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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
Sowing new masculinities from childhood is building circles of children where they learn to feel, care and live together without armor.
Aging is not a disease, it is a natural and universal process; aging is living, whatever the stage of life, and doing so with the best possible well-being.
Volunteer and NGO-led educational projects change lives by opening opportunities and bringing hope where there was once poverty and neglect. Yet without stable support, their efforts can only keep the dream alive.
