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We are excited to announce that AgileMinistry.com is now VolunteerCentered.com! While the name has changed, the content hasn’t changed. In fact, we hope to expand our current focus on volunteer leadership and management into (Read More)
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Volunteer recruiting is about more than just asking people to join your team. It requires an understanding of how your leadership will translate into a healthy, vibrant team. Much of this becomes your recruiting message:You m (Read More)
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Being a leader of volunteers is about more than just building a team and making things happen. Leaders have the responsibility to teach others. In fact, leaders are often teaching through their actions, even if they don’t rea (Read More)
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Every volunteer in your team is a potential leader. You have two choices: allow them to lead, or suppress their leadership.Allowing them to lead means allowing things to happen in ways you don’t expect. It means letting other (Read More)
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Effective teams don’t happen overnight. Volunteer teams are the most difficult to make effective, as people come and go. Unlike a full-time job, people may leave for personal or job-related reasons. This makes team dynamics e (Read More)
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The final stage for anyone transitioning out of a leadership role is to disconnect. There is a tendancy, especially for leaders that have been with the same team for a while, to have trouble letting go. Letting go is importan (Read More)