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	<title>People Making a Difference®</title>
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	<description>Lori Tsuruda's Blog promoting informed and responsible volunteerism</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Guest Blog on Partnerships for VolunteerMaine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In anticipation of my workshop at VolunteerMaine&#8217;s annual, statewide Blaine House Conference on Service and Volunteerism in Orono next week, I&#8217;m guest blogging about how to prepare for and start partnerships that support volunteer programs.

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		<title>Guest Blog for my Skillshare on Effective Volunteer Management for SoJust</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robbie Samuels has posted my guest blog Making the Most of Volunteers, which has links on ways of thinking about motivation and for podcasts on the &#8220;hiring&#8221; process .

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		<title>Enforcing the &#8220;Lines&#8221; for Volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I heard on the &#8220;news&#8221; that celebrity Lindsay Lohan showed up 40 minutes late for her required training for her court-mandated community service, so was sent home (before she was later incarcerated for violating the terms of her parole). Kudos to the charity which enforced its standards rather than accept any effort as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does It Take So Long to Post PMD Project Descriptions and Send Project Details to Volunteers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply said, because I&#8217;m waiting for all the details needed for a successful volunteer experience, whether it&#8217;s signing up to volunteer and the project itself matching expectations/pr or the details being complete and correct. Since PMD partners with many charities, most of which don&#8217;t have staff dedicated to running an ongoing volunteer program, it takes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Treat Episodic Volunteerism Like One-Night Stands</title>
		<link>http://www.pmd.org/blogdir/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out my guest blog today on VolunteerMaine!
I&#8217;ll be presenting a workshop all about episodic volunteering at their annual conference next week.

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		<title>Humor and stories help people understand/retain key points on engaging volunteers.</title>
		<link>http://www.pmd.org/blogdir/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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Although People Making a Difference (PMD) is often thought of as being the group for individuals and businesses to go to for fun, well-organized, hands-on volunteer opportunities helping community-based charities and their clients in need, PMD also provides needed training and pro bono consulting services (and serves as the fiscal sponsor and leads the Directors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come Together on Common Ground to Re-Establish Our Communities&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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PMD volunteers gathered for the scheduled service project the evening of 9/11/01, and while we were not as productive as usual, we worked together for the common good. In the weeks and months that followed, PMD volunteers continued to work together despite area threats and alerts.
“We must continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All About Who You Know&#8230;Well Enough for Mutually Beneficial Relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a guest blogger again for VolunteerMaine, leading up to their annual conference where I will present next month, building on last year&#8217;s workshop on building community partnerships.

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		<title>Are You Ready to Recruit Volunteers? http://www.massnonprofit.org/expert.php?artid=1571&#038;catid=64</title>
		<link>http://www.pmd.org/blogdir/?p=57</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve provided some Expert Advice for Massnonprofit.org at http://www.massnonprofit.org/expert.php?artid=1571&#038;catid=64
Disclaimer: This is general advice. Results will vary for specific programs and people. For assistance with your volunteer program and its particular challenges, please contact me directly for consultations.

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		<title>Rejecting/Accepting Volunteers Based on What We Need</title>
		<link>http://www.pmd.org/blogdir/?p=56</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenny Hibbard blogged about &#8220;Volunteer Hoards: More Work Than Help&#8221; and Brad Feld blogged about &#8220;Saying No in Less than 60 Seconds&#8221; this week, so in this spirit of of maximizing the time/effort that one spends on what&#8217;s important, I think more volunteer managers need to educate the public as to what their charities need [...]]]></description>
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