Dovia Empowers Volunteer Managers
- by Jon Devin, Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Most non-profit volunteer managers would agree that their job titles are far more all-encompassing than one would guess at first glance. For some it’s more like volunteer- recruitment- recognition- training- media- fundraising- database- manager. It’s a job known for low pay and high turnover despite the non-monetary reward of helping people. One Memphis group though, hopes to make volunteer management more staff-friendly by networking and providing resources.
Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA) gives area volunteer managers a great forum for idea-sharing, according to its current president Barbara Dawson, herself a program manager for Memphis City Schools’ volunteer tutoring program, Our Children, Our Future.