The Science of Finding Greatness in People | Ep 210

About this episode

The episode discusses updates to Rock and emphasizes the importance of relational management in stewarding people.

In this episode of Rock Cast, the team gives a brief update to v19 heading into pre-alpha and revisit the heart behind Rock. More than a ChMS, Rock was designed as a relational management system to steward people, not just data. The feature, Following, is one of the most underutilized tools that acts as a personalized digest to help you respond with care and track major life events. They deepen the conversation by challenging listeners to invest in volunteers and build a simple volunteer growth framework. Visit the show notes to find all the resources talked about in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Rock Cast Team

Topics covered

• volunteer management
• relational management system
• personalized tools
• community building
• feature updates

Keywords

• volunteers
• growth framework
• ChMS
• life events
• personalized digest

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spark Development Network

Products: v19, Rock, Following

Books & works: Rock Cast

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