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As 2008 comes to a close, AHVRP would like to wish its members, partners, and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. Briefings in Healthcare Volunteer Services and Retail Operations will resume publication Jan. 8, 2009.
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Who Supervises?
from Energize
 Volunteers evolve in their respective roles through their interactions with each other and, more significantly, through their interactions with their supervisor. In a study of volunteer satisfaction, Gidron found that adequate supervision and assistance from supervisory staff were important determinants of individuals' satisfaction with their volunteer experience. Other research on volunteers' attitudes toward supervisors indicates that the competence of the immediate supervisor and the guidance and support provided by the supervisor ranked fourth and fifth out of twenty factors important to volunteers' effectiveness. More
Best Business Books of 2008
from strategy+business
Social critic John Ruskin once wrote, “Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.” Agreed, but that’s easier said than done when the production output of business books exceeded 7,600 titles last year. This annual review can help. It whittles the towering stacks down to three dozen books, covered in 10 essays written by a stellar group of commentators, including distinguished newcomers like Margaret Wheatley and seasoned veterans like James O’Toole. More
Developing Eight Core Competencies for Successful Volunteer Programs
from The Corporation for National & Community Service
During the 2005 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, state commissioners and volunteers from national service organizations met to discuss best practices in the eight core competencies of successful national service programs as identified by their funder, the Corporation for National and Community Service. This effective practice offers highlights of the most important concepts taken from the "Eight Core Competencies: Best Training Practices" session. More
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Tell Me a Story: Using Case Studies to Discover Unmet Needs
from The Society for Nonprofit Organizations
Why does market research frequently fail to provide desperately needed insights? A primary reason is that it usually involves asking questions you presume are important of people you presume to have the answers: If you ask the wrong questions or the wrong people, you won’t get the answers you need. More
How to Design a Bad Presentation
from Tech Soup
If you've ever prepared a presentation for your nonprofit, chances are you've used (or considered using) a slideshow. Whether conducted via old-fashioned slides, transparencies, or on software such as OpenOffice Impress or Microsoft PowerPoint, a good slideshow can enhance your presentations, allowing you to underscore key points and support your statements with visual aids. A poorly created slideshow presentation, however, can often have the opposite effect, leaving your audience confused, apathetic, or even frustrated with the topic at hand. Fortunately, designing a compelling, understandable slide presentation isn't rocket science - if you recognize what elements to include and which to leave out. More
Meetings: A Necessary Evil
from Charity Village
Why do we need to have so many meetings? Like it or not, meetings are necessary for decision-making, problem solving, communication, and team participation. Most organizations couldn’t function without them, so we should take deliberate steps to ensure that meetings are more effective, and a better use of everyone’s time. Here are some of key guidelines to improve your next meeting. More
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Feds Adopt Rules on Credit Card Abuses
from USA Today
In the most sweeping changes to credit cards in decades, federal regulators on Thursday approved new rules to crack down on so-called unfair and deceptive practices by card issuers, such as raising interest rates on existing debt. The rules were approved Thursday morning by the Office of Thrift Supervision, a Treasury Department division. John Reich, the agency's director, says the rules "will enhance public confidence in financial institutions and establish a level playing field for institutions that want to do business fairly without suffering competitive disadvantages." More
Rushed or Relaxed: Make Every Customer Visit Count
from Gift Shop Magazine
You can see it in their eyes as these customers walk in your store—that sense of anxiety over finding the perfect gift in a limited amount of time. Many of your customers routinely put off holiday shopping till the last minute or try to squeeze in a quick shopping trip between other errands. For such customers, time is of the essence. How do you maximize the limited amount of time these customers will spend in your store? More
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