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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Great Volunteers – Part 4
This post is the final in a series about finding and maintaining great volunteers. It covers how to keep volunteers happy. Do you have anything to add? Share on Facebook
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Great Volunteers – Part 3
This is the third post in a series about finding and maintaining great volunteers. In order to prepare this presentation, I polled rescue volunteers to find out how they felt about their volunteer experiences with their current organizations and what … Continue reading
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Great Volunteers – Part 2
This is the second post in a series about finding and maintaining great volunteers. Since you need to have volunteers before you can treat them well, the logical place to begin seemed to be with how to find volunteers. I … Continue reading
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Finding and Maintaining Great Volunteers – Part 1
I gave a talk to the members of All Breed Rescue Network this past weekend. I was excited and honored to have been invited, as ABRN is a wonderful organization that assists rescues operating in Colorado to save the most … Continue reading
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Creative Volunteerism: Quantifying the Issue
I was thrilled to receive an email from Sandy Shephard today, a volunteer with Angels’ Arms Rescue in Mobile, Alabama. She told me about their unique approach to raising awareness about euthanasia in their community. I think this photo and … Continue reading
Choosing the Right Breed
Written by Kevin Sloan of Find The Best: Rescue With Care: How to Choose the Right Dog Breed When it comes to finding a new dog — aside from picking the one with the cutest pug-nose, the floppiest ears or … Continue reading