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8 uncomfortable truths about RDA - from a coach, trustee, and long-term volunteer

Who loves an uncomfortable conversation? What do you mean, nobody does? RDA is one of my biggest passions. I love coaching, I love getting stuck into governance, I love the fact that my social life is totally dominated by my group. Loving something and thinking critically about it, however, don't need to be mutually exclusive. The deeper I've got into the RDA world, the more I've found myself thinking about what I might like to change - and what I think we don't talk about openly enough... Coaching this January 1. Not everyone is going to be as committed to this as you  I've spent a lot of my RDA career coordinating volunteers, as a volunteer, on Saturdays. Saturdays are commonly acknowledged as the most fun day of the week, and for that reason, keeping your volunteer numbers stable every Saturday is a beast of its very own. The best advice I've ever received on this? "Remember, not everyone is as into RDA as you are." Does it magically make Saturdays ...

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