Comments on: Problems with Managing Volunteers http://martian.org/karen/2008/03/05/problems-with-managing-volunteers/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: karen http://martian.org/karen/2008/03/05/problems-with-managing-volunteers/#comment-20770 karen Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:28:00 +0000 http://martian.org/karen/2008/03/05/problems-with-managing-volunteers/#comment-20770 He calls the third type "campaigning" - an organisation that seeks to raise awareness of a cause or to fight for peace or something equally worthy. These organisations are led rather than managed and they again embrace all who want to be involved. They require a very personal and forceful leadership, a person who can clearly articulate what the movement stands for. There is a really nice paragraph about how the three voluntary organisation types exist within a church but this loses impact out of context of the rest of the book. Don't buy it. I'll lend it to you when you are next up in Tokyo. He calls the third type “campaigning” - an organisation that seeks to raise awareness of a cause or to fight for peace or something equally worthy. These organisations are led rather than managed and they again embrace all who want to be involved. They require a very personal and forceful leadership, a person who can clearly articulate what the movement stands for.

There is a really nice paragraph about how the three voluntary organisation types exist within a church but this loses impact out of context of the rest of the book.

Don’t buy it. I’ll lend it to you when you are next up in Tokyo.

]]> By: Stray Taoist http://martian.org/karen/2008/03/05/problems-with-managing-volunteers/#comment-20769 Stray Taoist Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:52:05 +0000 http://martian.org/karen/2008/03/05/problems-with-managing-volunteers/#comment-20769 If they have any sense, they will give you the job. If they have any sense, they will give you the job.

]]> By: Simon http://martian.org/karen/2008/03/05/problems-with-managing-volunteers/#comment-20751 Simon Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:48:53 +0000 http://martian.org/karen/2008/03/05/problems-with-managing-volunteers/#comment-20751 What's the third type? Or should I go read the book? :) What’s the third type? Or should I go read the book? :)

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