Jason Zigmont, Volunteer Professionals

Volunteer Professionals
by Jason Zigmont

Jason Zigmont currently serves as the Executive Director of The Center for Public Safety Education. He was the founder of VolunteerFD.org, and has written extensively about Bylaws, Fundraising, Grants, Recruitment and Retention, SOGs and Training. He has been a member of the East Berlin Fire Department for over 10 years, most recently acting as Training Officer. He holds a BS in Public Safety Administration and is currently pursuing his PhD in Adult Learning at the University of Connecticut. He can be contacted at jason@volunteerfd.org.
Time For Our Communities to Help Us Volunteer Health Insurance Initiative Needs Your Help Getting Safely to the Scene Ensuring Success in SAFER Grant Applications 'No Problems Here' Where Did You Come From? Find Solutions With Member Exchange Programs Social Gatherings Hold Departments Together Keep Moving Forward in '08 How to Overhaul Bylaws Being a Professional Volunteer Officer Electing Volunteer Fire Officers Calif. wildfires: How you can help Are Drivers-Only an Option? Fundraising: Work Smarter, Not Harder Meeting Basics Responsibility Needed to Balance Requirements Job Protection Act Highlights Need for Proactive Role Drinking Traditions Must Be Changed Follow the Rules for AFG Success Recruitment and Retention: Challenges and Solutions Balancing Requirements New Year’s Resolutions for the Professional Volunteer Department When are Volunteers Volunteers? Volunteering and Innate Needs Serving Our Customers Balancing Bylaws... Coping with Change: Who Moved My Cheese? Power and Control, Part 2 Power and Control Making it Through the Day Cruisin for Solutions Recap Cruisin for Solutions Recap 2005 Preventing Another Line-of-Duty Death
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