I love this so much 🙂 Great post as always
I’m on a short vacation this week, so I’m revisiting a post I wrote in 2015 and tweaking it just a bit.
Volunteering needs to have its own chaos theory: You know, the one that starts with “if a butterfly flaps it’s wings in Brazil, will it spawn a tornado in Texas…” because engaging volunteers can be quite chaotic.
Have you noticed that a lot of really smart people look at volunteerism in a very linear way? Their volunteering theory in no way takes into account any chaotic variables that affect whether a potential volunteer follows through, or an existing volunteer stays. Instead, it all depends upon how well volunteer managers “sell” the program.
Their linear theory goes something like this:
Volunteer Manager (VM) sitting at desk. A long line of prospective volunteers stand outside the door patiently waiting for their turn to do good.
VM: Who’s next? May I…
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