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.
Leading and supporting volunteer effort is all-too-often a lonely and largely unsupported role in many agencies, where funding may be limited or where the volunteer team are organizationally structured in such a way that the person leading the volunteers is not positioned as part of a larger internal department.
The more I have the opportunity to meet with Volunteer Program Managers from a wide range of...
“Always seek to know why you believe what you believe”
A colleague and I were recently faced with the...
Have you ever considered the lifecycle of the average volunteer program manager?
One of the most common questions I am asked is “How many volunteers should one Volunteer Manager be...
Over the years I have had the opportunity to write and edit hundreds of articles, reports, blogs...
An article in the Weekend Australian explains that in an effort to retain staff members and be more...
I am lucky enough to travel a lot and to meet many volunteer managers from all walks of life in the...