Love/ Hate relationship with volunteers

Non-profits need volunteers; some even function primarily on volunteers, which is awesome and that’s why we love volunteers. But everyone once in awhile, or maybe, we get that volunteer that drives you crazy. One particular volunteer might come to mind, and that’s fine, but remember,

not all volunteer work is glamorous

so put a smile on your face and make the best of a not-so-good volunteer.

The anti-non-profit

Now this one sounds awful, but it is has some truth to it. You won’t go on a crusade to end non-profits, I can promise you that, but you will get sick of fundraising and frustrated about the fact there are a billion non-profits in the same area that have similar missions, and yet refuse to collaborate with each other.

Point being, work on networking and collaborated projects and eventually you will leave this stage and want to start your own non-profit so you can run things your way.