What is a job description? The job description is typically a list that describes the general tasks, functions, and responsibilities of a volunteer position. It may often include to whom the position reports, specifications such as the qualifications or skills needed by the person in the role.…

What is e-learning, why and when to use it E-learning includes numerous types of media that deliver text, audio, images, animation, and streaming video, and includes technology applications and processes such as audio or video, and computer-based learning, as well as local intranet/extranet and web-based learning.…

Experiential Learning Experiential learning or learning by doing is something that obviously is very familiar to all scouts but do we really use it in other terms than “Learning by mistaking”?…

What does lifelong learning mean? The goal of lifelong learning is to enable volunteers, at any stage of their careers, to have stimulating learning experiences. During the last fifty years, constant scientific and technological innovation and change has had a profound effect on learning needs and styles.…

Support and Supervision of Volunteers The words ‘support’ and ‘supervision’ are often used almost interchangeably and, in practice, they are frequently delivered through the same activities or methods.…

Succession planning “Invest in the new generation of leaders to ensure smooth transition” “Be prepared!” the Founder said, but are we not future orientated? Does this not mean we have a responsibility to improve as we go forward, to draw closer to our mission and goals?…