Comments on: Next Steps for VRM Clearinghouse http://vrmclearinghouse.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/next-steps-for-vrm-clearinghouse/ A place to share the profession. Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sarah (Sam) Elliston http://vrmclearinghouse.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/next-steps-for-vrm-clearinghouse/#comment-8 Sarah (Sam) Elliston Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:25:26 +0000 http://vrmclearinghouse.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/next-steps-for-vrm-clearinghouse/#comment-8 Great articles Nan, both this one and the other on the intangibles that volunteers bring. I thought of a few you could add, the next time you write that one or something like it and they are: the skills and tools to do specific tasks that the agency or organization can't pay for (like particular skills- computer, marketing etc), the mass of people who can actually finish a mammoth task for which you can't afford to pay (park clean up, building playgrounds etc), and then there's what I call the indefinable something, that energy or synergy that occurs when the paid staff group has an injection of someone or someones from the outside- their different perspectives and the fact that they aren't mired in the culture of the organization sometimes can lead to incredible creativity that wouldn't have ocurred without the volunteer injecting the idea or the question. Does that make sense? I am so glad you are doing this- hope you are well. Sam Great articles Nan, both this one and the other on the intangibles that volunteers bring. I thought of a few you could add, the next time you write that one or something like it and they are: the skills and tools to do specific tasks that the agency or organization can’t pay for (like particular skills- computer, marketing etc), the mass of people who can actually finish a mammoth task for which you can’t afford to pay (park clean up, building playgrounds etc), and then there’s what I call the indefinable something, that energy or synergy that occurs when the paid staff group has an injection of someone or someones from the outside- their different perspectives and the fact that they aren’t mired in the culture of the organization sometimes can lead to incredible creativity that wouldn’t have ocurred without the volunteer injecting the idea or the question.
Does that make sense?

I am so glad you are doing this- hope you are well. Sam

]]> By: Susan Ellis http://vrmclearinghouse.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/next-steps-for-vrm-clearinghouse/#comment-7 Susan Ellis Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:57:33 +0000 http://vrmclearinghouse.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/next-steps-for-vrm-clearinghouse/#comment-7 Hi, Nan: Many thanks for your endorsement of From the Top Down and for referring people to Energize's online bookstore! Good luck with this new blog. We'll post its availability in our referral Networks area of our site to help others find it. Every good wish for a happy, peaceful, and far-less-disaster-filled 2006! Susan Hi, Nan:

Many thanks for your endorsement of From the Top Down and for referring people to Energize’s online bookstore!

Good luck with this new blog. We’ll post its availability in our referral Networks area of our site to help others find it.

Every good wish for a happy, peaceful, and far-less-disaster-filled 2006!

Susan

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