Advancing The Profession

In the second episode of season one, Rob talks to Matthew Hick, Head of Volunteering at the UK's Science Museum Group. They discuss how and why Matt was inspired by an article on ethics in volunteer engagement and muse on advanced practice in heritage volunteering. For the past six years, Matt has been responsible for leading the strategic development of volunteering at the Science Museum Group. During that time, he has overseen a 90% growth in volunteer involvement, helped raised satisfaction levels to 98% and created a culture that embraces volunteering. Matt is also Chair of the Heritage Volunteering Group a peer-to-peer network for those working with volunteers. Alongside this, Matt was Chair and Trustee with York CVS for six years, is a governor for Sphere Federation and the founder and secretary of the Covid community support group – Your Scholes. Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

In the first episode of season one, Rob talks to Martin J Cowling. Martin has worked in the community sector for over 35 years as a volunteer, hands-on manager, leader, researcher and consultant. He has worked from small grassroots organisations through to being head of Australia's largest not for profit. He believes that people are the key to an organisation's success and he is passionate about ensuring that staff (both paid and unpaid) have mutually beneficial relationships and contribute to making lasting positive change. Today, Martin works with organisations globally to respond to change and prepare for the future. He mentors, coaches and trains their leaders and leadership teams to be as effective as possible in these turbulent times. In his conversation with Rob, Martin shares his thoughts on what advanced volunteer management really is and what we need to consider when raising our game in working with volunteers. You can connect with Martin on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinjcowling/ Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Rob Jackson introduces a new podcast for leaders of volunteer engagement, Advancing The Profession. Season one launches on 5 July 2021. Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay