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I’m a better volunteer manager today because of you.After all these awesome answers, I hope my answer finds someone and helps them out. Say to your past self, “thanks for teaching me. So, when you wish you could go back and “fix” things, do this instead.

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And with each passing day full of experiences, I’m learning.” With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts…Eleanor RooseveltĪnyone in volunteer management will tell you: I’m not the same person I was a year ago. There’s no shame in admitting, “hey, what I did there was far from perfect, but you know what? I’m learning and dang it, I’m getting better.”Ĭourageous leaders are not perfect. Dwelling on them can prevent us from moving forward. We all wish we could change some things, from having more patience with volunteers to standing up for ourselves in meetings. That is why our “jobs” are in reality, a continuous journey. Each and every one teaches us something we can use for the next. Volunteer management means every day, we have millions ( ok, maybe hundreds) of interactions and experiences. A cherished friend ( yep, one of the volunteers-yeah, yeah, my perfect boundaries are not so perfect) told me that I should be thankful for the experiences that taught me something instead of bemoaning them. and for the above to be perfect, then we have to be perfect.īut if we were perfect, we wouldn’t learn, or grow or move forward.the perfect understanding so our work is valued.the perfect appreciation so every volunteer feels engaged.the perfect client experience so every client is satisfied.the perfect volunteer experience for every volunteer.( gasp, no, ya think?) We inwardly seek to create: Sure, we’d all love to go back and make everything perfect, because I believe that we, volunteer managers tend to be perfectionists. (I don’t think the stains ever really came out of the carpet) Not accept that mysterious heavily taped up box at the thrift store….

The fantasy scenario is Marty McFly going back and fixing his father’s self-confidence, and in a darker vein, preventing his mother from an implied sexual assault. Not take a new volunteer to that house where they were engaging in a side business ( hey, who knew?) To go and change something that would then make your return to the present happier, or so you imagine.

( You had to be there and frankly, any planet except this one seemed better at the time)

Not tell everyone in a meeting that I was going back to my home planet.

Carve out more time for me to prioritize and progress.

(well, I just turned my back for a minute, I swear!)

Listen to my inner voice and not let that teen volunteer bring her boyfriend in with her because….

Explain volunteer management in better, more impactful ways.

( I think it was tuna, but then again, it kinda had this weird smell)

Keep that volunteer from bringing in their special yummy, homemade tuna casserole, the one that made everyone sick.

Not get so frustrated with staff who were also overworked.

( I ran it over with a truck-but I did pick up the letters from the street)

Not tell that story in front of the CEO about running over a donor’s mailbox when I picked up a donation.

Stop that volunteer from talking to the press at that event ( or at least tell the reporter our organization had no official position on the mayor’s race).

Not drive that volunteer home that one night.

Be more patient with that volunteer who had so many questions and even burst in on my annual job review.

Call that volunteer who had to quit because she got sick instead of telling myself that I would get around to calling her.

If I could turn back the volunteer manager clock I would:

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(unless you consider that time when that group who asked for volunteer orientation had no AV equipment except an ancient TV so there was no way to show the super duper PowerPoint and then for four grueling hours you had to wing it…) But seriously, do you ever want to go back in time? Are there things you wish you had done differently? Me too. Ok, maybe we, volunteer managers don’t live through horror. I can take the next thing that comes along’ …Eleanor Roosevelt You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.