Roundtable: Perspectives on Volunteers
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GENERAL
The issue of volunteers is explored in a roundtable format.
Susan Brainerd: Our working title for this issue of The Journal of Arts Management
and Law is The Fabric of Cultural Volunteering. Although the
latest Gallup poll showed that more than one in three people are
volunteering today, there still is a buyers' market for volunteers
because there are more positions available than volunteers to fill them.
Managers in arts organizations are seeking ways to compete
successfully for the time and energy of the serious volunteers that we
all want. Therefore, we would like to share information among
volunteers and volunteer managers about the roles of volunteers and
how arts organizations can make the volunteer experience more
productive and more enjoyable. I am grateful that you're here today to
contribute your ideas on these issues.