Our authors
Meridian Swift
Meridian Swift is a pen name. She has managed volunteers for 20 years, is the author of The Volunteer Shelf Life, blogs on volunteerplaintalk, has written for Energize Inc., Canadian Journal of Volunteer Resources Management, and Engaging Volunteers. She has held the CVA since 2005, and has presented on the state and national levels on volunteer management topics.
Author's articles
Volunteer or You’ll Lose Everything!
As long as we are truthful about our ads, why can’t we use some marketing techniques to recruit volunteers?
Latest opinions
"Many schools do not have adequate resources to address the diversity and specific needs of individual students."
What are the socio-environmental impacts of the clothes we wear? Do we know the path it takes to reach us and where it ends up once we launch it?
For some people in vulnerable situations, the arrival of Christmas can become a bitter period that further accentuates the social and economic inequalities they are experiencing.
