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Science and story-telling combine to explore the power of diverse thinking
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Science and story-telling combine to explore the power of diverse thinking

April 4, 2022

by Carole Thelwall-Jones Carole Thelwall-Jones, AVM member (my own views, not representing AVM, but enjoyed…

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Are you battling procrastination?
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Are you battling procrastination?

March 7, 2022

A guest blog from Lucy Gower Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily postponing decisions or…

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Reflections on the benefits of being a mentor
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Reflections on the benefits of being a mentor

November 30, 2021

by Marie McNeil As it was for everyone, 2020 was quite a year for me.…

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What is excellence – pushing us beyond the ordinary
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What is excellence – pushing us beyond the ordinary

November 5, 2021

by Ruth Leonard The theme of International Volunteer Managers (IVM) Day 2021 is ‘what is…

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Volunteers’ Week 2020:  What’s the point of a volunteer manager?… on furlough during Volunteers’ Week
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Volunteers’ Week 2020: What’s the point of a volunteer manager?… on furlough during Volunteers’ Week

June 5, 2020

AVM Director, Rachel Ball, shares her thoughts on what it's like to be a volunteer…

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What’s the point of volunteer managers… part 2
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What’s the point of volunteer managers… part 2

May 26, 2020

‘What’s Next’ is this year’s International Volunteer Managers (IVM) Day theme, and it is the…

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What’s the point of volunteer managers?
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What’s the point of volunteer managers?

May 14, 2020

Here at AVM we believe that volunteer managers are vital in ensuring any volunteering effort…

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Being More Pirate: reflections on AVM’s 2019 conference
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Being More Pirate: reflections on AVM’s 2019 conference

November 21, 2019

by Hannah Kinghorn I have now finished my second month as an Alumni Volunteer Manager…

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Change the Tune this International Volunteer Managers Day
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Change the Tune this International Volunteer Managers Day

November 5, 2019

by Ruth Leonard For me, the power of volunteering is people seeing a need in…

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Love thy neighbour…
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Love thy neighbour…

February 4, 2019

by Carol Carbine I was recently discussing with a friend the complex demands we volunteering…

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Engaging, Empowering and Energetic – my experience at the AVM conference
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Engaging, Empowering and Energetic – my experience at the AVM conference

August 23, 2017

In an exclusive guest blog Kathryn shares what she gained from attending her first AVM…

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Learning for life
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Learning for life

February 10, 2015

The other day I went to an event for professional associations on what I thought…

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