Volunteer Engagement Professional

Hi, I'm Jessica!

I'm incredibly passionate about stewarding relationships, coaching and mentoring others, and developing and improving processes.

In this blog, I'll share my experience from almost 10 years of non-profit volunteer engagement, and discuss new things I learn every day.

Currently enrolled in: (1) University of Waterloo Online Professional Development Leadership Course, (2) Harvard University MOOC Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science

Jessica

May 22
1 min

O Canada: Four Uniquely Canadian Things about Volunteerism and Volunteer Engagement during COVID-19

Rob Jackson's blog is one of the Resources I Love for volunteer engagement. So, when Rob asked if I'd like to contribute a guest post, I was so honoured! A q...

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Jessica

May 13
4 min

Employee Partners: It's Time to Level Up

Employee Partner: a paid staff member who works with volunteers throughout the volunteer engagement cycle, to enable success for a particular function or pro...

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Jessica

May 7
3 min

Sharing My Values with a Soul-Baring Story

I am the child of immigrants from Hong Kong. On my first day of kindergarten, my mom said to me, “and one day, you’ll go to university.”

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Jessica

May 3
5 min

Boundaries: Cover Your A$$ and Consider Your Capacity

I live in a Toronto neighbourhood called Willowdale. I have lived in this same neighbourhood since I moved to Toronto a decade ago. I love this neighbourhood...

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Jessica

Apr 23
4 min

Canada Student Service Grant: I have so many questions!

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised $9 billion to support students across the country in his daily coronavirus briefing today (April 22). Part of...

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Jessica

Apr 21
2 min

Do or don't: calling volunteers "family"? And why you should use "community" instead

I'm on several non-profit professional groups across social media and I've always wanted to delve deeper into questions that I give brief answers to in the c...

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