{"id":3836,"date":"2018-01-11T03:39:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T11:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2018-01-16T17:35:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T01:35:38","slug":"notnice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2018\/01\/notnice\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning From The &#8216;Not-So-Nice&#8217; Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1186\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"graphic by Jayne Cravens representing volunteers\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/volunteerstransparent.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>I am trying to\u00a0find and revive some of the most popular articles and commentaries I&#8217;ve written over the years that were hosted on other people&#8217;s web sites, many of which are now only available\u00a0on archive.org, and then only if you can remember the URL of the defunct site.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, I was invited by Mary Merrill to write a column for her December Topic of the Month. My topic was:<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/volunteer\/notnice.shtml\">Learning From The &#8216;Not-So-Nice&#8217; Volunteers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The premise: we have a lot to learn from the \u201cnot-so-nice volunteers\u201d, the people who are putting their time and energy into defending human rights, addressing social ills, and battling institutions who they feel are attacking their quality of life or an element of their community that they treasure. And we have a lot to learn from the people who manage such volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/volunteer\/notnice.shtml\">reposted that article on my own site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to\u00a0find and revive some of the most popular articles and commentaries I&#8217;ve written over the years that were hosted on other people&#8217;s web sites, many of which are now only available\u00a0on archive.org, and then only if you can remember the URL of the defunct site. 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