In this special episode of Volunteer Plain Talk Podcast, Rob Jackson of Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd. located in the UK, and Meridian chat about coping, challenges and opportunities in uncertain times. Rob offers his thoughts and advice including:

• ·      “There’s a moment here,” for thought leadership
• ·       Connecting and venting vs. isolation
• ·       Readying our profession for what’s next
• ·       Miss Piggy’s quote 
• ·       The abundance of information volunteer managers will have to share with one another when this is over
• ·       Harnessing the community spirit and can we compare this to an alien invasion movie?
• ·       Finding comfort
• ·       The good that can come from tough times
• ·       Resources-we are not alone

You can connect with Rob by emailing him at [email protected] or by visiting his website: http://www.robjacksonconsulting.com/

There is an abundance of resources for volunteer managers on these websites:

http://www.robjacksonconsulting.com/

https://www.energizeinc.com/  

https://volpro.net/

https://volunteermanagers.org.uk/

https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/

https://www.coyotecommunications.com/

https://www.ncvo.org.uk/

https://www.volunteeralive.org/

https://www.mavanetwork.org/

https://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/#/

https://volunteer.ca/

https://www.volunteer.ie/

https://www.volunteerscotland.net/