Andy Fryar, Better Impact (Australia Office)

Andy has 30+ years in the volunteer management space & is passionate about driving the profession forward. He was the founder of OzVPM (Australasian Volunteer Program Management) and is a former President of Volunteering Australia. He's spoken at volunteer management conferences around the world and is the co-author of Volunteer Program Management: An Essential Guide (3rd edition).

Currently Andy is the Operations Manager for Better Impact in Australia and New Zealand.

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Resources That Help Volunteer Management Professionals Be Their Best

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Andy Fryar, Better Impact (Australia Office): Jun 18, 2025 9:00:00 AM

I’ve been working in volunteer leadership positions since 1989, and I can count on one hand the number of current colleagues who’ve also been leading and supporting volunteers for that length of time. Suffice to say, over the years I’ve seen many...

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Better Impact's best list of Associations for volunteer management professionals around the world

Andy Fryar, Better Impact (Australia Office): Feb 10, 2023 10:04:45 AM

Introduction Leading and supporting volunteer effort is all-too-often a lonely and largely unsupported role in many agencies, where funding may be...

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Fight or flee – the choice is yours

Andy Fryar, Better Impact (Australia Office): Mar 9, 2021 8:29:28 PM

How to handle difficult volunteering situations A colleague and I were recently faced with the following scenario that involved volunteers working in...

Volunteer Management Best Practices

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10 questions every Volunteer Manager should ask a potential employer!

Andy Fryar, Better Impact (Australia Office): Mar 8, 2021 3:16:54 PM

As Leaders of Volunteers one of our specialty areas is (or at least should be) the ability to properly interview someone To ask the right questions...

Volunteer Manager Volunteer Recruitment

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How many volunteers are too many volunteers?

Andy Fryar, Better Impact (Australia Office): Mar 8, 2021 3:06:16 PM

One of the most common questions I am asked is “How many volunteers should one Volunteer Manager be responsible for?” – or in other words, what might...

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