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A Road Map To Great Managing ...

If you have been in the workplace for a while, you have likely had your share of good managers and some not-so-good managers. Young professionals with fewer years of experience may not have had many managers to date, but they can certainly describe the attributes they’d like to see!

Last updated 3 years ago

An #AmeriThanks for our Greater Bay Area VIPs ...

Reflections on a year of volunteer initiative building. A huge community-wide #AmeriThanks, and recognition, go out to the 2020-2021 AmeriCorps VIP Fellows of the greater San Francisco Bay Area! For the past 11 months, this cohort of outstanding individuals helped build and foster volunteer programs and community engagement throughout the Bay Area.

Last updated 3 years ago

Connecting With Community – Volunteernow.org ...

Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership makes volunteering easier than ever. When I first began volunteering again, after a 20+ year ‘hiatus’, I was a bit nervous and overwhelmed. There were so many service options and so many pressing needs in my community. It was spring 2020, Covid had settled in, stripping us from our comfortable ‘norms’, and radically changing how we navigated […]

Last updated 3 years ago

Reflections on Compassion, Resilience, and Returning to the Workplace ...

When applied to leadership, compassion shows up in powerful ways. Like many of you, I have been engaged in online workshops and daily discussions about what it means to be a compassionate and resilient leader. These are not new conversations and yet they are happening within a much different context, and even more so as […]

Last updated 4 years ago

National Volunteer Week 2021: Tips on Volunteer Appreciation ...

The theme for National Volunteer Week is Celebrate Service – an opportunity to shine a light on the people and causes that inspire us to serve. Volunteerism empowers individuals to find their purpose, to take their passion, and turn it into meaningful change. When each of us, in our own way, answers the call to […]

Last updated 4 years ago

How Service Enterprise Can Help You Maximize Your Human Capital ...

Did you know that for every dollar nonprofits invest in effective volunteer engagement, they can expect up to $6 in return? Organizations that know how to effectively engage volunteers and integrate them into their human capital strategies are shown to be more adaptable, sustainable, and capable of going to scale. They also operate at almost […]

Last updated 4 years ago

Global Volunteer Month is Here! ...

Global Volunteer Month recognizes the thousands of people around the world who serve as points of light. Learn how you can continue to get involved in your own community. As a member of the Points of Light Global Network, we are proud to celebrate Global Volunteer Month to shine a light on the individuals and […]

Last updated 4 years ago

Office Downsizing in an Uncertain World ...

Organizations have gone remote during the pandemic, leaving office buildings to sit empty. Will we ever return? The concept of the office has been so deeply ingrained into our culture that it’s become almost inseparable from work itself. For centuries there has been a shared routine among a vast number of workers: wake up, join […]

Last updated 4 years ago

Tips for Celebrating AmeriCorps Appreciation Week, 2021 ...

Join CVNL in celebrating volunteers united in service March 7th – 13th AmeriCorps Week is a celebration of all things AmeriCorps: from the programs and organizations that make this national service initiative possible in thousands of locations, to the over 1 million members who have pledged to “Get Things Done” since the program’s inception in […]

Last updated 4 years ago

Honor Napa nonprofits, leaders, and volunteers! ...

This year’s Heart of Napa Awards will be going virtual. Mark your calendars: the event will take place on Thursday, March 18th, 2021, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. Heart of Napa will be the most visible and celebratory platform to honor individuals and groups who have stepped up in heroic ways during COVID-19 in […]

Last updated 4 years ago