| Click the button below to search for articles... View News Items from prior months... August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 December 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 June 2019 August 2016 April 2015 February 2014 August 2013 July 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 April 2010 March 2010 January 2010 | Profession in trouble? What's an Organization to do? Hi. I'm Emilie, this month's guest blogger, an AL!VE Board member, the VP of AL!VE programs, and the chair of our Advocacy and Leadership Committee. And I'm worried about the state of our profession. Yet, I'm also quite optimistic. Let me explain. What's to worry? There are many, very competent and strong volunteer management professionals - and I am privileged to count most of them as my colleagues and friends. Yet, I worry that our profession is somewhat stagnant, not growing or developing either in numbers or in practice. It seems that there is still the perception that volunteer management is Enter body here... Published: 03/25/13  How AL!VE got startedThe Associati0n of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (ALIVE) began as the Congress of Volunteer Administrators Associations (COVAA) which formed as a result of a historical convening of official representatives of existing associations of volunteer program managers. In December 2006, a group of roughly 90 delegates, representing 6000 volunteer managers from across the United States, gathered in Denver, CO, to begin to organize around questions such as: - What do existing associations already do well? - What might a national organization provide that is value-added? - How might a congress encourage the formation of new associations in geographic areas without such a group now? - What might be the interrelationship between a national congress and local associations? In short, COVAA began as a grassroots event to ensure that all involved with the field of volunteer management would have the opportunity to participate in determining the future of the profession. During an intensive two-day process of thoughtful dialogue and intense collaboration in Denver, delegates of the Congress voted to form a new national member association for leaders in volunteer engagement. At the Congress in Denver, a select group of delegates were charged with designing this new national entity. The Steering Committee - made up of dozens of professional leaders in volunteer management from around the country - has been working and communicating on a weekly, sometimes daily basis, to ensure that this new membership association is relevant, positive and sustainable. COVAA continues to follow a broad, inclusive path that is intended to lead to a strong professional association. Steering Committee members, along with separate committees of COVAA established at the December convening, are systematically working to build this association to assist in meeting the needs of volunteer managers, as well as serving as a primary connector between efforts across the field of volunteer management in the United States. Published: 03/18/13  It Used to be a typical Monday....From the desk of a Leader in Volunteer Engagement: It used to be that a typical Monday for me was, well, predictable and not all that engaging. Consider: a morning full of emails and calls to be returned - and naturally, they included plenty of people who want to volunteer but only on their terms. You've heard it, too: Many different scheduling request for no weekends, only weekends, can't do nights, need only nights, need 10 hours by tomorrow and -- my personal favorite... Published: 03/05/13  Let AL!VE promote your events!!Do you have an upcoming training, conference or webinar you would like to promote through AL!VE?? Click her add your event to the AL!VE Calendar. Published: 03/03/13 |