Volunteer Matching: Finding the Right Role for Every Volunteer Most organizations don’t spend a lot of time and consideration on their volunteer matching. Instead, they use a one-size fits all approach to assigning work to new recruits based on the organization's most pressing needs at the time. While this may feel expedient, matching volunteers [...]
Your Complete Guide to Word-of-Mouth for Superior Volunteer Recruitment When I start working with Volunteer Recruitment Accelerator clients, I always ask about their current volunteer recruitment strategies and what’s working now. When developing a new strategy, it’s important to not throw the baby out with the bath water. And it’s smart to double down on [...]
Member Spotlight: One Member’s Creative Recruitment Ideas To Grow Program Capacity In this month’s VolunteerPro Member Spotlight, we’re joined by Christine Small, Program Manager of the Friends Groups and Volunteer Program for Florida State Parks. Christine shares the important work that volunteers are doing every day in state parks across Florida, how a small but [...]
Pro RoundUp: Five Free Copywriting Tools to Improve Your Digital Content In this month’s Pro RoundUp, we're sharing five free copywriting tools to help you level up your digital content, grab the attention of your readers, and reach a larger potential audience with your message. Most of these resources will require you to set [...]
Building Connection and Engaging Volunteers Online: How We Do It As a leader of volunteers, you’ve probably met most, if not all, of your current volunteer team. You set aside the important time to make a connection, check in during the work day, and engaging volunteers as much as possible. Those are all great [...]
Member Spotlight: One Member’s Creative Recruitment Ideas To Grow Program Capacity In this month’s member spotlight, we sit down with Kari Siverhus, Volunteer Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity La Cross Area, to talk about some creative recruitment ideas that she’s implemented to attract new supporters for her organization and build her program’s capacity to impact [...]
How To Automate Emails, Save Time, AND Engage Your Community These days, many volunteer programs are running very lean, with a small paid staff serving the needs of many. Leaders of volunteers can quickly feel overwhelmed trying to build relationship with every current volunteer and future prospect, while meaningfully communicating important information in a timely [...]
Can an AI Generator Work for Your Organization? Love it or hate it – AI generated content has arrived, and it looks like it’s here to stay. The VolPro team has been checking out this new technology and testing some of the functionalities, and we’re happy to share our experience and offer some suggestions on [...]
