The Suggestion Box: Navigating Feedback The Good, The Bad, and the Say Whaattt? This podcast was created to take the FEAR out of FEEDBACK! It explores how we as Volunteer Engagement Professionals respond to and manage feedback. Hear from professionals both within and outside our industry about feedback that they received and how they used it to grow their programs as well as professionally. Join Nicole and her guests as they LAUGH, LEARN, and LIVE a more fulfilling life because of the feedback you receive.
From The Suggestion Box with Nicole Smith
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The Suggestion Box: Navigating Feedback The Good, The Bad, and the Say Whaattt? This podcast was created to take the FEAR out of FEEDBACK! It explores how we as Volunteer Engagement Professionals respond to and manage feedback. Hear from professionals both within and outside our industry about feedback that they received and how they used it to grow their programs as well as professionally. Join Nicole and her guests as they LAUGH, LEARN, and LIVE a more fulfilling life because of the feedback you receive.
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June 11, 2026
Let’s Make Volunteering Hot (and go viral)
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May 14, 2026
They Call it Growing Pains for a Reason: Don’t Be Afraid to be Broken - Featuring Tray Deadwyler
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April 28, 2025
Is Everyone Welcome?
<p><strong>Title: Is Everyone Welcome?</strong> </p><p><strong>Description: </strong>Faiza Venzant, CVA and Mark Hager return to share updates and insights regarding their recent research study funded by AmeriCorps surrounding inclusivity. They encourage us to imagine what an environment would feel like if no one was left out and provide tools to help you bring that dream to a reality. They share advice about why you shouldn’t let fear of making a mistake keep you from starting, and </p><p><strong>RESOURCES: </strong></p><p><a href="https://cvacert.org/adevi/">https://cvacert.org/adevi/</a></p><p><a href="https://learn.volunteermatch.org/is-everyone-welcome">https://learn.volunteermatch.org/is-everyone-welcome</a> </p><p><strong>More About Faiza, </strong></p><p><strong>Connect with Faiza Venzant, CVA Linkedin</strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/faizavenzant/"><strong>: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faizavenzant/ </strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p>From a young age, Faiza Venzant's parents instilled a strong sense of volunteerism in herself and her two older brothers. They, as immigrants to Canada from Uganda in the early 70s made a successful transition into Canadian life with the help of many generous volunteers. A volunteer herself from a very young age, she has been an advocate for volunteer engagement and excellence in volunteer management for over 20 years. As a facilitator for the Community Action Poverty Simulation, Faiza is passionate about equity and access amongst volunteers and leaders of volunteers. Faiza immigrated to the United States with her family in 2021. </p><p> </p><p>Faiza immigrated to the United States in 2021 and now serves as the Executive Director with the <a href="http://cvacert.org/">Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration </a>and an active member and volunteer with Association for Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE.) She has been a CVA (Certified in Volunteer Administration) since 2016. </p><p> </p><p>In 2018, Faiza published her first children’s book entitled, <a href="https://shop.agakhanmuseum.org/products/my-momma-want-to-eat-me-up">My Mamma Wants to Eat Me Up! </a> As a mother of two young boys, she has not actually eaten any of her children. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration at www.cvacert.org </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>More About Mark </strong></p><p><strong>Connect with Mark Linkedin: </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhager/"><strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhager/ </strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p>Mark Hager has been studying and writing about the nonprofit sector for 30 years. His doctoral dissertation centered on the reasons why nonprofit organizations closed. His years at the Urban Institute focused on studies of finance and volunteer administration. He spent 14 years as a faculty member anchoring the graduate program in nonprofit leadership and management at Arizona State University. He has stepped out of his teaching slot and is now working on research and fieldbuilding full time. Most of his attention is back on volunteer administration, including his current leadership on Assessing Diversity and Equity in Volunteer Inclusion, a three-year project funded by AmeriCorps.</p>
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