Submitted by Beth Steinhorn on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 11:40.
We spend a
lot of time touting the value of skilled volunteers – advocating the engagement
of entrepreneurial volunteers who can take an idea from conception to
implementation – and championing the capacity-building potential of high impact
volunteer teams. And yet, this week I sat and marveled at a team with whom I’ve
been working for the past ten months as we met to discuss how to transition a
pilot project into an ongoing program offering at our local volunteer center,
Metro Volunteers in Denver, CO. The best
part of the meeting? The point when this productive group was scheduling the
next gathering and I was able to say, “Here’s my offer: I won’t come to that
meeting.” In other words, congratulations
– this program belongs to you and the most helpful thing I can do is get out of
the way as you take it and run.
