#TuesdayTips

Welcome back to #TuesdayTips for leaders of volunteers!
This week, talking about the language of volunteer jobs - is their work a list of tasks, or a set of mutual responsibilities?
Words matter, especially in volunteer engagement!
Does your org have "Tasks" for the total duties in one type of volunteer role, and "Responsibilities" for others?
That language communicates one role is more valuable than the other, when ALL volunteer roles of any time investment - episodic or recurring - should be meaningful and tied to the org mission impact and strategy.
"Tasks" can be listed in detail under a volunteer role's "Responsibilities".
Setting the expectation that volunteers and the organization their work with have responsibilities to each other creates a more respectful culture and recognizes the value of volunteer time and talent.
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The differentiation makes sense and helps keep job descriptions clear with responsibility statements and the more detailed tasks can live in the program manuals