The Seven Deadly Sins of Directing Volunteers

1. To recruit a volunteer for a cause of program in which you do not believe.
2. To worry about the number of volunteers you need to the degree that you sign a peron up even if he or she is not right for the job to be done.
3. To offer volunteers certain opportunities and working conditions and then not deliver.
4. To waste a volunteer's time-ever.
5. To restrict a volunteer's effectiveness by not providing adequate preparation, training, or tools.
6. To ask salaried staff to work as a team with volunteers if you yourself do not have volunteers helping with the responsibilities of your job.
7. To be so concerned about your own job security that you do not stand up and fight for the needs and rights of the volunteers you represent.