by Elisa Kosarin | Dec 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Browse through the Twenty Hats archives and you’ll find plenty of actionable ideas. After eight years and 164 posts (including some awesome guest posts), the time has come to wrap up the Twenty Hats blog. Needless to say, this was a tough decision. Volunteer...
by Elisa Kosarin | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Don’t drop your specialization. Just shift your focus. I’m thinking of offering a new workshop. This one would be directed towards nonprofits leaders rather than volunteer managers. It would be called “Deconstructing Engagement.” In this workshop, we would take...
by Elisa Kosarin | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here’s what happens when a Leader of Volunteers accepts all offers of support. In August 2020, I joined many of my peers having to scramble to find a new job thanks to the pandemic. I wanted to stay in the same field, and I needed to be part of a mission I could...
by Elisa Kosarin | Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
“None of us were ready for this. So I think, in many ways, for as often as everybody complains about technology and all the challenges, I think this past year could have gone very differently if we didn’t have these platforms.” — Volunteer manager embracing...
by Elisa Kosarin | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
What’s more important than engaging more corporate volunteer groups? Ensuring that their goals align with yours. It’s tempting to hastily say “yes” when employees from a reputable company inquire about volunteering. The excitement in some cases may even override...
by Elisa Kosarin | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
At home or at the office, you can transform a “no” decision to a “yes” by following this advice. Cicadas. It was 2020, and I was already getting nervous about the every 17-year invasion of cicadas these nasty insects, due in the Washington, DC...
