Volunteer Engagement Professional

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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 13+ years of non-profit volunteer engagement, and discuss new things I learn every day.

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Jessica

Dec 13, 2020
4 min

Internet Inquiry: December 2020 Edition (Celebrating Volunteers' Birthdays)

Volunteer birthdays- do you celebrate them? How? Our team has started taking note of volunteers' birthdays to acknowledge and celebrate them

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Jessica

Jul 28, 2020
5 min

Building Relationships Through Presentations

Don't see a presentation, or a donation, or a new member, or a six-month volunteer commitment, as the end game. To maintain relationships, y

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Jessica

Jun 25, 2020
5 min

Canada Student Service Grant: Some Answers- Finally!

Students must complete eligible volunteer hours by October 31, limiting the time available for screening, orientation, and training, as well

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Jessica

Jun 10, 2020
2 min

Black Lives Matter: Learning and Unlearning

This is a blog about learning so I'm going to share my experience of learning about systemic racism, effective allyship, and Black...

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Jessica

May 22, 2020
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...

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Jessica

May 13, 2020
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...

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Jessica

May 7, 2020
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, 2020
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...

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Jessica

Apr 22, 2020
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...

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Jessica

Apr 21, 2020
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...

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