles that build social capital. A charismatic organization has a strong … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Managing Organizations, Strategies
Tagged Communication, Volunteer Recognition
3 Comments
Difficult Volunteer Behaviors- What’s Behind It and How Do You Deal With It?
by Jen Lobely As we near Thanksgiving, one of the things I am thankful for is the fact that I don’t have to deal with difficult volunteers on a daily or even weekly basis. Thankfully it is rare that I … Continue reading
Blaine House Conference, 2011
by Eileen Buzzello I had the opportunity to participate in the 25th annual Blaine House Conference this past week. This is Maine’s only conference targeted toward volunteer managers and administrators and the theme this year was “Imagine Service”. Hopefully many … Continue reading
A Tough Economy and Our Volunteers
As I write this, I am at a conference discussing how the economy is affecting the residents of public housing. The outlook is not good, I am afraid. And so I wonder, we all know that the economy is affecting … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations, People, Resources
Leave a comment
Jigsaw Puzzle
By Penny Kern This is just a quick blog this month about the importance of the volunteer manager. Correction – the staff person who is responsible for the volunteers of an organization. Managing volunteers is a vital to any organization … Continue reading
Engaging Distributed Volunteers- Part I
By Joan Davis As Managers of Volunteers you may be fortunate enough to have your team close by and can call them together for a face-to-face huddle any time of the day. But perhaps instead your work covers a broad … Continue reading
Purposeful Innovation
By Anne B. Schink Let’s see. So far our blog posts built upon The Charismatic Organization, the book by Shirley Sagawa and Deb Jospin, we have discussed the importance of being mission-driven, creating a positive organizational culture, and being faithful … Continue reading
Moving Pictures: A resource for even the smallest program
By Patricia F. Kimball I am a big fan of the written word. I love to read and I love to write. Sometimes I actually think my preferred mode of communication is pen and paper. Or screen and keyboard. But … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations, Marketing, Recruitment, Technology, Training
1 Comment
Strategy Pyramid
By Penny Kern I recently took a VERY part-time position with the American Red Cross and every chapter across the state is reorganizing to become regionalized. This is taking some rethinking and a lot of planning to pull everything together … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations, Marketing, Strategies
Leave a comment
“Can-do Culture”
By Anne Schink For the past several posts I have talked about The Charismatic Organization by Shirley Sagawa and Deb Jospin. Among their eight principles is a “Can-Do Culture”. They describe organizational culture as the organization’s personality or character. Every … Continue reading
