Outstanding Volunteer Award

Submission Deadline|September 26

It's time to recognize our exceptional volunteers! So many AFA volunteers have contributed greatly to the Association this year and deserve to be recognized for their accomplishments. We need your help in identifying individuals who went above and beyond in their service to the Association.

 
Up to eight volunteers will be recognized for their outstanding performance during 2008 at the Annual Meeting Recognition Luncheon. Any current volunteer can nominate other volunteers who served the Association in 2008. Volunteers at all levels of service (other than the Executive Board) are eligible for recognition. Past Outstanding Volunteer Award recipients and volunteers who have been recognized as Volunteer of the Month are listed on the AFA website.

Please take a few minutes to nominate your supervisor, a member of your committee, or a peer whom you have seen do great work.  Email the names of exceptional volunteers to Sarah McCracken by Friday, September 26, 2008.  Please be sure to include their institution/organization, phone number, email address and why you believe they are deserving of this honor.

Volunteer Involvement Form
Submission Deadline|September 5

Don't forget to fill out your volunteer involvement form for 2009.  Remember, be specific, be honest about your likes/dislikes, and tell us about your volunteer aspirations. Read more great tips on completing your volunteer involvement form on the AFA website. 

Submit your volunteer involvement form by September 5 through the AFA website. Please contact Anne Arseneau or Sarah McCracken if you have any questions.

Standard Operating Procedures Manual Highlight

As we enter the fall, many of you will be preparing materials for your work group or even the Annual Meeting.  The Standard Operating Procedures Manual outlines proper use of the AFA name and logo.  Read more about proper use in the 2008 Standard Operating Procedures Manual.

Volunteer of the Month - Tanner Marcantel

Tanner Marcantel, Assistant Director of Greek Life at Vanderbilt University, serves the Association on the EBI Assessment Committee. His nominator Emily Perlow states, "Tanner has worked diligently to plan the Virtual Seminar on Maximizing EBI Results. Through his efforts, we successfully registered to capacity and have a waiting list of other interested people." On top of all that, Tanner additionally created an outcomes based evaluation. Thanks Tanner!

Please contact the Central Office to recommend a Volunteer of the Month.

The Informed Volunteer - Beating Burnout

It is the beginning of the academic year for many of our volunteers. Some are running recruitment, presenting at orientation, or moving students into the residence halls; and some are doing all of the above.

Click here to read Peg Neuhauser's 5 tips to beat burnout from her book I Should Be Burnt Out By Now...So How Come I'm Not? (2004, John Wiley & Sons).  

Neuhauser, P. (2004, June). Beating burnout. Association Management. Retrieved August 18, 2008 from http://www.asaecenter.org/PublicationsResources

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