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anchor.fm/as-the-crow-flies/episodes/S1-E13-The-Role--Place-of-Volunteers-emvect Released on November 27th, 2020 (run time of 50:12) this episode considers the role and value of volunteers and features an inspiring interview with Ken Hawkins, the Executive Director for The Mission to Seafarers in Seattle, Washington and the Canon for Storytelling in the Diocese of Olympia. Ken shares from his incredible experiences of recruiting, mentoring, motivating and deploying a myriad of volunteers. He talks about how he advertises for new volunteers by passionately telling "the story" of The Mission and how he then matches potential volunteers with the various volunteering roles in the organisation. Useful Resources shared in the podcast: Reports The Ties that Bind: Volunteering and Community Resilience (The United Nations 2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report) www.unv.org/sites/default/files/UNV_SWVR_2018_English_WEB.pdf Mayo Clinic Report Helping people, changing lives: The 6 health benefits of volunteering www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/helping-people-changing-lives-the-6-health-benefits-of-volunteering Harvard University blog The many ways volunteering is good for your heart www.health.harvard.edu/blog/many-ways-volunteering-good-heart-201606039726 and the report that it references regarding how finding purpose in life has positive health benefits: www.smartretirement.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Purpose-in-Life-and-Its-Relationship-to-All-Cause.pdf TEDTalks How volunteerism can change your world by Joyce Bertram @ TEDxVilnius www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXb6bDX9FDo Volunteering - the beneficial side effects by Eric Cooper @ TEDxSanAntonio www.ted.com/talks/eric_cooper_volunteering_the_beneficial_side_effects Books Managing Volunteers: How to Maximize Your Most Valuable Resource by Nancy Sakaduski www.amazon.com/Managing-Volunteers-Maximize-Valuable-Resource/dp/1440803641/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=managing+volunteers+how+to+maximize&qid=1606682663&sr=8-1 The Complete Volunteer Management Handbook edited by Rob Jackson, Mike Locke, Dr Eddy Hogg, and Rick Lynch www.amazon.com/Complete-Volunteer-Management-Handbook-ebook/dp/B0845N3W37/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+complete+volunteer+management&qid=1606682821&sr=8-1
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