{"id":4862,"date":"2019-04-18T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?page_id=4862"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:35:41","slug":"volunteers-speak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/blog-common-themes\/volunteers-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers speak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These are blogs I have written based on my own experience as a volunteer, or per the experiences that friends have had when they have tried to volunteer. Sometimes I name the organization, often I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2019\/04\/do-you-want-volunteer-feedback-not-if-you-dont-ask-for-it\/\">\nDo you want volunteer feedback? Not if you don\u2019t ask for it<\/a>: based on an experience I had as a volunteer in 2018 and 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2019\/03\/volunteer-mismanagement-at-schools\/\">Volunteer (mis)management at schools<\/a>: based on the experiences of a friend who volunteers at her daughter&#8217;s school, as well as my own.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/02\/22\/im-a-frustrated-volunteer\/\">I\u2019m a Frustrated Volunteer<\/a>: about how often I sign up to volunteer and never hear back from any of the organizations I signed up with<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2018\/05\/stillfrustrated\/\">Still Trying to Volunteer, Still Frustrated<\/a>: an update on my efforts to volunteer<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/10\/how-to-get-rid-of-volunteers\/\">How to Get Rid of Volunteers<\/a>: about the time I signed up to help at an event and, when I arrived, found out I was in charge of the event and the organizer wouldn&#8217;t be there<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/10\/girlscouts\/\">Why Girls Want to Join the Boy Scouts<\/a>: about my experience trying to volunteer with the Girl Scouts in Oregon, 2010-2012.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/08\/20\/notwanted\/\">A fire station turns away volunteers \u2013 and how it could be different<\/a>: about my husband, an experienced volunteer firefighter, trying to volunteer as such in the USA<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/01\/12\/a-missed-opportunity-with-volunteers\/\">A missed opportunity with volunteers<\/a>: about a friend&#8217;s experience volunteering, and how no one ever asked her for feedback about her experience.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/07\/12\/latest-moment-of-volunteer-management-madness\/\">latest moment of volunteer management madness<\/a>: about volunteering with an organization that refused to break up traditional, time-consuming volunteering roles into smaller, project-based assignments volunteers really wanted to do<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/outreach\/critics.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to handle online criticism<\/a>: a blog inspired by being a volunteer with an online community and seeing the main community manager regulary ignore or shut down volunteer criticism of management<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/04\/14\/what-you-say-vs-what-you-do-re-volunteers\/\">What you say vs. what you do re: volunteers<\/a>: based on too many of my own volunteering experiences to count<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/02\/08\/can-potential-volunteers-find-you\/\">How easy is it to volunteer at your organization?<\/a>: inspired by my many attempts to volunteer<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/02\/24\/what-really-happens-when-someone-wants-to-vol\/\">What really happens when someone wants to volunteer with you<\/a>: also inspired by my many attempts to volunteer<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/donate_icon_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4685\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you have benefited from this blog or other parts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/\">my web site<\/a>&nbsp;and would like to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\">support<\/a>&nbsp;the time that went into&nbsp;researching information, developing material, preparing articles, updating pages, etc. (I receive no funding for this work),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\"><strong>here is how you can help<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are blogs I have written based on my own experience as a volunteer, or per the experiences that friends have had when they have tried to volunteer. 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